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Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Editor’s…
In an industry where creators are often tossed aside like yesterday’s lootboxes, MegaMod swoops in with a heroic promise to put them front and center.
Startups
AI-powered drug development, VW teams up with Rivian and DEI is ‘bad’
7:15 AM PDT • June 28, 2024
Welcome back to another recap of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups. This episode is jam-packed with deals, hot topics and the…
Featured Article
Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and more
The fediverse isn’t just another social media platform; it’s a rallying cry and a manifesto of sorts.
3:52 pm PDT • June 25, 2024
Apple has been named the first of tech’s so-called “gatekeepers” to be charged for violating the EU’s Digital Markets Act. In a press release this…
Startups
Tesla makes Musk best-paid CEO of all time and Fisker bites the dust
12:05 pm PDT • June 21, 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Elon…
Feel Therapeutics has a pretty original deck, with some twists we rarely see; the company did a great job telling the overall story.
Startups
Ilya Sutskever’s new AI venture, and time to BeReal about bankruptcy
7:15 AM PDT • June 21, 2024
Get ready for a jam-packed episode of Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast about the business of startups! This week, co-hosts Mary Ann Azevedo and Haje Kamps…
Hardware
TechCrunch Minute: The Light Phone III is light on features but heavy on price-tag
10:00 AM PDT • June 20, 2024
Hey, tech detox enthusiasts! If you’re tired of your phone being smarter than you, meet the Light Phone III. It’s a minimalist marvel with an…
In this week’s episode of Equity, Haje Kamps and Mary Ann Azevedo delve into the recent decision by fintech company Brex to abandon its co-CEO…
Let’s face it — ads on YouTube can be a nuisance. Whether you’re in the middle of a tutorial or catching up on your favorite…
Fundraising
Black founders are customizing ChatGPT as crypto makes a comeback
9:00 AM PDT • June 17, 2024
This week on Equity, we discussed some big news that really matters: How Black founders are addressing the diversity gap in AI chatbots. We’ve all…
Startups
Startups Weekly: Clash of the AI titans, and Europe is firing on all cylinders
12:01 pm PDT • June 14, 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Hold…
How well did the company do telling its own story in the form of its angel pitch deck? Let’s take a look.
Startups
Raspberry Pi goes public, Musk drops his OpenAI lawsuit and startups compete with Apple Intelligence
8:00 AM PDT • June 14, 2024
In today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Mary Ann Azevedo, Becca Szkutak and Haje Kamps dug into three very different but all interesting deals of the week. Haje…
Before Wazer came along, “water jet cutting” and “affordable” didn’t belong in the same sentence. That changed in 2016, when the company launched the world’s first desktop water jet cutter,…
Startups
Startups Weekly: Musk raises $6B for AI and the fintech dominoes are falling
12:05 pm PDT • May 31, 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. In…
The RAW Dating App aims to shake up the dating scheme by shedding the fake, TikTok-ified, heavily filtered photos and replacing them with a more genuine, unvarnished experience. The app…
Welcome back to Friday Equity! We kick things off with the Deal of the Week. First up, xAI. Elon Musk has once again proven that…
Venture
Peering into the ‘Series A chasm’ with Everywhere Ventures’ Jenny Fielding
7:41 AM PDT • May 29, 2024
It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…
Startups
Musk’s xAI raises fresh capital while Synapse’s bankruptcy could impact millions
8:50 AM PDT • May 28, 2024
We’re kicking off the short week with news about Elon Musk, and no, it’s not about X or Tesla. Instead, we’re talking about Musk’s other…
Startups
Startups Weekly: Drama at Techstars. Drama in AI. Drama everywhere.
12:05 pm PDT • May 24, 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje‘s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Well,…
Terra One’s pitch deck has a few wins, but also a few misses. Here’s how to fix that.
Venture
The proposed AI ‘kill switch,’ and why it’s rough out there for emerging fund managers
7:10 AM PDT • May 24, 2024
It was an event-filled week in startup land, and the Equity crew had a blast breaking it down for you. On today’s episode of TechCrunch’s…
Startups
Maven takes the clout-chasing out of social media as Reddit teams up with OpenAI
8:57 AM PDT • May 20, 2024
Last week was a big one for AI news, and one thing that stood out to us was OpenAI’s deal with Reddit. Per the terms of…
Startups
Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI — plus, Musk is raging against the machine
12:00 pm PDT • May 17, 2024
Welcome to Startups Weekly! We’ve been drowning in AI news this week, with Google’s I/O setting the pace. And Elon Musk rages against the machine.
Decks are all about telling a compelling story and Goodcarbon does a good job on that front. But there’s important information missing too.
Startups
AI’s busy week, and why the heck are so many VCs leaving their firms?
7:10 AM PDT • May 17, 2024
If there was one thing we heard about this week, it was AI. As a matter of fact, there were so many AI updates to…
Privacy
Flock Safety’s solar-powered cameras could make surveillance more widespread
7:29 am PDT • May 16, 2024
Flock Safety is a multibillion-dollar startup that’s got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company’s new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and use wireless 5G networks to…
When Newchip, an online accelerator promising to help startups, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2023, it was revealed that the company had just…
