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Building a growth community in India with Ayush Srivastava of Growth Folks
To hear more about the strategies that are boosting Indian startups, we interviewed Ayush Srivastava, co-founder of growth marketing group Growth Folks (and a growth marketer at Zynga by day).
Google infringed on five Sonos patents, according to preliminary ruling
Way back in January 2020, Sonos sued Google over patent infringement. Today, the streaming speaker company scored an early victory with the U.S. International Trade Commission. A preliminary ruling penned…
Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say
After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform…
Carta says it just used its own product to establish a new — and far higher — valuation for itself
Carta, the nine-year-old, San Francisco-based cap table management and valuation software company, just raised $500 million in its eighth round of funding, at a $7.4 billion valuation. That’s more than…
Lamborghini’s Countach LPI 800-4 is an 802-horsepower hybrid supercar
After all the leaks and teases, Lamborghini has finally announced its new hybrid-engine Countach. Thankfully, almost everything you need to know about the car is in its model designation: LPI…
Brand-building is no longer a one-hit game, but an exercise in repetition: It may take four or five times for a user to see your startup’s name or logo to…
Employers are at a crucial crossroads when it comes to deciding where and how to let employers do their jobs. There are those who will adopt the work-from-anywhere model and…
There could be more to the Salesforce+ video streaming service than meets the eye
When Salesforce announced its new business video streaming service called Salesforce+ this week, everyone had a reaction. While not all of it was positive, some company watchers also wondered if…
Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by…
Facebook is bringing end-to-end encryption to Messenger calls and Instagram DMs
Facebook has extended the option of using end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice calls and video calls. End-to-end encryption (E2EE) — a security feature that prevents third-parties from eavesdropping on calls…
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Audio out-of-home advertising is reinventing personalization
Audio out-of-home (AOOH) technology does not request the use of personal data to work effectively. Instead, it focuses on the in-store customer experience.
Reddit is quietly rolling out a TikTok-like video feed button on iOS
From Instagram’s Reels to Snapchat’s Spotlight, most social media platforms are looking toward the TikTok boom for inspiration. Now, even Reddit, a discussion-based forum, is making short-form video more pronounced…
Employee talent predictor retrain.ai raised another $7M, adds Splunk as strategic investor
Automation will displace 85 million jobs while simultaneously creating 97 million new jobs by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum. Although that sounds like good news, the hard reality…
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What happens when Wall Street falls out of love with your sector?
Either the neoinsurance companies’ long-term models will come to fruition thanks to large cash balances providing runway to prove their point, or Wall Street is correct — they were always overvalued.
Argentine fintech Ualá lands $350M at a $2.45B valuation in SoftBank, Tencent-led round
The dollars keep flowing into Latin America. Today, Argentine personal finance management app Ualá announced it has raised $350 million in a Series D round at a post-money valuation of…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Our beloved Danny was back, joining Natasha and Alex and…
Pushing for an ‘apolitical’ workplace is immoral (and unrealistic)
The personal is political, and companies are made up of people, not products.
Orchata raises $4M, aims to build a ‘Gopuff for Latin America’
Orchata’s mobile app enables consumers in Mexico to get groceries delivered in 15 minutes with no substitutes and at supermarket prices.
ThirdAI is building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for hardware like graphics processing units.
Manish Maheshwari, the head of Twitter India, has taken a new role at the company and is relocating to the U.S., the latest in a series of developments for the…