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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

InfoChachkie

I reached out to Michael after their surprising day at the top of Hacker News during early September. The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned.

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Generative AI – The End of Empty Textboxes

TechEmpower

Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news. Profile Blurbs and Writing Prompts Let’s look at our job matching site in more detail. This gives Mark more control over the process, without requiring him to write much, and gives the LLM more to work with. This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it!

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

Apple’s pivot to services has been a mixed bag, and the company is looking to expand the appeal of its Apple News service to a wider swath of free and paid subscribers. This week, the company rolled out a local newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing bundled local news curated by the Apple team.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

Verifying Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? Writesonic Writesonic is an AI writing tool designed to help writers overcome writers block and level up their skills. Vibrant Planet raised $15 million this year from major backers like Microsoft, and Citi Ventures in October. Writesonic Library screenshot.

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Julie Schoenfeld On Perfect Market's New Funding

socalTECH

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. When you see a story from the LA Times, you know there is a certain level of quality, and that it's written by a news publication you know about.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

to develop some sweet inventory-planning software. Kaden joins Rick Zullo from Equal Ventures on the board and told TechCrunch via email that excess inventory “filled the news and it definitely spikes in more volatile markets, but it is in fact part of any market.” Syrup Tech bags $6.3M

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Rockwell Automation Pouring $1B into PTC to Push Connected Factories

Xconomy

Rockwell Automation is investing $1 billion in PTC, as the two companies team up to advance their vision of software-driven factories and industrial operations. The news sent PTC’s stock (NASDAQ: PTC ) to a record high for the company, according to Yahoo Finance data. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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