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The fallout from Fortra’s mass ransomware attack continues to widen as the hackers claim a new victim: a children’s virtual mental health care startup. In a data breach disclosure filed with the Maine attorney general’s office, U.S. healthcare giant Blue Shield of California confirmed that one of its providers, Brightline, had data stolen from data […] Childrens’ data feared stolen in Fortra ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Krisp got its start as an AI-powered noise cancellation service, but now the startup is moving beyond that with instant on-device transcription of all your calls and meetings — and of course it integrates ChatGPT now for quick summaries as well. The open beta goes live today. My transcribing experience is usually a matter of […] Krisp expands from noise canceling to on-device transcription by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

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What’s it like to be a startup founder? Not the hype, not the spin. What’s it really like? That’s the thesis behind the TechCrunch podcast Found. Each episode features an interview with an early-stage founder to tell the story behind the startup. We can’t think of a better place to broadcast a live Found podcast […] Experience the Found podcast live at TC Early Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Turntable wars were one of the more fascinating stories to emerge in 2021 startup land (though I suspect those involved might dispute the matter). After years away, the beloved but bygone collaborative music streaming service returned for a population that had been stuck inside for a year thanks to a global pandemic. Things got […] Turntable LIVE (née tt.fm) raises $7M ahead of public launch by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

We are still likely many years away from wide-scale deployment — let alone adoption — of fully autonomous vehicles on our streets, but in the meantime autonomous vehicle companies focusing on closed-campus environments continue to raise funding and make headway in building self-driving on a smaller scale. In the latest, a startup called Venti Technologies […] Venti raises $29M for autonomous vehicle tech designed for industrial and logistics hubs by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch... →

The company is betting that outsourcing will fast-track its unique fusion reactor designs. Fusion startup Type One Energy gets $29M seed round to fast-track its reactor designs by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last-mile robotics startup Neubility — which makes autonomous delivery robots that work without lidar — says that it plans bump its fleet up to 400  by the end of this year, up from the 50 it currently has in circulation. The goal is part of an ambitious plan that the Seoul-based startup has laid out […] Neubility plans to roll out 400 lidar-free delivery and security robots by year-end by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

German launch startup Isar Aerospace has scored $165 million (€155 million) in new funding as it races toward the inaugural flight of its Spectrum small rocket later this year. The company, founded in 2018, is one of a handful of European startups looking to fill the gap in the launch market on that continent. There […] Isar Aerospace raises $165 million to bring more sovereign launch to Europe by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fez Delivery, a Lagos-based last-mile logistics startup with hubs across Nigeria, has raised $1 million led by pan-African investor Ventures Platform with participation from Voltron Capital, Acasia Ventures and other angel investors.  CEO Seun Alley, in a statement, said the company plans to use the seed investment to deepen its work in Nigeria (which has […] Techstars-backed Fez Delivery gets funding to scale its last-mile logistics platform by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nimbbl, an Indian startup seeking to improve conversions for merchants with its 1-click payment checkout solution, has raised $3.5 million in seed and pre-Series A rounds from Sequoia Capital India, Global Founders Capital (GFC), financial services platform Groww and a list of angel investors, the startup said Tuesday. The Mumbai-headquartered startup offers a 1-click checkout […] Sequoia Capital India, GFC back 1-click payment checkout startup Nimbbl in $3.5m funding by Jagmeet Singh originally published o... →

Concrete. Ubiquitous. A mainstay of the construction industry — over 10 billion cubic meters of concrete are used every year. And also responsible for up to 8% of CO2 emissions — one ton of ordinary Portland cement creates somewhere between 800 and 900 kilograms of CO2 emissions. Finnish startup Carbonaide has just raised €1.8 million (~$1.9 […] When life gives you carbon, make Carbonaide by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Early-stage investments inherently have a higher risk of failing, but these risks also come with potentially higher rewards — getting in at the ground floor of a startup’s journey gives VCs more negotiation clout. This is particularly true at the very early pre-seed stage, where companies might barely have a functioning product to shout about. […] ‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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If the past few years, and even the past week, has reminded us soundly of anything – it’s that the startup world will never be predictable.  To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and re-imagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your […] Disrupt 2023 — we’re shipping a big new release by Matthew Panzarino originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s been tough to raise funds in the last few years for most sectors, and many VCs will tell you that a startup needs to have a killer product-market fit before getting that check. But Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital believes in investing in people over businesses, and the wisdom to this approach has been […] Why some VCs bet on people over businesses by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Among the casualties of the mass tech layoffs are people who helped get their co-workers hired in the first place. Paraform, a startup that wants to change how the recruiting industry works by taking a marketplace approach, is giving professional recruiters a new way to find work by going freelance. Today, Paraform announced that it […] Recruiting marketplace Paraform gets backing from Primer Sazze and Twitch founders by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Generative AI is disrupting industries — with understandable controversy. Earlier this month, Danny Postma, the founder of Headlime, an AI-powered marketing copy startup that was recently acquired by Jasper, announced Deep Agency, a platform he describes as an “AI photo studio and modeling agency.” Using art-generating AI, Deep Agency creates and offers “virtual models” for […] Deep Agency shows the perils of applying AI to the fashion industry by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Apple wouldn’t confirm the sale when asked for comment. But WaveOne’s website was shut down around January, and several former employees, including one of WaveOne’s co-founders, now work within Apple’s various machine learning groups. In a LinkedIn post […] Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →