Startup Forj has just raised a $15 million-dollar Series A funding round and announced a merger with Web Courseworks that will come together under the Forj brand. Forj was founded in 2021 to create a B2B SaaS platform for communities of practice. This AI-driven software creates opportunities for engagement, learning, and making meaningful connections between…
Guest Post: How To Find a Disability-Accommodating Job in Government Tech
This is a guest post by Cronicle contributor Dean Burgess of Excitepreneur.net. If you would like to write a guest post for Cronicle Tech News, please contact the editor at laura [at] cronicle.press. Guest posts are the perspectives of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cronicle Press. For those with disabilities,…
Startup Lower disrupts lending with mortgage as a service
Columbus tech startup Lower has just unveiled a new service that could disrupt the lending industry: mortgage as a service. And it’s not just for them. Lower has created a mortgage as a service platform (MaaS), which allows clients to offer mortgages as a service to end customers. Their first customer is Opendoor. “Much like…
Check Out These Tech Jobs from Ann Arbor-Detroit Startups
Are you looking for a tech startup job in the Midwest? The middle of the country tends to be more conservative in hiring, so the region didn’t have to do large tech layoffs post-pandemic tech boom. There are lots of growing companies still hiring in Detroit and Ann Arbor in the tech industry. We have…
Midwest Tech Jobs: Connect with Startup Job Events
Looking for Midwest tech jobs? Companies are still hiring in Michigan, where startups and larger tech companies have not had to lay off the quantity of coastal tech companies that over-hired during the pandemic. If you are interested in Detroit tech jobs, Michigan-based recruiter Purpose Jobs has two upcoming events where you can connect with…
Stefanini Creates Real-Time Video Language Translation Tool with Microsoft
Many professionals have been in remote meetings since the pandemic hit, which has highlighted the need for a translation tool that works in real time for international companies. Stefanini has just created an AI-leveraged simultaneous translation tool with Microsoft to serve their multi-national teams collaborating over technology. We sat down with Alex Winetzki, Woopi CEO and…
How to connect with Chicago’s startup ecosystem
Desiree Vargas Wrigley runs TechRise and P33 Chicago, a startup community and pitch competition that supports women and BIPOC startup founders with generous funding. We recently reported on the organization, but wanted to circle back to get more details out on how you can get involved in these programs. Wrigley says that the organization set…
Welcome to Cronicle Press: Ann Arbor Tech News
You live in Ann Arbor or maybe you just work here. From the chatter on the street or in the restaurants, you know thousands of people here work in technology. Walking from Main St. to State St., it’s hard to not notice a tech t-shirt, banter about code, signs on offices with made up words. Whether they’re startups or billion dollar businesses with offices here, tech is all over Ann Arbor today and they’re all hiring. There is so much happening, where can we all find out about what’s going on where?