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Will ride-hailing profits ever come?
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Datadog to acquire application security management platform Sqreen
Cloud monito ring platform Datadog has announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security platform. Originally founded in France, Sqreen participated in TechCrunch’s Startup
Online workspace startup Notion hit by outage, citing DNS issues
Notion, the online workspace startup that was last year valued at over $2 billion, was knocked offline after a DNS outage. The collaborative online office and document service was not loading as of ar
Ember names former Dyson head as consumer CEO, as the startup looks beyond the smart mug
Ember today announced that founder Clay Alexander will transition to Group CEO effective February 16. In his place, the Los Angeles-based smart mug company is bringing on Jim Rowan as Consumer CEO. Th
With a reported deal in the wings for Joby Aviation, electric aircraft soars to $10B business
One year after nabbing $590 million from investors led by Toyota, and a few months after picking up Uber’s flying taxi business, Joby Aviation is reportedly in talks to go public in a SPAC deal
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest 500 BTC to make Bitcoin ‘internet’s currency’
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, Dorsey said on Friday. The duo is putting 500 bitcoin, which is
Sweden’s data watchdog slaps police for unlawful use of Clearview AI
Sweden’ ;s data protection authority, the IMY, has fined the local police authority €250,000 ($300,000+) for unlawful use of the controversial facial recognition software Clearview AI, in breac
Does SoftBank have 20 more DoorDashes?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat th
Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups
While we might look like the Brady Bunch while sharing a Zoom window, are you actually communicating more like the family from "Succession?"
TechCrunch’s favorites from Techstars’ Boston, Chicago and workforce accelerators
Building off TechCrunch’s coverage of the recent 500 Startups demo day, we’re back today to talk about some favorites from three more accelerator classes. This time we’re digging int
Daily Crunch: TikTok becomes a political battleground in Russia
We take an i n-depth look at TikTok usage in Russia, Facebook’s Oversight Board looks beyond Facebook and Sesame Workshop backs an edtech fund. This is your Daily Crunch for February 11, 2021. T
TikTok partners with Whisk to pilot a recipe-saving feature on food videos
TikTok is expanding its integrations with third-party services, with the launch of a test that allows creators in the food space to link directly to recipes found on the Whisk app. This is being made
Facebook Oversight Board says other social networks ‘welcome to join’ if project succeeds
The Facebook Oversight Board has only been operational for a short time, but the nascent project is already looking ahead. In a conversation hosted by the Carnegie Endowment Thursday, Oversight Board
South African VC firm Knife Capital gets first commitment for its $50M fund, to invest in 10-12 Series B rounds
Knife Capital, a South African venture capital firm, is raising a $50 million fund for startups looking to raise Series B financing. With Knife Fund III called the African Series B Expansion Fund, the
Apple launches a new AR experience tied to ‘For All Mankind’
“For All Mankind: Time Capsule” is a new augmented reality app created by Apple to promote the upcoming second season of “For All Mankind,” which premieres on February 19 on Ap
Robinhood’s pain is Public’s gain as VCs rush to give it more money
Public.com, a social-focused free stock trading service, is nearing the close of a Series D just two months after raising a $65 million Series C, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Acco
A Dallas-based founder looks to tackle the student loan crisis with his startup, College Cash
Demetrius Cu rry has spent the last couple years chasing a dream. His startup, College Cash, allows brands to petition users to create photo and video marketing content highlighting their product or s
Frame.io streamlines film production with ‘camera to cloud’ video uploads
Video collab oration startup Frame.io unveiled a new technology today that it calls Frame.io Camera to Cloud. Michael Cioni, the startup’s global senior vice president of innovation, explained t