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Solana, a blockchain platform followed by top crypto investors,
Solana isnt known yet outside of the crypto community. But insiders think the blockchain platform is interesting for a wide
Extra Crunch roundup: Selling SaaS to developers, cracking YC after
In an exclusive TechCrunch expos, a founder shares the key lessons he learned while steering his startup through YCs
California Gov. Newsom proposes $3.2B in EV investment as part of
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a vocal proponent of electric vehicles, on Friday debuted a new proposal that would earmark
As M&A accelerates, deal-makers are leveraging AI and ML to keep
Using AI and ML to cut out the labor-intensive parts of M&A both speeds the process and reduces the time-consuming tasks that
Opportunity knocks: Exhibit at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021
No matter what slice of the mobility market youve claimed as your own AVs, EVs, data mining, AI, dockless scooters, robotics
Every early-stage startup must identify and evaluate a strategic
Regardless of industry, a successful startup without a strategic advantage is just a validated business model vulnerable to
Stripe acquires Bouncer, will integrate its card authentication
On the heels of a $600 million fundraise earlier this year, payments giant Stripe has been on an acquisition march to
5 ways to raise your startups PR game
Theres a lot of noise out there. The ability to effectively communicate can make or break your launch
Facebook loses last ditch attempt to derail DPC decision on its EU-
Facebook has failed in its bid to prevent its lead EU data protection regulator from pushing ahead with a decision on whether
The Art of Living Announces Mission Zindagi A Volunteer Driven
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 14thMay 2021: As India grapples with a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions,The Art
Deadline extended: Apply to Startup Battlefield at TC Disrupt 2021
When youre head-down and nose to the grindstone Im looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders its easy to
The gaming industry needs more than just coders
If you never considered a career in the gaming industry -- or thought that your skill set wouldnt translate -- know that this
Park+launches Drive-Through COVID Vaccination Camp in parking lots
Gurugram | 14thMay 2021: The ongoing pandemic has significantly increased the pressure on the countrys healthcare systems.
Prices increase today: Last chance to buy a $99 pass to TC Disrupt
Last call, yall. Todays the final day to keep more money in your pocket and still enjoy three opportunity-packed days at
Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security
Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment
Hundreds of SPACs waiting in the woods
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Teach AIs forgetfulness could make them better at their jobs
While modern machine learning systems act with a semblance of artificial intelligence, the truth is they dont understand any
Echelon exposed riders account data, thanks to a leaky API
Peloton wasnt the only at-home workout giant exposing private account data. Rival exercise giant Echelon also had a leaky API
How this bootstrapped HR software company became the choice of 3750
In a world that runs heavily on investments and big shot funding for startups, there is a company thriving mightily without
Why SPACs arent targeting African startups
One. Thats the number of African tech companies that have gone public on the NYSE in the last 10 years. Two, if youre
Fisker and Foxconn sign deal to build electric vehicles
Electric car startup Fisker signed an agreement with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles iPhones, to co-develop and
Daily Crunch: Lemonade says website security flaw that exposed
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Even startups on tight budgets can maximize their marketing impact
A startups best marketing asset is its story. The knowledge and expertise of its team, together with the why and the how of
Three students sue coding bootcamp Lambda School alleging false
Lambda School has attracted a lot of attention, and raised some $130 million in venture fundingfrom an impressive list of
After another canceled year in the desert, Burning Man plans for a
Last month, the organization behind Burning Man announced that the festival/experience would not be returning to the desert
Advanced tax strategies for startup founders
Here are some advanced equity planning strategies that you can implement at different stages of your company life cycle to
New Relic is bringing in a new CEO as founder Lew Cirne moves to
At the market close this afternoon ahead of its earnings report, New Relic, an applications performance monitoring company,
Shopify helps customers build online shops, but its minting tech
Last month, Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer ofShopify, and chief talent officer Brittany Forsyth announced
Pinterest to test live-streamed events this month with 21 creators
Pinterest is expanding into live events. The company is planning to host a three-day virtual event that will feature live-
PayPal acquires returns logistics business, Happy Returns
PayPal announced today its acquiring Happy Returns, a returns solution provider that offers online shoppers access to easier
Chinas autonomous vehicle startups AutoX, Momenta and WeRide are
As the autonomous vehicle industry in the United States marches toward consolidation, a funding spree continues to exhilarate
Google Analytics prepares for life after cookies
As consumer behavior and expectations around privacy have shifted and operating systems and browsers have adapted to this
Busy day at VMware ended yesterday with Ragurham as CEO and COO
They say for every door that opens another closes and the executive shuffle at VMware is certainly proving that old chestnut
Google Cloud Run gets committed use discounts and new security
Cloud Run, Google Clouds serverless platform for containerized applications, is getting committed use discounts. Users who
Chef Robotics raises $7.7M to help automate kitchens
A year and a halfs worth of global pandemic has had a profound impact on virtually every sector of the workforce. When it
Legionfarm, pairing pro gamers with amateurs, raises $6 million
Legionfarm, the gaming platform that lets gamers play with pro players in their favorite games, has today announced the close
Short seller says Lemonade website bug exposed insurance customers
An activist short seller has written a letter to the chief executive of insurance giant Lemonade with details of an
Sylvera grabs seed backing from Index to help close the
UK-based startup Sylvera is using satellite, radar and lidar data-fuelled machine learning to bolster transparency around
The fulfilling world of warehouse robotics
With the pandemic finish line in sight at least for some now is a good time to start assessing which segments have been
Frameworks repairable laptop is up for preorder, starting at $999
Repairability has been a big sticking point for consumer electronics over the past several years. As devices have gotten
SpecTrust raises millions to fight cybercrime with its no-code
Risk defense startup SpecTrust is emerging from stealth today with a $4.3 million seed raise and a public launch. Cyber
Discords new Stage Discovery portal will connect its live audio
If youre new to Discord, you might be thrown off by the lack of an endless feed peppered with ads. On Discord, all of the
The hamburger model is a winning go-to-market strategy
Assembling the perfect burger, or perfect sales model, is more complicated than it sounds, though. Here are some of the
Walmart acquires virtual clothing try-on startup Zeekit
Retail giant Walmart announced this morning its acquiring the Tel Aviv-based startup Zeekit, which allows consumers to
BluBracket nabs $12M Series A to expand source code security
BluBracket, an early stage startup that focuses on keeping source code repositories secure, even in distributed environments
Dont wait for legislation banning NDAs: Write ethical policies now
Don't wait for laws preventing the use of NDAs. Companies should shape these policies on their own, rather than waiting for
Google Cloud teams up with SpaceXs Starlink for enterprise
SpaceXs bourgeoning Starlink satellite-based broadband internet service just got a big boost from a significant new partner:
With its newest round, Liquid Death will exclusively murder your
Liquid Death, a four-year-old, L.A.-based canned mountain water startup that has steadily garnered market share and press
Morressier wants academic conferences to feel cutting edge
While a unicorn named Hopin tends to dominate the virtual conferencing space, a new startup just raised millions of dollars
Roku will launch original programming fueled by Quibis content on
Roku today announced the launch of its own original programming, which will initially become available to viewers in the U.S
BRDs Blockset unveils its white-label cryptocurrency wallet for
Blockset, the blockchain infrastructure platform for enterprises by BRD, announced early access to its Wallet-as-a-Service
Amazons new Echo Buds are a nice upgrade
Its hard to recall a consumer electronics category that matured quite as quickly as the fully wireless earbuds. Things went
Ford is bringing significant wireless software updates to its
The Internet of Things just got bigger. Four years after Ford Motor Company introduced an integration with Amazons suite of
SpaceXs inaugural Moon tour private astronaut is heading to the
SpaceX private spaceflight ambitions got a big boost in 2018 when Japanese entrepreneur and billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
Supreme Incubator Launches Third Cohort of its Hyper-Personalized
India | 13thMay 2021: Supreme Incubator, a virtual startup builder ecosystem announces the launch of its third cohort of the
Vietnamese flexible pay startup Nano raises $3M seed round
Nano Technologies, a startup that lets workers in Vietnam access their earned wages immediately through an app called VUI,
Chinas WeRide secures more funding, pushing valuation to $3.3
Only four months after securing Series B fundraising of $310 million, Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide says it has
Elon Musk, Technoking of Tesla, orders a halt to bitcoin car
Tesla CEO and self-dubbed Technoking is back-peddling on the companys stance about bitcoin and has suspended purchases of its
Vitalik Buterin donates $1 billion worth of meme coins to India
Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, on Wednesday donated Ethereum and meme coins worth $1.5 billion in one of the
Daily Crunch: The early-stage tech talent crunch is real
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Bessemers Kent Bennett and Toasts Aman Narang to discuss how to
Toast has a reported valuation over $5 billion and has raised more than $900 million since launch. The restaurant POS service
Usually we wait a few days until a show has settled. While we stall, our producer and director Tina Chase Gillmor scours the
GasBuddy tops the App Store for the first time due to Colonial
The GasBuddy mobile app, which typically helps consumers find the cheapest gas nearby, has now become the No. 1 app on the U.
Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale
As the famous phrase goes, software is eating the world and now software is eating dentistry. Or, perhaps more accurately,
Birds SPAC filing shows scooter-nomics just doesnt fly
What drove the company's hugely unprofitable revenues and resulting net losses? Unit economics that were nearly comically
TikTok launches a Green Screen Duet feature, tests dedicated Topics
As competition with tech giants heats up, TikTok is rolling out a series of new features to help keep its short-form video
Planck, the insurance data analytics platform, raises $20M growth
Planck, the AI-based data platform for commercial insurance underwriting, announced today it has raised a $20 million growth
Ahead of Dells spin out, VMware appoints longtime exec Raghu
Five months after it was announced that Pal Gelsinger would be stepping down as CEO of VMware to take the top job at Intel,
Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex
Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio, which helps plan hybrid in-person
Fiveable makes first acquisition: a virtual study tool built by a
Fiveable, an online learning community for high school students, made its first-ever acquisition earlier this week: Hours, a
The truth about SDK integrations and their impact on developers
As the app ecosystem rapidly expands beyond the borders of mobile, app developers and publishers would benefit immensely from
Atomized lands $500K pre-seed to help developers deploy
Atomized, an early-stage startup that wants to create a modern tool to help developers deploy infrastructure faster,
Artist Drue Kataoka will auction her first NFT, with all proceeds
Drue Kataokas art has made it to collections in 30 countries and even the International Space Station. Now the artist,
Pomelo raises $9M to build a payments infrastructure for LatAm
Pomelo, a startup building a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America, has raised $9 million in a seed round of
If you dont want robotic dogs patrolling the streets, consider
Community control over police surveillance laws promote transparency and protect civil rights and liberties with respect to
Only three days left to buy $99 passes to TC Disrupt 2021
The countdown clock keeps on ticking, and you have just three days to secure your $99 pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. You
Bird Rides to go public via SPAC, at an implied value of $2.3B
Bird Rides, the shared electric scooter startup that operates in more than 200 cities across 3 continents, said Wednesday it
Stampli raises $50 million in Series C to help companies
This morning Stampli, a software platform that optimizes corporate invoice management, announced a $50 million Series C
UK publishes draft Online Safety Bill
The UK government has published its long-trailed (child) safety-focused plan to regulate online content and speech. The
Collective, a back-office for the self-employed, raises $20M from
With so much focus on the creator economy, and countries hit by the effects of the pandemic, the self-employed market is
Amazon updates Echo Show line with a pan and zoom camera and a kids
Amazon this morning announced a handful of updates across its Echo Show line of smart screens. The top-level most interesting
Orbite offers a five-star space camp for would-be space travelers
As private companies like Axiom Space, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX prepare to ferry private customers to the
Handshake raises $80M at a $1.5B+ valuation as its diversity-
Job-hunting for those close to leaving or just out of college is a different ballgame these days than it used to be. Gone (at
Unmind raises $47M for a platform to provide mental health support
Mental health has been put into the spotlight in a big way in recent times. For many of us, our lives and lifestyles have
Global chip shortage expected to persist until second quarter of
Across most categories, device shortages are expected to be pushed out until the second quarter of 2022, while substrate
Dutch startup QphoX raises 2M to connect Quantum computers with a
When eventually they become a working reality, Quantum computers wont be of much value if they simply sit there on their own
Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50%
Vacation rental startup Holidu has tucked $45 million in Series D funding into its suitcase bringing its total raised since
UK fashion portal Lyst raises $85M in a pre-IPO round, reportedly
E-commerce continues to be a huge focus for investors watching consumer behavior and spending patterns in the wake of the
Swarmia raises $8M Seed to help software development teams deal
Swarmia, a B2B SaaS company for software development teams dealing with data, has raised a 5.7 M Seed round and a previously
Quix raises $3.2M from Project A and others for its Stream centric
Quix, a platform for Python developers working on streaming data, has secured a 2.3 Million ($3.2M)Seed funding round led by