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Tech for good: Filling in the government’s gaps
While traditional industries can get away with ignoring broader social ills or hot-button political issues, tech companies are expected to solve the former and speak out on the latter —…
Dispatches on diversity: Uber, sexual harassment and venture capital
Racism. Sexism. Discrimination. Harassment. Those words often come up in questions pertaining to the state of diversity in Silicon Valley.
ClassPass begins testing variable pricing as it expands beyond studio fitness
On the heels of its $70 million Series C, an expansion to new markets, and a partnership with Blink Fitness, the popular workout subscription service ClassPass is now beginning to…
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2017 is… Pi
Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech…
21.co announces a token system to get people to join its paid messaging network
Today at Disrupt, 21.co CEO and co-founder Balaji Srinivasan outlined his company’s unusual evolution and announced the launch of a new system for kickstarting the site’s user base by incentivizing…
YC wants to let people invest in its startups through the blockchain
ICOs — or initial coin offerings — are emerging as a route for startups to raise money from a wide pool of investors through cryptocurrency networks. Speaking at the TechCrunch…
Here’s why professional sports teams are buying esports teams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLOE9v8XNE Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 we sat down with three experts from the esports world to explain why you should start paying attention to the industry. To kick it…
VC Kirsten Green talks shop — including responding to criticisms of Bodega
Earlier today at Disrupt, Kirsten Green, founder of the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firm Forerunner Ventures, sat down for a quick conversation about her work. Green has become one of the…
Bozoma Saint John says Uber didn’t really ‘poach’ her from Apple
Uber’s first-ever chief brand officer, Bozoma Saint John, spoke today at TechCrunch Disrupt about the challenges ahead of her in her new role focused on transforming the Uber brand. The executive,…
Inside Embark’s mission to make autonomous trucking a reality
Autonomous trucking is an area where a growing number of companies are competing for talent and funding, but newcomer Embark is on a bit of a hot streak when it…
Pymetrics attacks discrimination in hiring with AI and recruiting games
Identify the traits of your top performing employees and hire people like them, but without the discrimanatory bias of traditional recruiting. That’s the promise of Pymetrics, an artificial intelligence startup…
Watch the final day of TC Disrupt SF live right here!
[tc_unified_video code=”c453e7ca-8899-31ce-831d-0deec29579e1″] All good things must come to an end, but we have one more full day of Disrupt for you to enjoy from home. The lineup today is jam-packed…
Meet the six finalists at the Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield
We’ve just watched 22 startups take the stage as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF, where they showed off their technology and answered tough questions from expert judges.…
Boundless helps you navigate the US immigration labyrinth for your partner
Boundless is a Seattle based startup addressing the enormous issue of applying for immigrant status in the US. Founder Xiao Wang came to the US over when he was young…
Onēva expands platform for child and elder care, housecleaning
Trust is one of the most important aspects of selecting a caregiver and Onēva believes that it has a vetting process that’s better than the rest. The San Francisco-based booking…
Tomorrow looks to make it easier to draw up plans for a will and life insurance
Talking about filling out a will and setting up life insurance is probably one of the more sensitive subjects you’ll tackle as you get older — but Dave Hanley says…
Poshtel launches an international network of luxe pop-up shipping container suites
Launching on the Disrupt 2017 Startup Battlefield stage, the Danish startup Poshtel is really, really into shipping containers. And with good reason. The modular, industrial train car-esque structures are a…
Forget algorithms. M8 is a dating app that’s powered by human matchmakers. And these aren’t just any matchmakers, they’re your friends! M8 is unveiling its concept for a different dating…
Olfaguard is an electronic nose for smelling pathogens in food factories
Mitigating risk of food-borne illnesses can be a costly and time-consuming business for food manufacturers — but one that is necessary. With what it calls an electronic “sniffer,” Olfaguard, a…
By integrating with lenders and carriers, Matic makes it easier to buy homeowner’s insurance
Matic, a company that wants to make the process of finding the right homeowner’s insurance easier and more efficient, is launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt. If you’ve ever shopped for…
Lilu’s compression bra aims to help nursing mothers pump more milk faster
A startup called Lilu took the stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco to show off their prototype bra designed to help breastfeeding mothers pump milk more efficiently, and hands-free.…
Augmedics is building augmented reality glasses for spinal surgery
Meet Augmedics, an Israeli startup working on augmented reality headsets for surgeons performing spinal surgery. The company is participating in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. Computer assisted surgery…
Citizen’s controversial crime tracker expands to SF, picks up $12 million from Sequoia
The app formerly known as Vigilante isn’t going away. Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, the crime tracker now known as Citizen announced that its parent company Sp0n has raised a…
Materialize.X is using machine learning to disrupt the $300B engineered wood industry
What’s the next $300 billion industry to be disrupted by technology? Wood. Specifically, engineered wood. Materialize.X, launching today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, has two new products that it thinks…
Roots Studio’s ‘Shutterstock for cultural art’ could transform rural communities
Roots Studio, which launched today at Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, aims to connect millions of isolated, cultural artists around the world to global markets via the licensing of high-quality scans…
CryptoMove protects sensitive data by fragmenting it and moving it around
CryptoMove thinks that data encryption is not enough. If you want to protect your data against hackers, the startup is using a new strategy by fragmenting your data, encrypting it…
eggXYt is bringing gene editing to poultry farms to save chicks and resources
Poultry farms are focused on getting female eggs, but currently there’s no way for them to determine sex in a non-invasive way before going through the incubation process. EggXYt is…
Every day spent with late stage cancer matters — that’s why it’s so important to get treatments right the first time. Unfortunately, despite having dozens of cancer treatments available, we…
Let’s talk about Sebastian Thrun’s puppy
Sebastian Thrun is one of the godfathers of autonomous driving. More importantly, he has a puppy named Charlie, which he brought to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017: We have very strong…
How living in Silicon Valley has made Kevin Durant a better investor
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, Warriors player Kevin Durant and his partner Rich Kleiman took the stage to tell the crowd about The Durant Company. While The Durant Company…
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