Monthly Archives: September 2022

Fairmarkit’s AI-fueled platform delivers autonomous procurement sourcing

Companies tend to divide their procurement spending into two main buckets. The first is large purchases over $500,000 with some starting $1 million, depending on the size of the organization. Anything below that figure falls under a category known as “tail spend.” Boston-based startup Fairmarkit has been working on a tail spend procurement solution for…

Venture capital appears to slow its web3 funding rush

Venture capital data thus far in the third quarter indicates that investment into blockchain-focused startups is on pace to contract dramatically compared to recent quarters and the heady 2021 period. Data from Crunchbase and PitchBook indicate that after totaling around $10 billion in some recent quarters, the total dollar value of web3 investments could more…

AngelList, Calendly and Reddit hone product market fit at Disrupt

Finding product market fit (PMF), a crucial yet elusive startup milestone, can be one of the biggest challenges for early-stage founders. Crucial because it shows you, and potential investors, that people want your product. Elusive because, for starters, everyone defines it differently. If customers are ripping products out of your hands, congratulations — you have…

Netflix’s ‘The Swimmers’ trailer retells the true story of sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini

Netflix has dropped the official teaser trailer for The Swimmers ahead of its premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, and it’s an emotional one. From My Brother the Devil director Sally El Hosaini, the film follows the true story of Syrian swimmers Yusra and Sarah Mardini (played by Manal and Nathalie Issa), sisters…

Hugo Blick’s epic western ‘The English’ looks nail-bitingly tense in the trailer

Hugo Blick, most recently the creator of Black Earth Rising and The Honourable Woman, is back with an epic western starring Emily Blunt as English aristocrat Lady Cornelia Locke and Chaske Spencer as Pawnee ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp. The English, a six-episode miniseries commissioned by the BBC and coming to Prime Video, follows the two…

Intel Arc GPUs aren’t doomed – but can Battlemage really save them?

Intel’s Arc graphics cards are here to stay, and the chip giant has no intention of giving up on progressing with discrete (standalone, rather than integrated) GPUs as some chatter on the grapevine has theorized recently. In fact, work has already begun in earnest on Battlemage, the second-gen for Arc graphics cards. This news comes…