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Pitch, a platform for making and sharing presentations, raises $85M on a $600M valuation

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Creating a great pitch deck for a startup is great to share as a resource, but if you are also, say, a leadership coach who makes a living out of giving people inspiring direction on how to handle something, a pitch deck with that IP in it perhaps might not be something you’d always be willing to part with for free. .

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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

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Haje, with his rare overlapping perspective as a reporter AND pitch coach AND former director at a VC fund, breaks it all down as only he can. The number of compromised devices was growing daily, but with no expectation of a fix , we published our investigation to help alert victims to the dangers of this spyware.

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Get your Disrupt day three highlights right here

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Metafy is bringing video game coaching to the masses, and it’s not only for gamers who may want to go pro. Google’s Maddie Stone and ACLU’s Jennifer Granick join us for a crash course in the surveillance state — from spyware makers to location data brokers. Founder Fireside: Metafy and Seven Seven Six . TC Plus Stage | 1:30 am.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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Hear about the shadowy world of startups shunning the spotlight — spyware makers, hackers-for-hire and location data brokers — that are changing the threat landscape for billions around the world, and how data-hungry startups today risk becoming extensions of the surveillance state tomorrow. Founder Fireside: Metafy And Seven Seven Six .