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Making room at the cap table: A new plan for promoting diversity in tech
As it turns out, we don’t just have a diversity problem in tech employment. We have a diversity problem in tech investment as well.
Disney+ releases trailer and premiere date for latest ‘Star Wars’ series ‘Andor,’ starring ‘Rogue One’ rebel hero
Disney+ released its first trailer for the upcoming series “Andor,” a prequel to “Rogue One.” It will premiere on the service on August 31 with two episodes to start. In total, the series will
Does WeWork’s Adam Neumann really deserve his second chance?
Plenty of entrepreneurs have used the crypto boom to plot the next step of their Silicon Valley character arcs, but few of them have an active television series chronicling their misdeeds. This week,
Twitter investors sue Elon Musk over acquisition shenanigans
The world’s richest man isn’t above trying to get a discount, apparently. In a new lawsuit, Twitter shareholders are suing Elon Musk, alleging that he manipulated the price of the company&
Lab, crab and robotic rehab
I was in Berkeley a couple of months back, helping TechCrunch get its proverbial ducks in a row before our first big climate event (coming in a few weeks, folks). Professor Ken Goldberg, who’s helpe
Instagram is currently down for some users
If you’re having problems accessing Instagram today, you’re not alone. The social media giant is currently experiencing some problems, according to reports on third-party web monitoring se
Pitch Deck Teardown: Lumigo’s $29M Series A deck
We tear down the deck Lumigo used to land a $29 million Series A round led by Redline Capital last year.
To fully embrace product-led growth, build a strong product ops team
Typically part of the product team, product ops sits at the intersection of product, engineering and customer success.
VCs will discuss how to find funding when you’re not in a major tech hub at TC Disrupt
Silicon Valley — it’s synonymous with tech startups. Other big cities, such as Beijing, Berlin, London and New York City to name a few, built their own growing startup ecosystems. For years, conve
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OnlyFans founder makes crypto debut selling influencer trading cards
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokley is getting into the web3 game with a new NFT startup, Zoop, launching this summer. On Zoop, people can buy, sell, and trade 3D NFT “playing cards” of their fav
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Epic Games points to Mac’s openness and security in its latest filing in App Store antitrust case
In a new court filing, Epic Games challenges Apple’s position that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security. And it points to Apple’s macOS as an example of how
Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators
In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is presented. The company insists that the changes are in form, not
Perhaps faster delivery times were a poor choice from a unit-economics perspective
Not every q-commerce company will fail. But startups that raised huge sums of money to build super-rapid consumer delivery models are laying off staff, attempting to merge and otherwise stay alive.
TikTok partners with Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi and more to make it easier for brands to reach users
TikTok is extending its Marketing Partner Program to add new content marketing partners, the company told TechCrunch. The expansion will allow marketers to manage their TikTok accounts without leaving
Friendly Apps raises $3 million, pre-product, for apps that improve people’s well-being
Longtime engineer and product designer Michael Sayman has been building apps since he was a kid, landing him roles at Facebook, Google, Roblox and, most recently, Twitter, where he’s often been
Planet FWD secures $10M so consumer products industry can track carbon emissions
Companies use its emissions reductions engine during the product development phase to understand how to create products with lower carbon footprints.
New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics
Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage — it’s