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Sunrise gives mental health patients AI-guarded group chat

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Between therapy sessions, mental health patients can feel alone. Sunrise Health is a new startup aiming to improve mental healthcare by combining the constant support of group chat, the openness afforded by anonymity, the guidance of professional therapists [...]

Using tech to uproot systemic racism

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Rejecting the backlash against hashtag activism, Brittany Packnett defended the work of the armchair activists on Twitter and other social media who have brought needed attention to social justice issues. Set against a backdrop in which just last [...]

App analytics company Apteligent acquired by VMware

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

VMware announced today that it has acquired Apteligent, a startup that will allow it to provide more tools to customers building and optimizing mobile apps. Read More on Tech Crunch

Ford CTO Raj Nair on the future: Ford will look very different in ten years

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, our own Darrell Etherington sat down with Ford Motor Company CTO (and Ford emplopyee since 1987!) Raj Nair to chat about the future and how a company like Ford shifts with an evolving [...]

HelloAva launches a chatbot for personalized skin care recommendations

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Can a chatbot replace a dermatologist’s recommendation for skin care products? That’s the idea behind HelloAva, a startup launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, which aims to walk people through a series of questions to determine their skin [...]

Razer raises $50-100M from Horizons Ventures, inks phone JV with Three

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Razer, the gaming company that acquired the Robin smartphone maker Nextbit earlier this year, is now opening the curtains on the next steps to make a deeper move into the mobile space. Razer has announced a strategic partnership [...]

Domuso provides flexible payment options for renters and property owners

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

No one wants to fall behind on rent, and being evicted for lack of payment would be a catastrophic event for the 40 percent of Americans who rent their home. Launching today at Disrupt NY, Domuso provides more [...]

Oscar Health’s CEO believes the U.S. has a moral obligation to provide healthcare to its citizens

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Health insurance in the US is broken. That much seems to be regarded as a universal truth. Oscar Health co-founder and CEO Mario Schlosser acknowledged that the system is need of some major fixes this afternoon during a [...]

FactGem wants to help businesses get more value out of their data

May 15th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

FactGem, which is launching in our Disrupt NY Battlefield competition today, was born out of Megan Kvamme’s frustration with trying to juggle hundreds of Excel spreadsheets when she was an investment banker. When she tried to find a [...]