Welcome back to The Interchange! If you want this in your inbox, sign up here. When it came to fintech news, we saw a pretty sluggish first half of 2023, and that is evidenced by the sobering funding statistics we cover below. But things feel like they are starting to pick up, as evidenced by our crowded […]
The fintech funding slump, by the numbers by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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Hey, friends — welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular roundup of the week in tech. If life’s gotten in the way of following the major stories on TC, don’t sweat it. You’ve come to the right place. In this edition, we cover the 19-year-old MIT dropout “replacing gunpowder” for the defense industry, as […]
Threads hits 100M users, pedestrians fight back against AVs, and VanMoof skids off course by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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A version of this post original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. It has been updated to include details about a new scholarship fund being raised in her honor. I didn’t know Joanne Pransky personally, so when news of her death broke late last month, I reached out to my LinkedIn followers, asking if […]
Remembering Joanne Pransky by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
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If cybersecurity isn't recession-proof, generative AI and animal agriculture might be.
If cybersecurity isn’t recession-proof, what is? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
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Performance Livestock Analytics spun out from Zoetis because the startup thought it could achieve better scale on its own.
Deal Dive: Backing a founder again after they’ve spun out from their acquirer by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
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The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video cannot be memeable, or it’ll never be taken seriously. Colleen Ballinger’s apology saga, however, will be one of the most memorable in YouTube history because […]
Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
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The creator monetization platform Fanhouse announced yesterday that it was acquired by Passes, a similar startup that only launched in beta in December. “We only hopped on a call maybe 36 hours ago, and then we closed the deal 24 hours ago,” Lucy Guo, the founder of Passes, told TechCrunch. Guo declined to disclose the […]
Passes acquired Fanhouse, but some creators are apprehensive by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
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Kenyan workers who helped remove harmful content on ChatGPT, OpenAI’s smart search engine that generates content based on user prompts, have filed a petition before the country’s lawmakers calling them to launch investigations on big tech outsourcing content moderation and AI work in Kenya. The petitioners want investigations into the “nature of work, the conditions […]
Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
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Team up with TechCrunch: Host an After Hours event at Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
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GoodBuy Gear's deck is not without its challenges, but there's a lot to love, including some unusual choices that really worked out for the team.
Pitch Deck Teardown: GoodBuy Gear’s $5M Series A extension deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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Now in summer in this part of the world, are we running low of things to talk about? Not in the slightest.
We’re in the pruning phase of tech layoffs by Theresa Loconsolo originally published on TechCrunch
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For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Maria Shen, a general partner a early-stage venture firm Electric Capital.
Crypto winter is showing market maturity compared to previous downturns, Electric Capital GP says by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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