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here's your daily crunch. Spotify says it has acquired a podcast discovery

app called pods with more and more podcasts popping up in various categories, it's getting harder and harder to settle on ones you love, let alone find them.

Spotify is hoping this will help shore up its platform by providing short clips that apparently give you enough information to

subscribe or not and keep using the platform for your podcast listening purposes.

Let's see what's going on in the world of startups.

Keep trucking, a hardware and software developer that helps trucking fleets manage vehicle,

cargo and driver safety, raised $190 million in a series e round. The company is now valued at over $2 billion.

It hopes to invest the dough into its AI-powered products and improve its smart dash cam.

Medi Flash is a new French startup that wants to improve temp staffing in health care

facilities such as nursing homes, clinics, and mental health facilities.

The company acts as a marketplace that connects health facilities with caregivers who, it says, can expect more revenue up to 20% while facilities end up paying less.

Now let's take a look at what's going to while facilities end up paying less.

Now let's take a look at what's going to impact some of the bigger players in the tech world.

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