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Artificial intelligence touches many aspects of professional industries, including medicine, legal, business, information technology and more. AI-powered transcription service is one example that has become an integral part of those fields.   Parrot, a transcription platform offering speech-to-text depositions for the legal and insurance industry, said Tuesday it has raised $11 million in a Series A…

Her flagship Ark Innovation ETF has slid 72% from its February 2021 peak. But it has rebounded 42% year to date…

Over 422 million people around the world have diabetes, with the World Health Organization noting that the majority of those with the disease are living in low-income and middle-income countries. In Latin America, there are over 40 million adults with diabetes, according to Statista. And, with the global digital health market poised to reach $1.5…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Jack Ma, the billionaire cofounder of e-commerce behemoth Alibaba and one of China’s wealthiest people, seems to be slowly returning to public view after years of lying low and avoiding the spotlight for irking Beijing’s political elite, though his rare appearances suggest he is returning to his roots…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinOutlander returns this weekend. Credit: Starz It’s the final weekend of spring, and a pretty major weekend for new streaming content, especially on Netflix. From zombies to creepy sci-fi stories to action movies, here’s everything new to stream on all your favorite streaming services. Each weekend I post this…

Tesla’s long-awaited Semi appears to having a hard time getting on the road…

Smaller venture funds are finding a way to manage in the midst of a conservative market. As with all bear markets, the appetite for risk drops, and although emerging fund managers are often noted to outperform their more established counterparts, some limited partners are weary of bringing on new venture partners. Instead, they retreat to…

Byju’s is cutting 500 to 1,000 more jobs at the firm, this time eliminating several non-sales roles as well, as the Indian edtech giant pushes to improve its finances, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which has cut over 3,000 jobs in the past one year, declined to comment. The…

Blackstone last August was looking to put $2 billion toward lending to startups and tech companies, according to The Information. But venture debt lenders remain skeptical that the asset class’s small checks are worth it for asset managers and their large LPs. Recently, a few lenders told me they didn’t think we’d ever see the…

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Not dead yet: This is true both of the U.K.’s capacity to attract venture capital dollars, and of the promise of autonomous cars.…