TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Wholesale marketplace Faire has laid off 20% of its staff, or about 250 people, as part of a restructuring, according to multiple reports. Business Insider broke the news, reporting that the job cuts were companywide. All rights reserved.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

And yes, you and your startup may still be rattled by the Silicon Valley Bank crisis or worried about what’s going on at First Republic. Hell, you could still be working to secure your funds somewhere new. The cliche about rain quantity during downpours exists because bad news tends to pile up when it arrives.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

But questions about his role at other entities like Worldcoin, the crypto project he co-founded, remain up in the air as its token falls on the news. Sam Altman, the now former CEO of OpenAI, has departed his role and is leaving its board, according to a company post on Friday. Worldcoin’s token, WLD, fell […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. While Brief’s ambitious project to fix news consumption showed a lot of promise, its growth may have been hampered by the subscription model it had adopted.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

?. Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week our comrade Mary Ann was off, so Natasha and Alex teamed up with Grace on the dials to chat through the week’s biggest news. So, chat you Monday, Wednesday and Thursday live!

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It’s so close to the holidays I feel like the Grinch who delivered bad news.” Sometimes you’ll be tasked with delivering news that you know won’t be popular. Be transparent about the factors that led to the decision to return to office. I know my team is not a fan (and quite frankly, neither am I).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

The news, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal , comes as a surprise considering the rather dry public market activity in the tech world. Stripe declined to comment on the record about the deadline or current revenue. Want more fintech news in your inbox? Got a news tip or inside information about a topic we covered?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. All rights reserved.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In this report, the news about technology investments was surprisingly upbeat. Despite national news about increased costs, economic uncertainty, and more reports of technology firm layoffs, respondents indicated that they were planning to spend more IT budget in 2023, not less. out of 5.0 in thousands of surveys.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But what about the crypto world? There’s precious little good news, it turns out. This morning, after coming across this particularly interesting datapoint about trading volumes in September from The Block, we went hunting for other bits of good news. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

The startup, like others in this space, gained ground in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter as many began to look for a new place to read and discuss the news or share their own thoughts with their followers. But Post doesn’t want to be just another Twitter clone.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2022

Avoid This Mistake When Giving Your Boss Bad News. You’ve got to give your boss bad news. How do you give your boss bad news well, while avoiding the proverbial shooting of the messenger? approach for delivering bad news. ” And, what does that have to do with giving your boss bad news? The restructure.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Late last month, Artifact , a personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, opened to the public. The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week! Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

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APRIL 22, 2024

In the US alone, there are estimates from 35 million to 100 million landlines still in operation (depending on how you count them), about 14 million of which are business lines. There has been a public challenge to the fact that AT&T is retiring its copper landlines in the state of California.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news -- and you might be glad to know today was not all about OpenAI. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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MARCH 3, 2023

It’s only been a couple of months since OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded into the public consciousness, and it already feels like our news feeds will never be the same again. Going from all-out rage prompted by the FTX fiasco to ChatGPT setting off the red alert at Google HQ made for a sudden, even shocking shift in the tech news cycle.

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CIO

APRIL 19, 2024

According to him, it’s fairly common for customers to load money onto Travelex’s Cash Passport money card, head off on a trip, and then come home only to forget about the money left on it. This sharp upward trajectory is due in large part to an increase in international travel as tourist numbers slowly climb up to pre-pandemic levels.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

The popular news app News Break is announcing that it has raised $115 million in new funding. The press release claims this round makes News Break “one of the first new unicorns of 2021,” but the startup declined to disclose its actual valuation. ” Image Credits: News Break. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

We’re not talking about Snap’s earnings sending its stock plunging, or Twitter’s lackluster earnings report from earlier this morning. No, we’re talking about big tech. But as with most good news, there’s a catch. Once seemingly unstoppable, big tech is now in reset mode.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Yesterday morning, we had an inkling that the market was concerned about Silicon Valley Bank when its stock started dipping right after market open in reaction to the financial institution announcing late on Wednesday a share sale, an asset sale, and an increase in its term borrowing. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A new report looking at cloud and software companies from Battery Ventures ran the math on how investors are rewarding faster growth from less unprofitable companies — dare we say, profitable companies? For startups busy stacking new revenue with minimal burn, the situation is good news. Why is the math bad?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Cava’s explosive IPO hints that public markets are more ready for growth-stories than founders thought The flurry of news — and, likely, progress in IPO prep and planning at some of tech’s biggest private names — comes in the middle of a slightly bad time for tech shares. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

This week, Adam Neumann made his post-WeWork debut, co-founding a blockchain-based carbon credits market, and — more impressively — raising $70 million in funding for it, about half of which came from VCs with the other portion coming from a private token sale. Our guest: Grace Isford of Lux Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The paper also broke news that Morning Brew might exit to Business Insider for a hefty $75 million potential payout. Meanwhile, we covered the news that The Juggernaut raised $2 million for its paywalled publication focused on South Asian news. The conversation, as a result, was a fairly indulgent and nerdy affair.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

The fintech company has reportedly approached investors about raising more capital — at least $2 billion — at a valuation of $55 billion to $60 billion. ” The news comes after several months of apparent struggles at Stripe. Defending that valuation appears to be challenging. It is not clear if any discussions are ongoing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

Welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Here’s what I chatted about today: Big tech: Good news for Bitcoin and Ethereum, even as late-stage companies in the space cut to stay afloat. What’s that all about?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

You can listen below or subscribe in iTunes or Spotify to get new episodes delivered weekly on Fridays! Don’t miss our mini feature series Inside Startup Battlefield , where we go behind the scenes to learn more about what it’s like to participate in the most famous startup pitch competition ever: TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield!

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. If startup news is pointing in two directions, so too are data from the venture capital world. You can read more about that in The Interchange , out on Sunday. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Bloomberg broke news earlier this week that Apple, the consumer hardware giant with a rising services focus, is building a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service that will integrate with its Apple Pay system. The news sent shares of Affirm down just over 10% by the end of the day, and it shed 2.5% of its value yesterday.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Looking for a recap of this week’s news? Not only will you be treated to a healthy chunk of the TC editorial crew out and about — a rarity! — but you’ll also have access to expert panels covering the many aspects of startup building. We’re particularly excited about the AI Stage , which is new this year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

We don’t pay enough attention to CxOs here at TechCrunch, as we’re a bit more focused on founders, but last year, CFOs managed to breathe their way to our attention: TechCrunch reported about a wave of CFO turnovers at companies that had been on the IPO track before the market blocked that path or took the business down a peg.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

The tech-narrative whiplash is actually what I want to talk about this morning. Now that the initial shock waves of the Silicon Valley Bank crisis have seemingly settled, tech news has reverted to type. Now that the initial shock waves of the Silicon Valley Bank crisis have seemingly settled, tech news has reverted to type.

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CIO

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As businesses speed up their digital transformation, solutions for application and data integration become key for modernizing applications and deploying AI effectively throughout the enterprise, IBM said in a news release announcing the deal. The tech giant will shell out € 2.13 billion ($2.33 1,” IBM said. 1,” IBM said. billion in June.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. But don’t let the shorter window for news fool you — it’s going to be busy. Y Combinator Demo Day is this week, which means a flood of startups and other news is in the offing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. I think it took maybe three days after I roasted our rather dry M&A season for the news cycle to prove me wrong. Do let me know what you’re thinking about by tweeting at me or responding to this post.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. I woke up on Monday to news that First Republic Bank has been closed down by regulators — and JP Morgan will buy $330 billion worth of assets. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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