Oct 28th
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
San Francisco, CA
The Latest
Transportation
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to restructure, pause commercial expansion
9:03 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is in the midst of a restructuring that will result in layoffs and shift resources away from commercial operations and toward R&D. This is the second…
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Ola, an Indian ride-hailing startup, has seen its valuation trimmed by its backer Vanguard amid a weakening global economy that has significantly impacted market capitalizations across numerous public companies. Vanguard…
Mandopop singer Stefanie Sun has gone viral on Bilibili, China’s largest user-generated video streaming site. But the sudden revival of interest in Sun, who hasn’t released an album since 2017,…
The AI startup world may be getting hotter by the day, but there’s a difference between a startup that uses AI and an AI-first startup — and the Allen Institute…
Apps
Etsy’s latest feature lets couples create wedding registries with items on its marketplace
8:17 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Etsy announced today that it’s launching Etsy Registry, a new feature that allows couples to register for personalized and handmade wedding gifts on the site. Couples can now create and…
AI
Salesforce is betting that its own content can bring more trust to generative AI
8:00 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Salesforce is betting that generative AI will be at the center of its enterprise strategy, and it can fuel LLMs as a trusted data source.
Enterprise
AWS open sources fuzzing tool SnapChange and policy-based access control language Cedar
7:53 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched two new open source projects today, a move designed in part to address concerns around software supply chain security. The Amazon cloud computing subsidiary…
Startups
Last call to register for today’s filming of TechCrunch Live with Persona and Index Ventures
7:22 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage…
Government & Policy
Kenya plans to delay ESOP taxes to incentivize startups
7:06 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Kenya is proposing a special tax regime on startups’ Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs), as it aligns to its plan to spur innovation. The finance bill 2023 proposes the deferment…
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Featured Podcast
How do you know when it’s time to shut down?
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha spoke to Kristen Anderson, the co-founder and CEO…
7:03 AM PDT • May 10, 2023
Kodansha, the publishing company behind popular titles like “Attack on Titan,” “The Seven Deadly Sins” and “Ghost in the Shell,” launched its new K Manga app on Wednesday for U.S.…
Climate
Despite a rocky start, climate tech is in a good position to tackle the rest of 2023
7:00 am PDT • May 10, 2023
There are plenty of possible reasons why climate tech’s sudden stumble in Q1 2023 was merely a misstep and not the beginning of a downward spiral.
Transportation
Cruise expands supervised self-driving ride-hailing to Houston and Dallas
6:57 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Cruise is rolling out its self-driving cars to more cities — specifically, to Houston and Dallas as it expands its Texas-based presence. Cruise already started testing its vehicles in Austin…
Startups
Ask Sophie: Can I apply for an EB-1A without first getting an O-1A?
6:30 am PDT • May 10, 2023
What do you think about applying for an EB-1A straight away without first using the O-1A as a stepping stone?
Featured Article
How the US dismantled a malware network used by Russian spies to steal government secrets
The U.S. government said it has disrupted a long-running Russian cyber espionage campaign that stole sensitive information from the U.S. and NATO governments, an operation that took the feds almost 20 years. The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that an FBI operation successfully dismantled the “Snake” malware network used by Turla, a notorious hacking group…
6:05 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Climate
Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with fusion power starting in 2028
6:01 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Helion, the clean energy company with its eye firmly on the fusion prize, announced a couple of years ago that it had secured $2.2 billion of funding to help it…
Fintech
Salsa dips into $10M to fire up payroll features for software companies
6:01 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Salsa says it can shorten the amount of time it takes for businesses to create a payroll feature to about a month, and without the engineering complexity.
Hardware
Roku expands smart home lineup with new home monitoring system for $99
6:00 am PDT • May 10, 2023
Roku is continuing its latest venture into smart home hardware with the launch of its new home monitoring system, complete with two entry sensors, one motion sensor, a wire-free keypad…
Zamp provides a solution for e-commerce businesses to monitor their sales tax life cycle, including nexus monitoring, product categorization, rooftop-level tax calculation, registration and filing.
