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Unacademy has eliminated 10% of its workforce, or about 350 roles, in its second round of layoff this year as the Indian edtech warns of harsh economic conditions. In an email to employees on Monday, Unacademy co-founder and chief executive Gaurav Munjal said the startup is cutting jobs across several verticals, many of which it […] Indian edtech Unacademy cuts 10% of jobs by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you’ve ever had to sit through corporate training videos while you feel your will to live slowly ebb out of every pore of your body, a new startup has some good news for you. Describing itself as “the TikTok of workplace learning,” 5Mins recently raised a round of funding in a bid to introduce […] 5Mins makes your employees better, a few minutes at a time by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

French startup PhotoRoom has raised a $19 million Series A funding round. The company develops a popular photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and small businesses. In particular, it helps you remove the background behind objects you are about to sell so that your photos look more professional. Balderton Capital is leading the Series A […] After 40 million app downloads, PhotoRoom raises $19 million by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. We’ve been living through a lot of tech history over the past two years, but the brutal Twitter layoffs feel especially sad, complex and exhausting […] Tweep’s Twitter by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Twitter layoffs violated federal worker protections, class action lawsuit alleges by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Stability AI, the venture-backed startup behind the text-to-image AI system Stable Diffusion, is funding a wide-ranging effort to apply AI to the frontiers of biotech. Called OpenBioML, the endeavor’s first projects will focus on machine learning based approaches to DNA sequencing, protein folding, and computational biochemistry. The company’s founders describe OpenBioML as an “open research […] Stability AI backs effort to bring machine learning to biomed by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

This week Amanda Silberling and I went live on LinkedIn and Twitter Spaces to talk about Elon Musk’s questionable plans for blue checks on Twitter. Then, I talk with Natasha Mascarenhas about a new startup, Rewind, that wants to help humans have perfect memory. And as always, we break down the biggest stories in tech. […] Buying your own identity on Elon’s Twitter and other news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →

Santa Claus makes a list and checks it twice. Can your e-commerce startup make the same claim this holiday season? TechCrunch+ roundup: TAM tough love, ‘building in public,’ 6 key SaaS metrics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

As a startup, when you’re trying to stay as lean as possible, outsourcing is the name of the game; if you can get someone else to do the work for you (and manage the team, deal with hiring and HR, etc.), that’s a win. The major exception is anything that creates core intellectual property and […] Why ButcherBox built two dry ice factories during the pandemic by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Surfe, the startup that was originally named Leadjet, is an interesting browser extension if you spend a lot of time on LinkedIn and are tired of switching between your CRM and the professional social network. When you install Surfe’s browser extension, you get some nifty syncing features between your CRM and LinkedIn. For instance, you […] Surfe brings your CRM data to LinkedIn — and vice versa by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Danish startup Pleo has announced that it plans to lay off around 15% of the company’s workforce. As the company currently has nearly 1,000 employees, it could affect up to 150 people. Pleo develops expense management tools for SMBs around Europe. “I’ll be honest. Pleo today, at the point of almost 1,000 employees and with […] Spend management startup Pleo lays off 15% of its workforce by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: WhatsApp’s new discussion groups offer end-to-end encryption and support up to 1,024 users by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

There are no sure bets in this — or any — business. Automation, agriculture and a climate-bent are green flags, but no category is immune from mounting economic headwinds on top of the already difficult task of launching a successful startup. While robotics has thus far seen a limited slowdown in investing relative to many […] Iron Ox lays off 50; amounting to nearly half its staff by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

File this in the “did not see that coming” category; JoiPaw, an U.K.-based startup, is building a series of video games for dogs, with the ultimate goal of helping do further research into dementia among our four-legged furry friends. Check out the video below and go “awww,” if you like, but the company’s founder is […] Wii? More like Woof, as video games for dogs become a thing by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has blamed “user error” for leaving a list of credentials online for more than a year that exposed access to sensitive patient data. Mossab Hussein, chief security officer at cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk, told TechCrunch that a developer left the credentials for an AstraZeneca internal server on code sharing site GitHub in 2021. […] AstraZeneca password lapse exposed patient data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Benjamin Döpfner has been building companies since he was a teenager.  One of his more recent ventures was based in Berlin and at the time of its founding in 2019, Germany actually had negative interest rates – meaning that the company was paying back 50 basis points, or half a percent for each Euro that […] Treasury management startup Vesto wants to help other startups put their idle cash to work by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

At a time when large rounds are a thing of the past, especially in the early stages, Apiiro, an applications security startup, announced a $100 million Series B today from several top shelf Silicon Valley firms. What is attracting this kind of investment in a time when investors otherwise are in a period of belt […] Applications security startup Apiiro pulls in $100M Series B from A-list investors by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Grip is trying to solve the challenge of shipping perishable items, reducing the damage rate and improving margins, all while navigating constantly-changing conditions.  Former ButcherBox execs leverage meat shipment expertise into new D2C startup by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

We are living in the era of so-called microsatellites, which are equipped with thermal cameras and other regalia to, for instance, alert farmers before crops are damaged, predict droughts, and aid in the juggling of supply chains. Climate change is making less land available for agricultural food production, leading to strict regulations on the use […] Satellite startup Constellr wins backing to build out its water-monitoring platform by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet Fintecture, a French startup that wants to upgrade B2B payments. While many payment companies have focused on B2C payments with Stripe leading the way, B2B payments haven’t changed much over the years. “In the U.S., there are still a lot of paper checks. In Europe, it’s mostly transfers and manual reconciliation,” Fintecture co-founder and […] Fintecture wants to replace paper checks or manual transfers for B2B payments by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →