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Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Elana Berkowitz, founding partner at Springbank Collective and […] Caretakers, ageism and other topics venture needs to stop overlooking by Theresa Loconsolo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Alongside, a crypto index-focused platform, has closed an $11 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the company exclusively told TechCrunch. “At a high level, we’re building what I describe as an on-chain Vanguard,” Austin Diamond, CEO and co-founder of Alongside, said to TechCrunch. “The goal is low-fee index products designed to enable total […] Crypto index platform Alongside raises $11M led by a16z by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Layoffs. They’re everywhere throughout Silicon Valley. While it seems like every company is cutting, some industries are on an upward swing including cybersecurity. I’m excited to have Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo, and Sequoia partner, Andrew Reed to speak on Vanta’s growth, particularly around hiring when everyone else is firing. Christina Cacioppo started Vanta in 2016 […] Today’s TechCrunch Live: Why cybersecurity is still hiring and spending with Vanta and Sequoia by Matt Burns originally published on T... →

В ведомстве считают, что этим будут пользоваться мошенники.... →

Перевозить грузы будут на пяти машинах, а на пассажирском сиденье будет находиться оператор.... →

В новом ролике креаторы показали историю взросления героини, которая началась с «Маленького принца»... →

You.com founder Richard Socher knows that his company has always been a David going after the Goliath in search, Google, and to a lesser extent Microsoft. He likes to point out that his company built search based on generative AI in December, several months before the other giant search players made their announcements. Today, the […] You.com takes aim at Google and Microsoft with multimodal chat search by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

К видео можно будет добавлять несколько звуковых дорожек на разных языках... →

Инициатива в том числе позволит оплачивать в них покупки через системы сторонних компаний ... →

Илон Маск планирует найти гендиректора Twitter к концу года. А пока эту должность «отдал» своей собаке... →

Компания поделилась финансовыми результатами за год и ключевыми показателями по бизнесам... →

Naked, a South African insurtech company that helps consumers to insure their cars, homes, and valuables, has raised $17 million in Series B funding led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The round welcomed participation from the German Development Finance Institution (DEG), and earlier investors, Yellowwoods and Hollard. The news follows the Naspers-led $11 million […] IFC leads $17M investment in South African insurtech Naked by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

With Smartrr, brands can create recurring sales on their website by offering advanced subscription offerings like a monthly box, digital subscription or membership. Smartrr bags $10M for its customer experience approach to e-commerce subscriptions by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Capital might be harder to come by than it once was in startup land, but some firms are bucking the trend — hard. Take Descope, for example, which today announced that it raised a whopping $53 million in seed funding for its “developer-first” authentication and user management platform. The money came from Lightspeed Venture Partners […] Passwordless authentication startup Descope lands whopping $53M seed round by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Looking to cash in on the generative AI craze, Yext, the platform for online brand management, today announced an AI-powered chatbot called Yext Chat. Taking inspiration from OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Yext Chat is designed for enterprise use cases — and differentiated, Yext claims, by a partly proprietary back end. “ChatGPT has shown the world that large […] Yext hops on the generative AI train with Yext Chat, an enterprise-focused chatbot by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Marvel’s top boss Kevin Feige thinks that the company might adjust its plans when it comes to releasing shows on Disney+ and space them out for better consumption. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Feige said that there is too much content on the internet and he wants Marvel stuff to stand out. “I do […] Marvel top boss wants to space out show releases on Disney+ by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Adobe’s proposed plan to snap up digital design rival Figma for $5 billion has attracted the attentions of the European Commission (EC), which announced today that the proposed merger “threatens to significantly affect competition in the market for interactive product design and whiteboarding software.” While the EC acknowledged that the transaction doesn’t meet the turnover […] Europe to ‘assess’ Adobe’s proposed $20B Figma acquisition on competition grounds by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunc... →

Here we go again; yet another Google search ranking algorithm update seems to have touched down on February 14th, maybe as early as February 13th, and seems to be continuing to shake things up throughout today. We previously covered unconfirmed updates on the 8th/9th and also the 4th.... →

Last night, Google Ads started to suspend and mass disapprove Google Ads and Google Merchant Center campaigns. There are numerous reports of this issue starting around 4 pm ET on Tuesday, February 14th.... →

The other week I spotted this Twitter thread where someone was able to ask Microsoft Bing AI chat what its codename is. In short, Bing AI responded that it was "Sydney." The back-and-forth interaction is very Westworld interaction-like, which is funny.... →