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SLAMcore just raised $16M to help robots get around
The more of our world we share with robots, the more important it is to help them find their way. Founded in 2016, navigation is at the heart of what London-based SLAMcore does. In fact, it’s right...
Your MVP is neither minimal, viable nor a product
Whenever I talk about minimal viable products with product-driven startup founders, I often find myself in a frustrating conversation. The term MVP is such a profound misnomer; a good MVP is not vi...
Daily Crunch: Startup that transforms real-world items into NFTs raises $6.9M seed round
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Match names Zynga President Bernard Kim as CEO, replacing Shar Dubey
Dating app giant Match is getting a new CEO. Just over two years after assuming the top exec position, Match CEO and 16-year employee Shar Dubey is stepping down. The company announced today, along...
Lyft continues its COVID recovery, but investors are far from impressed
American ride-hailing company Lyft reported Tuesday its first quarter financial performance, a report that showed continued improvement from the loss of business it experienced during the COVID-19 ...
TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
Argo AI, Zoox and Coalition for Reimagined Mobility to discuss what makes a ‘good AV citizen’
Developers of autonomous vehicles have long promised that the technology will fundamentally change the way people, packages and freight move around the world. But will these robotaxis, self-driving...
Roku snags Martha Stewart, Emeril and others for its original programming push
It is the second day of NewFronts, and the announcements continue. Roku today said it will extend its content library in hopes to target audiences who are fans of lifestyle, cooking, home renovatio...
Snap unveils a Cameo partnership, new ad format and more original programming
Building on the stream of announcements around creators and AR from its Partner Summit last week, Snap today introduced several more initiatives across advertising and content during its presentati...
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Creating financial models, UiPath’s plummet, pitch deck pro tips
Did UiPath’s valuation get hit by the same shrink ray affecting other software companies, or are other factors at work?
Wordle! (but not that Wordle!) is now in the hands of mobile tech firm AppLovin
After the popular online game Wordle went viral, an unrelated older mobile game that shared the same name benefitted, gaining an explosion of downloads as iPhone users mistook it for the web game m...
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Exclusive look at patent filings reveals Our Next Energy’s plans for a no-compromise EV battery pack
TechCrunch reviewed ONE’s patent applications and has an exclusive look at how the company plans to merge different battery types into a pack that’s twice as energy dense as what’s in today’s EVs.
Bunq to acquire group expenses app Tricount
Bunq, a European challenger bank based in Amsterdam, has announced that it plans to acquire Tricount, a popular mobile app to manage group expenses. Bunq isn’t disclosing the terms of the transacti...
Apple snags longtime Ford exec as the iPhone maker powers up EV car project
Apple has hired a longtime Ford executive to provide the iPhone maker with automotive expertise, signaling that its mysterious car project is still alive. Desi Ujkashevic, Ford’s global director of...
Twitter Circle, a ‘Close Friends’-like feature, is testing
Twitter Circle, the app’s spin on an Instagram-like “Close Friends” feature, is finally testing. The feature was teased as one of many potential product updates in July, and last ...
Deal-flow newsletters surface gold nuggets for investors
Why do investors want deal-flow newsletters? And what’s in it for newsletter creators and the startups they feature? Let’s explore.
Deal-flow newsletter PreSeed Now to introduce future UK crown jewels to investors
Launching today, deal-flow newsletter PreSeed Now will present early-stage startups from around the U.K. to investors twice a week, with one in-depth profile per issue.
TechCrunch
Hiring top startup talent on a budget during the Great Resignation
Greylock Partner Glen Evans: “I’m not saying you should overpay or anything like that, but ...
We need app store competition, not Apple’s 1960s-style paternalistic monopoly
Karen Gullo Contributor Karen Gullo is an analyst and senior media relations specialist at Electronic Frontier Foundation. A pair of bills moving through Congress would force some of the largest te...
A diminished Firefox turns 100
Mozilla launched version 100 of its Firefox browser today, but more so than a day for celebration, it feels like a day for nostalgia. That’s a nostalgia for a time when Firefox was truly revo...
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Digital health startups brace for a post-Roe world
Per a leaked draft obtained by Politico, the Supreme Court is set to overturn the landmark Roe v....