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Fintech
Amazon is letting employees use their stock to finance home purchases and even second homes
4:18 pm PST • February 28, 2023
Amazon has struck a deal with embattled online mortgage lender Better.com to offer up a new benefit to employees. Better.com is launching Equity Unlocker, a program that allows employees to…
Fintech
StudentFinance nabs $41M to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs
4:00 pm PST • February 28, 2023
StudentFinance, a European fintech that funds educational programs for individuals through so-called income share agreements, has raised €39 million ($41 million) in a Series A round of funding. Founded out…
Commerce
E-commerce aggregator Una Brands lands $30M just five months after its Series B
4:00 pm PST • February 28, 2023
Una Brands, a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has raised $30 million in pre-Series C financing just five months after announcing its $30 million Series B funding that was raised in September of…
Startups
Daily Crunch: Remote workspace platform Gable raises $12M Series A
3:05 pm PST • February 28, 2023
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Climate
Startup inks $65M deal to help Air Force make ‘sustainable’ jet fuel on bases
2:11 pm PST • February 28, 2023
Air Company, a startup that turns carbon dioxide into perfume, vodka, hand sanitizer and aviation fuel, is now on the U.S. Defense Department’s payroll, so to speak. The JetBlue and…
Transportation
Rivian shares fall on missed revenue expectations, production forecast
1:29 pm PST • February 28, 2023
Electric vehicle maker Rivian generated $663 million in revenue in the fourth quarter and $1.66 billion for the full year, a result that was buoyed by an uptick in production…
Mammoth, a recently launched Mastodon app that’s trying to make it easier on users who want to join the decentralized social web, has a notable financial backer. The company confirmed…
Media & Entertainment
TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists
11:34 am PST • February 28, 2023
The Block-owned music streaming service TIDAL is shifting the way it pays artists after an experimental program failed to generate results. Unlike Spotify and other market leaders, which pay musicians…
Crypto
Ethereum NFT marketplace passes $1B in volume for first time since May as the creator royalties war heats up
11:30 am PST • February 28, 2023
The NFT market may be finding its footing again as the market on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1 billion for the first time since May 2022.
Apps
Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app
11:06 am PST • February 28, 2023
Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available…
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Security
Dish confirms ransomware attack allowed hackers to steal personal data
11:06 am PST • February 28, 2023
U.S. satellite television provider Dish confirmed that a ransomware is to blame for an ongoing outage and warned that intruders exfiltrated data from its systems. The multiday outage, which began…
Startups
Typeface emerges from stealth with $65M to bring generative AI to the enterprise
10:16 am PST • February 28, 2023
Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week with $65 million in venture equity backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV…
Startups
TechCrunch+ roundup: Using predictive LTV, Boston VC survey, active learning for ML teams
10:01 am PST • February 28, 2023
Adding predictive LTV to your startup’s marketing strategy may literally help you stop throwing money away.
Featured Article
With 5 activists in the mix, Salesforce will report earnings Wednesday
When Salesforce reports earnings on Wednesday, it could be a critical report for the company with five activist investors circling.
10:00 am PST • February 28, 2023
Transportation
Tesla’s next factory will be in Mexico, president confirms
9:40 am PST • February 28, 2023
Tesla plans to build a new factory in Monterrey, Mexico, the country’s president said Tuesday, confirming speculation that the automaker would set up shop there. Notably, Tesla has agreed to…
Hardware
The brave new terabyte broadband world of 6G is coming, but not just yet
9:19 am PST • February 28, 2023
At a session on the future of 6G during Mobile World Congress, expert speakers from companies such as Samsung, the European Space Agency and Telefonica came together to give their…
Google said that it is rolling out under-the-hood improvements to the latest version of Chrome that makes it less of a battery hog on MacBooks. The company said that version…
Enterprise
Microservices orchestration platform Temporal raises $75M and remains a unicorn
8:59 am PST • February 28, 2023
Temporal, an open source microservices orchestration platform used by companies, including Netflix, Snap and Comcast, has raised $75 million from a slew of high-profile investors including Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks.…
Security
MortalKombat ransomware victims can now decrypt their files for free
8:45 am PST • February 28, 2023
Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after the popular video game franchise, was…
Featured Article
Putting the Boston in Boston Dynamics
When you name your company Boston Dynamics, certain geographical constraints are inserted into the operation. While the Spot-maker is, by many accounts, a global brand, it’s one that remains deeply tied to Massachusetts, even as it’s changed hands between owners in California, Japan and, most recently, South Korea. Headquartered a dozen miles outside of downtown…
8:45 am PST • February 28, 2023
