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Fleksy targets devs with SDK platform for smart keyboard features
Keyboard tech licensing startup Fleksy has expanded its SDK offering with an eye on winning over indie devs and app makers with an accessible, SaaS-like platform entry-point to its software licensing
Why build a tech mafia when you can just build each other?
Natasha and Alex asked: Why is tech full of copycats, and what’s the next full circle moment we can expect?
YC makes a Product Hunt, Product Hunt makes an a16z, a16z makes a YC
You can't avoid the chaotic, fascinating web of venture and startups these days.
Y Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public
Y Combinator has announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. The famed accelerator, which has seeded the lik
How Bounce beat pandemic disruption and bagged a16z to lead its Series A
Bounce, a San Francisco-based startup that’s spent over three years building up a business which layers a number of convenience-focused services, starting with luggage storage and package accept
Ownit helps brands sell products, at the point of discovery, with one click
Its technology connects social, commerce and payment options at the point of discovery with little interruption to you social media scroll.
How our SaaS startup broke into the Japanese market without a physical presence
As a SaaS company with a community-led growth model, our journey to breaking into Japan might be different to companies with other models, but the core tenets remain the same. Here's what we learned.
Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation
Many of us are moving around these days a lot less than we used to — because of COVID, we’re working from home instead of an office; and we are traveling and going out less. Now, as we shi
Airplane soars with $8.5M to make creating internal tools less burdensome
With developers in mind, the company gives engineers back the time they were spending building internal tools and away from product engineering.
Onin is trying to fix event planning by combining calendar and chat
What would happened if your go-to calendar and messaging apps were in fact one and the same thing? That’s the thinking behind Onin — a U.K. startup that wants to simplify event planning by
Hyper is a new fund that offers $300k checks and promise of a media slingshot for founders
Hyper is a $60M early-stage fund co-founded by Josh Buckley, Product Hunt’s current CEO along with writer, founder and designer Dustin Curtis. Two ex-Sequoia operators are part of the team at launch
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Builders, creators and developers, this one’s for you! TechCrunch has always been about discovering fresh solutions and shining the light on exciting, new products that have the potential to make a
Scale CEO Alex Wang and Accel’s Dan Levine explain why sometimes unconventional VC deals are best
Few companies have done better than Scale at spotting a need in the AI gold rush early on and filling that gap. The startup rightly identified that one of the tasks most important to building effectiv
Proving voicemail doesn’t have to be wack, the Slack-backed startup Yac raises $7.5 million
Yac, the Orlando, Florida-based startup that’s digitizing voice messages for remote offices, has raised $7.5 million in a new round of funding. The company’s service has garnered enough at
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei raises $7 million for his new venture
Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus who left the company two months ago, has raised $7 million from a roster of high-profile investors for his new hardware venture. The Swedish tech entrepreneur said
Kaleido’s Unscreen is dead simple drag-and-drop background removal for video
Removing the background of a video you’ve shot can be a real pain if you don’t have the kind of tools and setup used by professionals — and even then it isn’t as easy as it should
Yac gets backed by Slack to bring the intimacy of voice back when remote co-workers interact
Yac, the digital voice messaging service that launched last year, has raised new money from the Slack Fund as it continues to gain ground among companies looking to give their employees new communicat
Playbook, a creator platform focused on fitness, raises $3 million in seed
Playbook, aiming to be the Patreon of fitness content, announced the close of a $3 million seed round from several notable angels today. The investor roster includes Giphy founder Alex Chung, StyleSea
Product Hunt launches beta of YourStack, a home for your favorite things
The team behind Product Hunt is launching a new social network called YourStack, a platform aiming to connect people that are passionate about products and help them discover what things their friends
Yac is reinventing voicemail for the Slack generation
With distributed workforces all the rage in the tech community these days, startups are trying to build new tools to keep those teams connected and communicating in the ways that make folks most comfo