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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 08, 2025

Trala Raises $6.9M Funding for Its Violin Teaching App

Tech leaders from Duolingo, Coinbase, LinkedIn, Airbnb and DoorDash have all backed the app.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 08, 2025

As CarAdvise Prepares for Rapid Growth, Its Leaders Reflect on What’s Powering The Company Forward

Built In sat down with CarAdvise’s CEO and two department heads to learn more about their plans for employee growth as the company scales.

As CarAdvise Prepares for Rapid Growth, Its Leaders Reflect on What’s Powering The Company Forward
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Updated on April 08, 2025

tastytrade Up For Moxie Award

Updated on April 08, 2025

SeedCon Fast-Pitch Entry: TheStylisted

Updated on April 08, 2025

ExteNet joins Chicago's fast-growing stable of billion dollar unicorns

ExteNet today finalized a capital restructuring deal valued at over $1.4 billion. The deal, which was first announced in July, adds the Lisle-based wireless infrastructure provider to Chicago’s most exclusive tech club.

Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 08, 2025

How Going All-In on Machine Learning Changed Data Collection at Morningstar

Shariq Ahmad set an ambitious goal for Morningstar’s data collection team in 2019: to have at least 50 percent of its engineers working on machine learning initiatives by year’s end. 

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Updated on April 08, 2025

Weekly Refresh: Copado Made $26M, KAR Global Launches Insights, and More

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