x.ai launches its Business edition
Four months after releasing its Professional edition, x.ai rolled out its first product targeted toward enterprises, the Business edition of its AI personal assistant. The Business edition is designed to make it easy for companies to provide an assistant to schedule meetings for every single one of their team members. The admin dashboard provides visibility into the productivity gains provided by x.ai’s virtual assistants, aggregating information such as meeting data, usage trends and actual hours saved each week. [Press Release]
MyClean launches new pricing engine to offer customers value and flexibility for scheduled cleanings
MyClean, a cleaning company that provides an online platform to conveniently book professional maid cleaning services for residential and commercial spaces in New York City and Chicago, announced it is revamping its pricing engine and website this week in order to enhance users’ mobile book experiences. Through the company’s proprietary technology, the new dynamic pricing engine aims to incentivize customers with discounts for booking cleaning services during off-peak hours, offering value for customers to save more when they’re flexible with their schedules. [Press Release]
HowGood raises $4.2 million Series A financing
HowGood, a leading consumer data company and developer of the world’s largest database of sustainable food and consumer products ratings, announced it raised a $4.2 million Series A this week. The financing came from investors FirstMark Capital Contour Venture, Serious Change LP, Great Oaks Venture, High Line Venture Partners, Jake Lodwick and Joanne Wilson. [Press Release]
Foursquare launches Pilgrim SDK to let developers leverage location
This week, Foursquare unveiled a new enterprise product called Pilgrim SDK. Before this week, Foursquare’s Pilgrim technology, which sends you a push notification with menu tips when you sit down at a restaurant you’ve never visited before, was used almost exclusively in Foursquare in Swarm. Now, the Pilgrim SDK is launching publicly to marketers and developers who want to use the technology in their own apps. [TechCrunch]
New Lab teams up with NY city government for driverless car project
New Lab announced it would be taking part in a city-wide competition for ideas and design for the driverless car future. The four finalists of the Driverless Future competition will each win a year of free office space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard-based manufacturing hub. [Technical.ly Brooklyn]
PebblePost scores $15M
PebblePost, a startup that employs a new digital-to-direct approach to marketing, scored a $15 million Series B this week. The round was led by RRE Ventures with participation from Greycroft Partners and Tribeca Venture Partners, as well as a number of seed funds and angel investors. [Built In NYC]
Pypestream raises $15M
Smart messaging company Pypestream raised a $15 million Series A this week. The round was led by former Priceline CEO Rick Braddock, with participation from private equity firm the Chatterjee Group. [New York Business Journal]
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