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Ford and Volkswagen are trying to squeeze any remaining value out of Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle startup the two automakers invested billons in before abruptly shutting it down last week. One of the primary items on the block: Argo Lidar, an 80-person team and the lidar tech they developed, according to sources familiar with […] Ford, VW seeking buyer for Argo AI’s lidar unit by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Bitcoin prices have continued to hold near $20,000 this past week, but some miners are crumbling as spiking energy prices and historically low hash prices cut into profits. Bitcoin miners struggle as energy prices rise and hash prices fall by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Samsara Eco, an Australian startup that uses enzyme-based technology to break down plastic into its core molecules, announced today it has raised $54 million AUD (about $34.7 million USD) in Series A funding. The company is planning to build its first plastic recycling facility in Melbourne later this year, with the target of full-scale production […] Samsara Eco raises $54M AUD for its “infinite plastic recycling” tech by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

After much uncertainty around Twitter Blue’s revamp, Elon Musk laid out the company’s approach. He said that the new paid plan will cost $8 per month — something that he mentioned in a reply to Stephen King’s tweet. Plus, the price will be adjusted according to purchasing power parity of the company, hinting towards a […] Elon Musk says Twitter Blue will cost $8/month with regional pricing by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google Hangouts, a text, video and voice chat app built into Gmail, is finally being shut down today. As announced earlier this year, Google is switching Hangouts users over to Google Chat, the company’s Slack-like instant messaging app for businesses. Starting today, November 1, the Google Hangouts web app is no longer available. This was […] Google puts an end to Google Hangouts once and for all by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch has a long history of partnering with great companies that are not only subject-matter experts, but committed to supporting early-stage startups, too. While this is our first official conference dedicated to the space, TC Sessions: Crypto — November 17 in Miami — is no exception to our great partners rule.  Whether it’s blockchain-, crypto-, […] Connect with Hedera, Wilson Sonsini and MetaJuice at TC Sessions: Crypto by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Is there a correlation between being extremely online and a founder’s ability to fundraise? TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 R&D tax prep, social media for founders, managing remote teams by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Первое место занял автор «Властелина колец» Джон Толкин... →

Lending giant Upstart has laid off about 140 employees — or 7% of its total workforce — who help process loan applications, sources told TechCrunch. The cloud-based AI lending platform notified its affected employees about the layoff on Tuesday. Upstart had about 2,000 employees, according to the company, which confirmed the layoffs. “Given the challenging […] Upstart lays off 7% staff amid weakening demand for loans by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Metrist, a startup that helps IT teams stay on top of outages among the many cloud services they use to run their own applications, today announced that it has raised a $5.5 million seed round from the likes of Heavybit, Morado Ventures, as well as PagerDuty co-founder Alex Solomon and StatusPage co-founders Scott and Steve […] Metrist raises $5.5M to provide better cloud service outage data by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Twitter’s Chief Consumer Officer Sarah Personette has left the company, she wrote in a Twitter thread Tuesday morning. Personette, who was in charge of Twitter’s ad sales business, said that she resigned on Friday, and her work access was officially cut off by Tuesday. The day before her resignation, Musk fired four key executives immediately […] Twitter ad sales head resigned amid turbulent Musk takeover by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you’ve worked at large tech companies, you’ve probably seen that a bunch of groups show up, whether officially or unofficially. Google calls ’em Employee Resource Groups (ERG), Facebook has its internal version of Facebook with groups, and other orgs have systems that range from listservs that have been running since the 1990s, to internal […] Heylo wants to help you build your own little social circles for events by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Galileo, a startup launching a platform for AI model development, today announced that it raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Battery Ventures with participation from The Factory, Walden Catalyst, FPV Ventures, Kaggle co-founder Anthony Goldbloom and other angel investors. The new cash brings the company’s total raised to $23.1 million and […] MLOps platform Galileo lands $18M to launch a free service by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Battery Ventures recently dropped a new report (the “State of the OpenCloud 2022”) that includes some fascinating data on the profit/growth conversation. Are investors really paying more for profits than growth today? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Even when a chill venture wind blows, you’ll find daring entrepreneurs forging ahead, and we’re here to highlight the outstanding early-stage startups in the world of blockchain, cryptocurrency, DeFi, NFT and web3. You’ll find them exhibiting at TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17 in Miami, and what better way to check them out than to […] Catch these rising startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: Crypto by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

YouTube is bringing more streaming services to its platform in the U.S. with a new feature, “Primetime Channels,” allowing consumers to subscribe and watch content from over 30 services within the YouTube app. The company has signed up with streaming partners like Paramount+, Showtime, Epix, Starz, AMC+ and more. The new feature is in YouTube’s […] YouTube begins selling streaming subscriptions with its new streaming hub, ‘Primetime Channels’ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

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In over a decade of investing in startups, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has only once offered to fund a founder on the spot. How Metafy founder Josh Fabian caught the attention of 776 by building in public by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →