Oct 28th
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
San Francisco, CA
The Latest
AI
Druid, a conversational AI platform for enterprises that integrates with ChatGPT, raises $30M
6:08 am PDT • September 12, 2023
European AI startup Druid today announced it has raised $30 million in a Series B round of funding, as it looks to double down on its U.S. growth which it…
Social
These TikTokers are making ‘Get Ready With Me’ videos in Spanish to connect with their roots
6:05 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Kait Montalvan is a lifestyle and beauty TikToker, but her “get ready with me” videos aren’t standard fare. Like other videos in the “Get Ready With Me” (or GRWM) genre,…
Hardware
Liveblog: Watch Apple unveil the iPhone 15, Apple Watch Series 9 and more
6:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
The thrills, the chills and whatever “wonderlust” [sic] is. As you read this, we’re forming an orderly queue at One Apple Park, getting ready to watch the company unveil the…
AI
Enfabrica, which builds networking hardware to drive AI workloads, raises $125M
6:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Enfabrica, a company building networking chips designed to handle AI and machine learning workloads, today announced that it raised $125 million in a Series B funding round that values the…
Crypto
Institutional crypto adoption in Asia is growing as the US market remains a question mark
6:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
After multiple industry-changing events crippled the industry’s advancement last year, the positive shift is welcome, according to several industry players in the region.
Sending money across borders is filled with friction, like long wait times, high transaction costs and markups on currency exchange. A startup called Parallax wants to make the process faster…
Transportation
Lyft’s newest feature could convince more women to drive for the ride-hailing app
5:40 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Lyft rolled out a new feature Tuesday in five U.S. cities, including Chicago and San Francisco, that lets women and nonbinary drivers set a preference for picking up only women…
AI
Salesforce embeds conversational AI across the platform with Einstein Copilot
5:25 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Salesforce introduced its AI layer called Einstein back in 2016 to provide predictive AI services across the Salesforce family of products. In March, just months after the release of OpenAI’s…
Startups
CertifID, which develops products to prevent wire fraud, raises $20M
5:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
CertifID, a startup developing fraud prevention tech for the real estate market, today announced that it raised $20 million in a funding round led by Arthur Ventures at “over double”…
Enterprise
FloLive connects with $47M to give its IoT and localized cellular technology a boost
4:36 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Carriers and enterprises that rely on cellular networks to connect workers, devices and machines are forever grappling with tricky unit economics: The promise of 5G was that these costs would…
Where we’ll be next
Jun 11th
StrictlyVC – Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
May 21st
StrictlyVC – London
London
Apps
Spotify’s latest personalized playlist, daylist, evolves with you throughout the day
4:36 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Spotify is once again adding to its suite of personalized playlists with its newest offering, daylist, an ever-evolving playlist that adapts to your moods throughout the day. The new playlist…
Security
AuthMind raises seed funding for its identity SecOps platform
4:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
AuthMind, a Maryland-based startup that aims to help businesses protect themselves from identity-related cyberattacks, today announced that it has raised an $8.5 million seed round led by Ballistic Ventures, with…
Startups
Mighty Buildings raises $52M to build 3D-printed prefab homes
4:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Mighty Buildings, a startup building tech for prefabricated, ostensibly environmentally-friendly homes, today announced that it raised $52 million in a funding round co-led by Waed Ventures and Bold Capital with…
ELSA, the English language learning platform, announced today it has raised $23 million in Series C funding. It also launched ELSA AI Tutor, which draws on years of speech recognition…
After months of testing, TikTok has finally launched its e-commerce product, TikTok Shop, in the U.S. — where it has more than 150 million users. As part of the rollout,…
The iPhone 15 makes its debut at Apple’s “Wonderlust” event in Cupertino. Here’s what’s old, what’s new and when you can get it.
Transportation
E-bike subscription service Dance reaches 10,000 active subscribers
12:00 am PDT • September 12, 2023
Here are two interesting tidbits of news about Dance, the German startup that offers electric bikes and mopeds via subscription packages. First, the company just added a handful of investors…
Like in many industries, there’s an acute shortage of security guards. This means guards still on the job have to pull extra hours and are more likely to make mistakes…
Transportation
California bill to ban driverless autonomous trucks goes to Newsom’s desk
10:07 pm PDT • September 11, 2023
In a blow to the autonomous trucking industry, the California Senate passed a bill Monday that requires a trained human safety operator to be present any time a self-driving, heavy-duty…
Lime, the startup with shared e-scooters and e-bikes in 280 cities around the world, has been talking about going public for years. Now, Lime CEO Wayne Ting says the economic…
