Mintlify offers a collection of documentation-authoring tools, including tools that can auto-generate docs from codebases.
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
TechCrunch Minute: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs
Korea’s Institute for Machinery and Materials unveiled a pretty cool robotic wheelchair this week. By creating a compliant wheel that conforms to the terrain around it, these engineers have created an early version of a wheelchair that can climb stairs and traverse rocky terrain. The wheel uses a “smart chain” structure, which means that a […]
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Portex founder Brittany Ennix learned the importance of supply chains from Uber and Flexport
Brittany Ennix launched Portex, a company that allows SMBs to connect with freight partners and manage shipments and operations in one place.
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Verizon bets on fiber’s staying power as it acquires Frontier for $20B
Some major consolidation is afoot in the world of internet communications — and it will have implications for competition and consumer internet access in U.S. On Thursday, Verizon announced that it would gobble up Frontier Communications for $20 billion — more than double Frontier’s market cap at the close of trading the night before. Frontier […]
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Sedric monitors the communications of employees at financial institutions to ensure compliance
For financial institutions, complying with regulations is becoming a costlier proposition. According to a recent poll, 76% of financial services firms increased their compliance expenditure from 2022 to 2023, with most blaming new laws. With the cost of compliance averaging out to around $10,000 per employee these days, many firms are searching for ways to […]
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Kinsome aims to bridge the generation gap with its new app for kids and grandparents
Over a year ago, former Session M exec Eben Pingree received the news that his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Two days later, his father-in-law was given the same diagnosis. To create lasting memories and help his three young children bond with their grandparents, Pingree — along with his co-founders Mike Gerbush, Ashley Hawking, and […]
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Ryan Breslow’s $450M Bolt deal said to involve a restraining order now
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Reonic raises €13 million to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels
European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps to be added by 2027, and solar panels are also on the rise. But most installations are done by small businesses that could be more productive with better work processes. This is where German startup Reonic comes […]
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Boom’s macOS camera app lets you customize your video call appearance
As someone who talks to many people outside my time zone, I often spend at least a few minutes on a video call explaining my location, time, and weather. That information became easier to convey with a Mac app called Boom, now available as a freemium product. Boom is a bootstrapped company built by former […]
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Those ‘Founder mode’ memes keep coming
If you spend time on X or Threads, where snarky memes rise and fall, you’ve probably seen posts referencing “founder mode” over the last few days, like this: https://www.threads.net/@carnage4life/post/C_eaQAxyIcV Or maybe this: You may even have seen this parody about “goblin mode.” The chatter ties to a recent blog post that Y Combinator founder and […]
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Boeing and NASA prepare to bring Starliner home without its crew on Friday
These final maneuvers will bring to a close a troubled first crewed mission for the Boeing-made Starliner.
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E-bike maker Cowboy raises a small funding round as it targets profitability next year
Cowboy has closed funding of around $5.5 million. With this recent funding round, Cowboy is now valued at €40 million on a pre-money basis.
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Facebook says, ‘how do you do, fellow kids?’
Back in my day, Facebook was cool. Gaggles of middle schoolers trolled the local mall, where we would stop into the Apple Store, find an early MacBook Pro, and take dozens of pictures with gaudy Photo Booth filters to post on Facebook. Sometimes, other teens would forget to log out of their accounts, and we […]
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Woman who allegedly killed two people using Ford BlueCruise charged with DUI homicide
A 23-year-old woman who allegedly killed two men in March while using Ford’s hands-free system, BlueCruise, has been charged with DUI homicide by Pennsylvania State Police. The woman, Dimple Patel, turned herself in on Tuesday. Patel was also charged with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence, careless driving, reckless driving and prohibited text-based […]
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X is hiring staff for security and safety after two years of layoffs
The hiring effort comes after X, formerly known as Twitter, laid off 80% of its trust and safety staff since Musk's takeover.
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