Monday, February 13, 2023

Twilio cuts 17% of its workforce just months after previous round of layoffs

Twilio just announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 17% of its global workforce. The company will also restructure its internal organization and create two business units — Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications. Today’s news must be particularly difficult for Twilio employees as the company already conducted […]

Twilio cuts 17% of its workforce just months after previous round of layoffs by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch Live Podcast: Why you should buy your kids a cash register

Christina Ross says her favorite toy was a cash register. And that makes sense now. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Cube, a financial planning and analysis company that’s trying to help businesses bridge that gap between custom spreadsheets and modern planning tools. She sat down with me and Mayfield partner Rajeev Butra to talk […]

TechCrunch Live Podcast: Why you should buy your kids a cash register by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

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The electric RAM 1500 REV is packed with screens and, surprisingly, buttons and knobs

RAM used some of its 2023 Super Bowl ad time to show off some goodies built into the upcoming electric RAM pickup. The RAM 1500 REV, as it’s called, is Stellantis’ first entry into the growing electric pickup wars. The concept debuted last month at the 2023 Consumer Electronic Show, but few details, including interior features, […]

The electric RAM 1500 REV is packed with screens and, surprisingly, buttons and knobs by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

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Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding

Qotto, a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt round led by the IBL group, a billion-dollar conglomerate headquartered in Mauritius with business interests in a number of sectors including energy, financial services, logistics, distribution, and engineering. The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF), […]

Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

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Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD

Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project is taking its campaign to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system to the Super Bowl. The 30-second ad, which is broadcasting to millions of football fans in Washington D.C. and state capitals like Austin, Tallahassee, Albany, Atlanta and Sacramento, outlines several alleged critical safety defects of Tesla FSD, the […] Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation. Looking to bridge the gap, booking platforms are emerging in the […]

BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

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AI comes to expense reports

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […] AI comes to expense reports by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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Sunday, February 12, 2023

Two-year-old Zeekr raises $750M at $13B valuation

At a time when venture capital funding is slowing in China, EV is one of the few sectors that are still keeping investors excited. Case in point, Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand of China’s largest private carmaker Geely, announced Monday that investors have committed to investing $750 million in its Series A funding round. […]

Two-year-old Zeekr raises $750M at $13B valuation by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

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Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD

Safety advocacy group The Dawn Project is taking its campaign to ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system to the Super Bowl. The 30-second ad, which is broadcasting to millions of football fans in Washington D.C. and state capitals like Austin, Tallahassee, Albany, Atlanta and Sacramento, outlines several alleged critical safety defects of Tesla FSD, the […]

Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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AI comes to expense reports

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […]

AI comes to expense reports by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

This Week in Apps: AI apps, Bing hits the Top Charts, Google and Mozilla test non-WebKit browsers

This Week in Apps offers a way to keep up with this fast-moving industry in one place with the latest from the world of apps, including news, updates, startup fundings, M&As and much more.

This Week in Apps: AI apps, Bing hits the Top Charts, Google and Mozilla test non-WebKit browsers by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Cities, cycles and San Francisco’s ‘return’

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. “San Francisco is back!” “It never left.” “It’s been long dead.” They’re all takes, none particularly good, yet all insinuating a degree of self-importance that […]

Cities, cycles and San Francisco’s ‘return’ by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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AI is coming to your Bing and Google searches, Apple’s M2 chip and Super Bowl streaming

Ahoy, all. Welcome back to the latest edition of Week in Review, the newsletter where we point you to some of the most-read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning (which, not for nothin’, used to be cartoon time for this Gen Xer)? Here’s the link. And […]

AI is coming to your Bing and Google searches, Apple’s M2 chip and Super Bowl streaming by Henry Pickavet originally published on TechCrunch

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