As many in the tech space are all-too-painfully aware, funding is generally down from year-ago highs. Here’s a glimmer of good news: Carta reports that pre-seed funding actually rose in the second quarter of 2023 to $972 million, up 17% from the previous quarter. Alas, the number of deals continued to drop, falling to 1,608 vs 1,820 the quarter before.
App analytics platform AppsFlyer has added an OpenAI-powered query engine to its Data Clean Room. We wouldn’t usually report such a relatively minor enhancement, but this ticks too many boxes to resist: generative AI, no-code, privacy, and Data Clean Room. If only it were composable.
London-based SumUp launches in Australia, its 36th market, to provide SMEs with affordable, easy-to-use payment solutions. Among the products being introduced is SumUp Air, a popular card reader that can take up to 500 transactions on a single charge.
CDP Twilio Segment has added an Amazon Redshift connector (in public beta) to Linked Audiences. This enables Segment queries to integrate data residing in Redshift without importing it. Similar connectors are already available for Snowflake and Databricks.