Only two weeks left to apply to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023
You blinked, and suddenly there are only two weeks left to apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt...
Month: May 2023
Apple releases first ‘rapid’ security fixes for iPhones, iPads and Macs
fApple on Monday released its first batch of publicly available “rapid security” patches, aimed at quickly fixing security vulnerabilities that...
Neato Robotics is being shut down after 18 years
In many meaningful ways, the robot vacuum has been a true success story. The category is broadly considered to be...
Lordstown savior Foxconn is threatening to pull funding
Lordstown Motors is at risk of failing — again. The EV startup that went public via a SPAC merger cautioned...
RTRO launches an algorithm-free social app for friends, creators and brands
Ahead of Meta’s launch of a text-based social network, female-founded social networking startup RTRO is launching its app this week...
Spotify-owned Findaway Voices eliminates distribution fee for audiobooks on the streaming service
Spotify and Findaway announced today that Findaway Voices, an audiobook distributor for independent authors, is eliminating its 20% distribution fee...
The ice-breaking IPO we’ve waited for might not come from the US after all
British semiconductor giant ARM is heading back to the public markets after more than five years of private life. Even...
Amazon will juice its Freevee free streaming service with 100+ Amazon Originals in 2023
As part of its pitch to advertisers this week at the IAB NewFronts, Amazon announced today it has plans to...
Vercel brings new backend tools to its frontend cloud
Frontend platform Vercel today announced the launch of a number of backend services, including Redis and PostgreSQL databases and an...
Blue checks reappear on Twitter if you update your bio, lmao
Jumpscare alert: there is currently a bug on Twitter wherein legacy blue check holders can update their bio and briefly...
It’s never too late to align product-market fit metrics with your company’s values
It’s a perennial question for early-stage startups: how does one find product-market fit (PMF)? What do you do to ensure...
Lyft layoffs arrive, GM kills off the Chevy Bolt and Tesla makes a ‘deep fake’ defense
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Once-hot photo-sharing app Poparazzi is shutting down
Poparazzi, the once-hot photo-sharing app that hit the top of the App Store in 2021, is shutting down. The company...
How this investor widens its net by refusing warm intros
I have often been annoyed by warm introductions. I get why investors insist on them, but it has always struck...
SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch
SpaceX’s recent Starship test flight, the first during which it flew with its Super Heavy orbital booster, was a bit...
Hey look, OpenAI is even richer now
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind...
Automation helps founders avoid the basis point yield trap
Michael Dombrowski Contributor Share on Twitter Michael Dombrowski is the corporate treasury lead at Rho and an investment advisor representative...
Vote for the roundtables you want at Disrupt 2023
Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions...
Your site needs more than just one user onboarding experience
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's...
Regulators close First Republic Bank, JPMorgan named as the buyer of $330B assets and deposits, FDIC on the hook for $13B
First Republic Bank (FRB), on the brink of collapse in the weeks after the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, has finally...
