Oct 28th
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
San Francisco, CA
The Latest
Venture
Notable Capital’s Hans Tung on why founders need to play the long game
7:30 AM PDT • April 30, 2024
Hans Tung, a managing partner at Notable Capital, formerly GGV Capital, has a lot of thoughts on the state of venture capital today. With $4.2 billion…
The Browser Company, makers of the Arc web browser, released its Windows version today. The company started testing the Windows client in December, and it said that more than 150,000…
Featured Article
With Backstage, Spotify’s getting serious about its enterprise and dev tools business play
You know that mildly jarring experience whenever that well-known celebrity shows up in an entirely different context — e.g. a musician making a horror flick cameo; an NFL player rearing their head in a comedy series; or a Hollywood movie icon selling mobile phone plans on TV? Well, it’s starting to feel like that with…
7:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Startups
A pair of Airbnb alums is bringing intelligence and automation to data protection
6:13 am PDT • April 30, 2024
When Julie Trias and Elizabeth Nammour were working together at Airbnb on the company’s data team, they had to deal with data spread across a variety of sources, and that…
Apps
Instagram is updating its algorithm to surface more content from smaller, original creators
6:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Instagram is introducing a few new changes to its ranking systems to better highlight content from smaller, original creators.
Space
Portal Space Systems unveils Supernova, an ultra-mobile spacecraft
6:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
The era of stationary spacecraft may soon be over. Portal Space Systems, a company headed by propulsion expert Jeff Thornburg, is looking to help usher in a new renaissance in…
Fintech
‘Wallet-as-a-service’ startup Ansa raises $14 million with female investors leading the way
6:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Ansa, a startup that helps merchants develop and offer branded virtual wallets, has raised a $14 million Series A round of funding, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. Renegade Partners…
Security review automation platform SafeBase has raised new cash from investors including Zoom’s corporate VC arm.
Media & Entertainment
beehiiv attracts $33M to make its newsletter publishing platform more sticky
5:36 am PDT • April 30, 2024
With the number of people using e-mail globally approaching 5 billion, newsletters delivered regularly into people’s inboxes continue to look like a sticky way of getting attention for whatever it…
Apps
WeTransfer cuts out the middle man and now lets users sell files directly on the platform
5:30 am PDT • April 30, 2024
The integrated payments on WeTransfer are powered by Stripe and are rolling out to all users globally.
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Featured Article
Inside the Autonomous Racing League event that pitted a self-driving car against a Formula 1 driver
Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry. Modern teams are awash in real-time digital feedback from the cars. I’ve been in many of these pits over the years and marveled at the streams of data, but never have I seen…
5:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Apps
Bumble’s Opening Move feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time
5:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Allowing women to make the first move has been Bumble’s modus operandi ever since it launched in 2014. A decade later, the company wants to give women even more control.…
Security
Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO
4:25 am PDT • April 30, 2024
UnitedHealth’s CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.
Apps
Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses
4:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Yelp announced a new AI-powered chatbot today for consumers that helps them connect with relevant businesses for their tasks. The company joins a long list of organizations leaning into AI…
Government & Policy
Meta’s approach to election security in the frame as EU probes Facebook, Instagram
3:59 am PDT • April 30, 2024
The European Union said on Tuesday that it suspects Meta’s social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, of breaking the bloc’s rules for larger platforms in relation to election integrity. The…
AI
Devastated by his videos being posted to a porn site, this founder hit on an AI startup idea
2:48 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Dan Purcell, the founder and CEO of Ceartas, recalls feeling devastated when he realized that a former partner had, unbeknownst to him, uploaded private, intimate videos of them onto a…
Startups
Nigeria’s YC-backed Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery, a notoriously tough market, with $2.5M funding
1:11 am PDT • April 30, 2024
Food is significant to Nigerians, with households spending nearly 60% of their income on it, the highest globally, according to official reports. This strong affinity for food, coupled with the…
Biotech & Health
neuroClues wants to put high-speed eye-tracking tech in the doctor’s office
12:00 am PDT • April 30, 2024
The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. That’s why French-Belgian medtech startup neuroClues is building…
Venture
As VC firms invest more in B2B startups, Intuition is a new VC fund focusing on consumer tech
11:30 pm PDT • April 29, 2024
Intuition, a new VC firm based in Paris, is doing something radical by betting on consumer tech as its exclusive investment vertical.
Venture
Solo GP fund Andrena Ventures hopes to carry startup talent onto its next challenges
11:01 pm PDT • April 29, 2024
Gideon Valkin’s solo VC firm Andrena Ventures is raising $12 million from backers, including several VCs and entrepreneurs, and made its first investment into AI startup Nustom.
