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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

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Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2023

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But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. If you haven’t already spoken to scores of customers or created a contact spreadsheet with at least 25 investors who’ve backed companies like yours, it’s too soon.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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I can name more movies that feature flying cars than I can eVTOL companies, but that’s changing. Last year, boosters poured billions into eVTOL as companies like Joby Aviation, Archer and Lilium used SPACs to rake in cash to fund R&D and test flight programs. As my company continues to grow, I’m considering coming to the U.S.

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

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Identity attacks use social engineering, prompt-bombing, bribing employees for 2FA codes, and session hijacking (among many techniques) to get privileged access. Traditional security controls are bypassed in such attacks as bad actors assume a user’s identity and their malicious activity is indistinguishable from routine behavior.

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Weights & Biases raises $135M Series C to keep building MLOps software

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Evidence of the former can be found in the growth posted by Databricks in recent quarters, and the latter by just how much cash Big Tech companies are willing to drop on ML-focused roles. The company is now worth around $1 billion, it said in a release. This time ’round, Senkut got into the cap table by pre-empting the company.

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6 best practices for better vendor management

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To build a stronger relationship with vendors, “CIOs should bring them into the fold regarding their priorities and potential concerns about what may —or may not — lie ahead, from a regulatory perspective or the general economic climate, for example,” says Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI, a midmarket ERP software developer. “A

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

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We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan.