Black-Led Legal Tech Startup Secures $233 Million Investment
Startups San Francisco-based legal tech startup Rocket Lawyer, led by founder and CEO Charley Moore, just raised $233 million to expand internationally and make acquisitions, Forbes reported. Currently Rocket Lawyer has 25 million registered users. Moore told Forbes that he...
Audio and Video Commenting Startup Yappa Raises $3.5 Million
Startups Startup Yappa, co-founded by Kiaran Sim and Jennifer Dyer, allows users to make audio and video comments on social media and news sites instead of text-based ones. “We truly believe that text-based commenting is archaic,” Sim said in a public statement....
MIT Study Exposes Tactics Used Against Black Women AI Researchers
Startups Abuse aimed at Black women, especially in the field of artificial intelligence research, follows a clear playbook, three MIT professors found. A new study details each step, from disbelief to revisionism. Katlyn Turner, Danielle Wood, and Catherine D’Ignazio...
Software Engineer Training Startup Formation Raises $4 Million
Startups Formation, a startup that supports diverse software engineers with specialized training and connect them with high-level tech positions, just raised a $4 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Sophie Zhou Novati co-founded Formation after holding senior...