Founders often ignore an important question: Why now? Here's how to prove to investors now's the right time and you're the right startup.
When fundraising, anchor your company with the ‘why now?’ slide by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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According to former employees of human resources startup Free Agency, CEO Sherveen Mashayekhi’s leadership style is holding the startup back as he seems to care more about demanding loyalty and controlling his employees than building a company. The New York-based startup launched in 2019 with the novel idea of bringing the talent agency model popular […]
Free Agency CEO seems to care more about control than the company, former employees say by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
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Companies hoping to dip into the coffers of the Biden Administration’s $7.5 billion EV charging initiative will have to meet a new set of requirements that even Tesla has agreed to. The Biden Administration laid out Wednesday the final standards for its plan to build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle chargers along highways, […]
Tesla agrees to double supercharger network, open to all EVs under Biden’s $7.5B charging plan by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
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A prolific ransomware operation is back with old tricks — and new victims. Community Health Systems (CHS), one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States with close to 80 hospitals in 16 states, confirmed this week that criminal hackers accessed the personal and protected health information of up to one million patients. The […]
Ransomware gang uses new zero-day to steal data on 1 million patients by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
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Snap has introduced ray tracing technology to its AR Lens Studio for developers around the world, the company announced on Wednesday. Ray tracing is a technical capability that allows for realistic renderings of light and shine on AR artifacts. Snap has partnered with Tiffany & Co to launch the first Lens built with ray tracing. […]
Snap introduces ray tracing technology for its AR lenses to enhance realism by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Manufacturers face a dizzying array of potential problems around the machines they produce, and it’s challenging to track down issues. This isn’t just nice to know. It’s crucial information, often tracked manually today by human auditors in spreadsheets. In some cases, failing to understand when there is a faulty part could result in costly recalls, […]
Axion Ray brings intelligence to manufacturing to find issues before they cause trouble by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Microsoft dumps Yammer and makes Viva Engage its preferred enterprise social platform by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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Fox’s free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service, Tubi, reached 64 million monthly active users, the company announced today. The last time the company reported its subscriber base was in May 2022, when Tubi had 51 million. When Fox purchased the streaming service in 2020, Tubi then had 25 million monthly active users. Fox recently reported […]
Tubi reaches 64M monthly active users as ad-supported streaming grows by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
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There’s been a continuous shift toward video-focused dating apps in recent years as more users opt for authentic connections that photos and text often fail to achieve. Throughout February–aka the last month of “cuffing season”–three startups are launching dating apps that use video in order to help users find love: Candid, Ditto and IRLY. Video […]
Video is fueling the newest group of dating app startups by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
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Earlier this month, Twitter announced that it is going to curtail free access to its API — the programming interface that lets third-party developers interact with Twitter. While the move certainly affects independent developers and startups building tools to make the platform fun and safe, it also creates a problem for students and academics who use […]
Twitter’s restrictive API may leave researchers out in the cold by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it’s exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram, following a similar shutdown on Facebook. Starting on March 16, 2023, Instagram users will no longer be able to tag products while livestreaming — a capability that has been broadly available to U.S. businesses […]
Instagram is killing live shopping in March, will focus on ads instead by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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French startup Bibak (formerly known as La Consigne GreenGo) has amassed $6.4 million (€6 million) in an equity funding round and debt. The company wants to put an end to single-use plastic food packaging and replace those with reusable food containers. Founders Future, MAIF Impact, Seed One, Notus Technologies SWEN Capital Partners’ Blue Ocean fund […]
Bibak is building the software stack to manage reusable food containers at scale by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
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Portão 3 was founded as a corporate travel startup in 2020 and had released its product just as COVID hit Latin America and “all airports closed,” recalls co-founder Bianca Pereira. Although the timing was “terrible,” she said, the company didn’t give up. Pereira and fellow founder Fernando Nery concluded that the software that Portão had […]
How one Brazilian startup’s pivot to corporate cards has paid off by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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BuzzFeed — the media site that made its name (literally) spinning out viral content — landed in the middle of the buzz itself last month when news leaked out that it would partner with the AI startup of the moment, OpenAI, to build a new AI-powered quiz format, building on the media company’s very popular […]
BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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