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#1 Mubadala Proposal to Sell Insurtech Startup Wefox Opposed by Founders

Jun 14 2024 // Mubadala Investment Co. has proposed selling troubled insurance tech startup Wefox Holding AG to UK insurance broker Ardonagh Group Ltd. in a deal opposed by the German firm’s founders. The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth...

#2 EV Startup Fisker Files for Bankruptcy, Aims to Sell Assets

Jun 18 2024 // Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection late on Monday, as the U.S. electric-vehicle maker looks to salvage its operations by selling assets and restructuring its debt after burning through cash in an attempt to ramp up...

#3 A New Approach: Florida Agents’ Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer

Jun 3 2024 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, this spring took the unprecedented step of investing in a startup insurance carrier, a move designed to help keep agents in the game and...

#4 SEC Charges AI-Based Startup With ‘Old School Fraud Using New School Buzzwords’

Jun 14 2024 // The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged Ilit Raz, CEO and founder of the failed artificial intelligence recruitment startup Joonko, with defrauding investors of at least $21 million. According to the...

#5 Facial Recognition Startup Clearview AI Settles Privacy Suit for $50M

Jun 24 2024 // CHICAGO (AP) — Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that...