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Toma’s AI voice agents have taken off at car dealerships – and attracted funding from a16z

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

When Monik Pamecha co-founded AI voice startup Toma in early 2024, he hadn’t anticipated spending the summer months sweating in Bible Belt car dealerships. He and co-founder Anthony Krivonos were still focused on banking and healthcare customers when the dealers came knocking. “They just called us up and said ‘we are drowning in phone calls,’”...

Members consider request for panel to examine Chinese duties on agriculture, fish products

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

At a special meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 5 June, WTO members considered a request from Canada for the establishment of a dispute panel to review additional import duties imposed by China on certain Canadian agricultural and fisheries products. Source link

Jindal Stainless Cites MSME interests To Impose Import Duties

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

New Delhi, Jun 5 (KNN) Jindal Stainless Chairman Ratan Jindal has called on the Indian government to implement appropriate import duties to safeguard domestic industries, particularly micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), from the adverse effects of cheap imports from countries like China and Vietnam. Speaking at the Global Stainless Steel Summit in Mumbai, Jindal...

Sahakar Bharati Hosts MSME Banking Conclave In Pune To Bridge Credit Access Gaps

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

Pune, Jun 5 (KNN) Cooperatives organisation Sahakar Bharati and the Global Indian Origin Network, an accountants’ collective, have organised the Banking and MSME Sector Conclave 2025 in Pune to address critical knowledge gaps in banking awareness among micro and small enterprises. The conference, scheduled for Sunday, seeks to improve financial literacy and credit access for the MSME sector....

Central Ministries Hits Rs 92,675 Crore MSE Procurement in FY25

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

New Delhi, Jun 5 (KNN) Central ministries significantly exceeded their annual procurement target from micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in FY25. According to data from the MSME Ministry’s Sambandh portal, goods and services worth Rs 92,675 crore were purchased from MSEs, against a target of Rs 47,676.88 crore—surpassing the goal by over 94 per cent....

Profitable African fintech PalmPay is in talks to raise as much as $100M

AIMPWAJune 5, 2025

PalmPay, an African digital bank fintech, is in talks to raise between $50 million and $100 million in a Series B round, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what valuation it hopes to get, but its last round, in 2021, ranked it among the continent’s most valuable startups, estimated just shy...

CrowdStrike’s former CTO on cyber rivalries and how automation can undermine security for early-stage startups

AIMPWAJune 4, 2025

“One of the biggest vulnerabilities in companies is actually humans,” Crowdstrike co-founder and former CTO Dmitri Alperovitch told TechCrunch in this week’s episode of Equity. “The more you automate, the more opportunities there are for people to find vulnerabilities in your system.” With the $50 billion Chinese AI market potentially slipping out of reach for...

Rosebud lands $6M to scale its interactive AI journaling app

AIMPWAJune 4, 2025

Journaling app Rosebud has raised $6 million in seed funding as it seeks to further flesh out its app as an AI mentor for self-reflection and personal growth. Rosebud uses AI to analyze your journal entries, identify patterns over time, and provide insights, questions, and guidance. The company says its goal is to help users...

Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers

AIMPWAJune 4, 2025

American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change that by installing cameras at stop signs — a solution the founders also say won’t create a panopticon. That’s a bold claim at a time when other companies like Flock have been criticized for how its license...

From $5 to financial empowerment: Why Stash co-founder Brandon Krieg is a must-see at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

AIMPWAJune 4, 2025

Startup life is tough — funding rounds, team building, and managing finances can feel like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded. That’s exactly why TechCrunch All Stage 2025 exists: to give founders like you the tools, tactics, and real talk from those who’ve been through it and built something lasting. If there’s one session...

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AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

Final countdown — less than 1 week to save up to $210 on TechCrunch All Stage passes! Founder or investor, this is your last chance to save big before June 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Founders, sharpen your edge. Investors, meet the next rocket ships. On July 15, startup and VC leaders will gather at...

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re...

Alta raises $11M to bring ‘Clueless’ fashion tech to life with all-star investors

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

Throughout her years working in technology, Jenny Wang, 28, always found herself stumbling back to one idea — a personal styling agent to help users decide what to wear and buy based on their budget, lifestyle, weather and calendar. She has tried to build such a product numerous times in the past, “but the AI...

Finland commits EUR 2.5 million to new phase of EIF support for sustainable trade in LDCs

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

Finland has pledged EUR 2.5 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), providing an important early boost to the initiative’s third phase of activities in support of least developed countries (LDCs), set to begin in October 2025. The contribution builds on over a decade of Finnish commitments, totalling nearly EUR 30 million (over USD 32...

WTO | 2025 Press Releases – Japan gives CHF 105,000 to support trade capacity-building in developing economies

AIMPWAJune 16, 2025

The Global Trust Fund finances trade-related technical assistance in areas such as market access, trade facilitation, services and agriculture. The objective is to help participants better understand WTO agreements and participate more effectively in global trade negotiations. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: “We are grateful for Japan’s continued partnership, which reflects its longstanding commitment to...

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