VCs shouldn’t get too hung up on a company’s chances of winning an entire category, because most won’t. And that’s fine.
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Sunday, August 20, 2023
IP for startups: When (not) to patent your inventions
Hiring patent counsel is a critical step for inventors seeking to secure and maintain patent protection for their inventions.
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A tale of two payments companies
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. There was plenty going on as usual — with fintech investors sounding off, payments companies seeing big stock moves and much more. One other note, you can find Mary Ann on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, which she co-hosts every Friday […]
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Speed and tech dominated the lawns at Monterey Car Week
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is just the cherry on top of a week of events highlighting, celebrating and sometimes even worshiping the automobile. While the lawn on Sunday mostly focuses on the past, other events like The Quail and the numerous private debuts scattered around Monterey, California have their sights very much set on […]
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How Index Ventures jumped to the front of the AI GPU line
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Saturday, August 19, 2023
Apple devices spoofed, Musk eggs on Zuckerberg and Better.com goes public
Welcome, friends, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major events in tech over the past few days. Haven’t had your eyes glued to the headlines? Not to worry. That’s our job, and we’ve compiled them in the nifty little digest that is WiR. In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover […]
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Nailing subscriptions in India
A look at subscriptions in India from two angles: the consumer market and B2B SaaS.
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Deal Dive: Forecasting rain on DTC’s Parade
While we don't have the numbers, it seems safe to assume Parade won't be the only DTC startup to see a similar exit.
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This week in AI: Amazon ‘enhances’ reviews with AI while Snap’s goes rogue
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week in AI, Amazon announced that it’ll […]
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SpaceX’s new Bandwagon program is a big threat to small launch providers
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Friday, August 18, 2023
Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday night with a fire truck. The California Department of Motor Vehicles, the agency that regulates the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the state, requested the reduction in operations. The […]
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How to cancel Disney+ and avoid the price hike
Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99/month a year ago; however, it went up after […]
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Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Canvas Ventures join TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield judges
Just one more month until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco to vie for an equity-free, $100,000 prize. They’ll face tough scrutiny from our judges, and today investors from Founders Fund, Index Ventures and Canvas Ventures join that high-powered pack. Be in […]
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Pitch Deck Teardown: DeckMatch’s $1M seed deck
Given that DeckMatch is a tool that evaluates pitch decks, we decided to tear down the deck it used to raise a $1 million seed round.
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Online wholesaler Boxed acquired after filing for bankruptcy
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April, online wholesale retailer Boxed has been acquired. U.S.-based regional distributor MSG Distributors, Inc. announced this morning its acquisition of Boxed.com and “other intellectual property portfolios and affiliates” in an all-cash transaction. Deal terms were not disclosed, but it’s not likely a high-value deal for a company […]
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