Tezi is building an AI agent for hiring managers
AI agents are all the rage right now, and Tezi, an early-stage startup, is working on one to help HR teams find the perfect candidates for a job opening. The startup claims this bot will sift through resumes to find the ones that match the hiring criteria, find time on the recruiter’s calendar to set up an interview and send out the email to the candidate. Today the company announced a $9 million seed to help fuel its journey to generally available product. For now, they are rolling out the alpha product with a handful of design customers just this…
WazirX halts withdrawals after losing $230 million, nearly half its reserves
WazirX, a leading Indian crypto exchange, halted withdrawals Thursday after a security breach it called a “force majeure event” resulted in the loss of $230 million, nearly half its reserves. The Mumbai-based firm said one of its multisig wallets had suffered a security breach. A multisig wallet requires two or more private keys for authentication. WazirX said its wallet had six signatories, five of whom were with WazirX team. Liminal, which operates a wallet infrastructure firm, said in a statement to TechCrunch that its preliminary investigation had found that a wallet created outside its ecosystem had been compromised. “The cyber…
Kandji raises another $100M for Apple device management as valuation rises to $850M
At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an exception. Founded in 2019, it has raced through its funding rounds like a precocious child, raising over $188 million along the way. Today it added to that total with another $100 million from General Catalyst, half of which is additional equity and half is a debt instrument. Today’s raise brings the company’s total funding to over $288 million, including the debt. It also raised its valuation from its last round in 2021 from $800…
