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TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

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“Contribution margin can then be reinvested in sales and marketing or operations to create more value.” ” Until you’ve conducted extensive research on your users and competitors, there’s no way to know whether your services are priced improperly. Your fundraising pitch deck needs appendices.

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Google spurs US to ease immigration rules for tech talent

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On May 1, the tech titan submitted a lengthy response to the department’s request for information on modernizing Schedule A, a little-known immigration rule that fast-tracks the hiring of foreign workers in occupations facing pre-certified shortages in the US.

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Why CIOs back API governance to avoid tech sprawl

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But APIs do more than support next-generation technologies — they already serve a foundational purpose within most enterprises. As enablers for the integration of data and business services across platforms, APIs are very aligned with current tech trends,” says Antonio Vázquez, CIO of software company Bizagi.

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6 most underhyped technologies in IT — plus one that’s not dead yet

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Generative AI and, more specifically, ChatGPT captivated the corporate world in 2023, with board directors, CEOs, and other executives fawning (and sometimes fearing) the technology. But with all due respect, AI is hardly the only critical tech in town. But with all due respect, AI is hardly the only critical tech in town.

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AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest high-tech giant to announce a major stake in Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning technology industry, unveiling a plan this week to invest more than $5.3 Indeed, the kingdom is positioning itself as a global leader in digital technologies ahead of its hosting of the World Expo 2030 in Riyadh.

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Exposure to new workplace technologies linked to lower quality of life

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Exposure to new technologies such as trackers, robots, and AI software in the workplace work is linked with lower quality of life for workers, a UK study has found. Fewer than 25% of those surveyed frequently used these emerging technologies, with 20.2% using wearables, 20.8% AI software, and 23.7%

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Europe’s deep tech depends on university spinouts

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Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. Deep tech has become a hot topic in Europe, with hopes that the region can have an edge over the rest of the world for innovation rooted in fundamental research. Universities, a deep tech cauldron. researchers into venture scientists.