💵This $1B hotel tech startup is changing travel forever
Lighthouse just raised $370M in funding, skyrocketing its valuation past $1B. The London-based company uses AI to crunch massive amounts of travel data, giving hotels like Radisson and Holiday Inn the tools to outshine competitors. With plans to expand and maybe even acquire new businesses, Lighthouse is setting the stage for smarter, more personalized hospitality experiences.
🤔 What kind of data hotels collect about us? Share your thoughts in the comments
💵This $1B hotel tech startup is changing travel forever
Lighthouse just raised $370M in funding, skyrocketing its valuation past $1B. The London-based company uses AI to crunch massive amounts of travel data, giving hotels like Radisson and Holiday Inn the tools to outshine competitors. With plans to expand and maybe even acquire new businesses, Lighthouse is setting the stage for smarter, more personalized hospitality experiences.
🤔 What kind of data hotels collect about us? Share your thoughts in the comments
The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments. "Someone posing as a Ukrainian citizen just joins the chat and starts spreading misinformation, or gathers data, like the location of shelters," Tsekhanovska said, noting how false messages have urged Ukrainians to turn off their phones at a specific time of night, citing cybersafety. On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events." Asked about its stance on disinformation, Telegram spokesperson Remi Vaughn told AFP: "As noted by our CEO, the sheer volume of information being shared on channels makes it extremely difficult to verify, so it's important that users double-check what they read."
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