• August 21, 2024

Cengage launches GenAI-powered Student Assistant in beta

Student Assistant is meant to guide students and help them learn rather than giving them answers

• August 20, 2024

AI drug discovery company Talus Bioscience raises $11.2M

The company's platform, MARMOT, can identify molecules to block disease-causing proteins

• August 20, 2024

Hospital supply chain automation company Clarium raises $10.5M, debuts AI-powered tool

Astra OS uses real-time data to improve visibility, collaboration, and resiliency

• August 19, 2024

Walgreens partners with the government on decentralized clinical trials

The company will help BARDA validate, pilot and implement new products, technologies and approaches

• August 16, 2024

How does Chegg make money?

Initially a platform for renting textbooks, it now makes 90% of revenue from software subscriptiions

• August 16, 2024

Bobby Reddy, COO and co-founder of Pi Health, on the VatorNews podcast

Pi Health is an oncology-focused health technology and clinical research company

• August 15, 2024

Duolingo teams up with Sony Music to add popular tracks to its Music course

Tracks include songs from Hozier, Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, P!nk, and Whitney Houston

• August 14, 2024

Panorama Education survey: school safety and climate lead to absenteeism

The percentage of students missing 10% or more school days has spiked since the pandemic

• August 13, 2024

The Bezos Family Foundation pours $185.7M into Aspen Institute youth center

Former Chancellor of DC's Public Schools Kaya Henderson will run The Center for Rising Generations

• August 13, 2024

Using AI to help patients pay their medical bills, PayZen takes $232 million

The round included $32 million in equity and new $200 million credit warehouse

• August 13, 2024

Capex turns passive visitors into engaged buyers

Converting online looky-loos into customers

• August 12, 2024

European, SWANA startups power through slowdown in Ed-tech funding

After record growth, Ed-tech sector slows down - but not worldwide

• August 12, 2024

Halda Therapeutics raises $126M to overcome drug resistance in cancer

The company will start clinical trials for prostate cancer, and develop a breast cancer therapeutic

• August 9, 2024

Merck buys B-cell therapy drug from Curon Biopharmaceutical for $700 million

B-cells can contribute to automimmune disease and cancers

• August 7, 2024

Hamlet Yousef, Managing Partner at IronGate VC, on the VatorNews podcast

IronGate VC is a firm investing in dual-purpose technology that strengthens national security