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Rick Fox wants his concrete startup’s carbon credits to subsidize down payments for homeowners

Plenty of companies sell carbon credits, but Rick Fox wants to use them to help lower the cost of acquiring a home made of Partanna’s concrete blocks.

On-chain leverage trading platform Avantis Labs raises $4M seed round led by Pantera Capital

Avantis Labs, a decentralized finance (DeFi) derivatives ecosystem, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Pantera Capital, the company’s co-founder and CEO Sehaj Singh exclusively tol

Erudit raises $10M to monitor workplaces for ‘misalignment’

Employee surveillance is on the rise. According to one poll, searches for staff-monitoring software rose by 75% in March 2020 compared with the 2019 monthly average — and demand remained strong

FedNow’s legal terms contain a game changer for digital wallets and payment apps

The potential reach for nonbank payments providers who leverage this provision in the FedNow legal terms could be significant.

Crediverso takes on legal after $3.5M capital infusion

The company, which has helped thousands of users in the U.S. Latino community with financial products advice, adds legal tech and services.

Sequoia backs PartyKit to power real-time multiplayer collaboration for any app

If a company wants to offer in-app messaging or voice calls, they don’t have to develop the infrastructure themselves when there’s something like Twilio at their disposal. Likewise, if the

Uber Eats and Getir ink tie-up in Europe for speedy grocery deliveries

Uber Eats and quick commerce player Getir have inked a grocery delivery partnership, starting in the U.K. The tie-up, which expands the range of groceries on tap for Uber Eats’ users, is slated

AI chip company Kneron raises $49M to scale up its commercial efforts

Kneron, which is developing AI chips to power self-driving cars, among other autonomous machines, today announced that it raised $49 million in an extension to its Series B round from investors includ

Pan-African contrarian investor P1 Ventures reaches $25M first close for its second fund

P1 Ventures has reached the first close of its second fund at $25 million. It expects to reach a final close early next year.

GIC in talks to lead $40 million funding in India’s Vegrow

GIC is in talks to invest in the Indian startup Vegrow, which runs a business-to-business marketplace for fruits, two sources familiar with the matter said. The Singapore sovereign fund is evaluating

Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist controlled by up to 32 people

Today Spotify is introducing its latest social feature, Jam, which allows multiple people to blend their own musical tastes into a combined playlist. However, the new feature, which builds on technolo

Google is killing Gmail’s basic HTML view in 2024

Google is sunsetting Gmail's basic HMTL view, which allows users to look at their emails in a bare-bones state, starting January 2024.

Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat

Telegram, the popular messaging app with 800 million monthly active users worldwide, is inching closer to adopting an ecosystem strategy that is reminiscent of WeChat’s super app approach. Certa

Amazon’s outgoing Echo head is Blue Origin’s new CEO

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring at the end of the year and his replacement is coming from Jeff Bezos’ other company. Dave Limp, an Amazon veteran who had planned to step down from his role

Ford halts work on $3.5B EV battery factory with China’s CATL

Ford confirmed Monday it has immediately stopped work at a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that was supposed to make cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries using tech from China’s CATL. &#822

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’

Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith Whittaker (and I did), she’ll tell you it&#8

New SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules: What you need to know to stay in compliance

The SEC requires companies to report both material cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity risk management processes in a standardized way.

Max Q: Things got disrupted

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! I'm home after attending TechCrunch Disrupt, our flagship event in SF. We had some incredible programming and startups onstage for our Battlefield competition.

Apple executives break down AirPods’ new features

AirPods only got a passive mention during the keynote at Apple’s event. It’s understandable — the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9 (and Ultra 2) were center stage. Besides, the headpho

Storybutton wants to redesign the radio for Gen Alpha podcast listeners

Storybutton, a new audio player for kids, aims to be the go-to alternative to screened devices for the 12 and under set. Created by kid-friendly podcaster Jim Jacob (“Mr. Jim”), Storybutton wants
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