American Airlines cancels worldwide long-haul flights by 75%
Prerna Mahtani,
6 years ago
2 min read
American Airlines announced that it would waive 75% of its worldwide long-haul flights from the U.S., starting March 16 in acknowledgement to reduced demand and government travel constraints put in the position to minimise the spread of COVID-19. American Airlines had previously decreased its capacity.Ā ...
Handle.com supports autonomous construction operators get paid on time
Priyanka Khanapure,
6 years ago
2 min read
From extended payment cycles to out-of-date methods on how to bill operators, the massive incompetence of the construction enterprise is long overdue for modification.Ā Enter startups like the big venture-backed Katerra and lately public businesses such as Procore. However, autonomous entrepreneurs or operators from small family...
Delta Air Lines decreases capacity by 40%
Aditi Gade,
6 years ago
2 min read
Businesses across the spectrum are striving to face the challenges that the current coronavirus disruption presents. Few areas are directly affected as the airlines, which has resulted in an instant and severe decline in demand. The Current Situation As Delta CEO Ed Bastian wrote in...
FitnessAI runs past $1M ARR going into YC Demo Day
Prerna Mahtani,
6 years ago
2 min read
Y Combinator’s Demo Day is a first soirĆ©e on the startup calendar. This year, though, instead of a compact room replete with low pitches and lacklustre catering, Demo Day has become virtual. Even further, it was pushed up by a week, starting the public appearance...
Stocks head as President Trump announces national emergency
Priyanka Khanapure,
6 years ago
2 min read
President Donald Trump’s national emergency announcement, which occurred only a half-hour before the market shut, drove stocks higher Friday, giving at least momentary relaxation to shares that have been stifled this week on worries of the COVID-19 pandemic. The President Speaks Trump mentioned some measures...
Bill Gates leaves Microsoft’s board
Aditi Gade,
6 years ago
2 min read
Bill Gates has moved down from the board of Microsoft to give more time on his charitable endeavours; the company published Friday afternoon. Though he will continue as the technology advisor to CEO Satya Nadella, this move decreases his association with the company to the...
Senator requests Uber, Lyft, Instacart and others to provide gig operators financial safety in circumstances of COVID-19 concerns
Prerna Mahtani,
6 years ago
2 min read
While a few gig economy firms have already practised steps to attempt to stop the expanse of COVID-19 amongst its workers, Sen. Mark Warner (VA) is urging them to go ahead and consider assuring workers don’t suffer financial outcomes as a consequence of the virus....
Horizon puts an additional $5M to place virtual items on the blockchain and start its first game
Priyanka Khanapure,
6 years ago
2 min read
If a player pulls up an item in an online video game, who has that item? The player, or the firm that created the game? In several cases, the result is presumably closer to the latter. The item might be in the player’s digital record,...
Oribi takes its web analytics program to the U.S.
Aditi Gade,
6 years ago
2 min read
Oribi is an Israeli startup ensuring to democratize web analytics and is presently launching in the United States. While there is a lot written about an extensive range of new or new-ish analytics businesses, founder and CEO Iris Shoor stated that most of them are...
Latest financing round rates catering marketplace Hungry at $100M+
Priyanka Khanapure,
6 years ago
2 min read
Hungry is a catering marketplace that combines businesses with autonomous chefs, published this week that it has allocated a $20 million Series B. Hungry informs that the financing rated the company at more than $100 million (pre-money). More About The Investors The investors were too...