TechCrunch Opinion

Startups and physicians must unite to empower women’s health

Women's health, as it has existed for the past 200 years, is dead. One hammer for all of our problems will no longer suffice.

The urgent call for innovation and investment in maternal health

Women’s health remains one of the most underfunded, under-researched, and underserved areas of investment and study.

As a climate tech investor, unit economics is the only thing I care about

We must focus on disruption and innovation in industry sectors with the greatest capacity to make progress on decarbonization.

Why we must teach AI to empathize with us

As we integrate AI into various aspects of our lives, from customer service to healthcare and beyond, it becomes imperative that AI systems align with our values and needs.

Anti-immigration policy is killing European tech

Governments need to create environments where founders and their teams can imagine building lasting and successful businesses.

The NVCA Model Legal Documents reach legal drinking age: A retrospective

Let’s take this occasion to raise a glass to a great idea that took only two decades to triumph, and examine the knock-on effects of that great idea.

Consistent policy is key to unlocking the climate tech boom, but the UK’s U-turn isn’t helping

For entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses to thrive and unlock the economic potential that comes from creating new industries, we need a consistent approach from the government.

For the CHIPS Act to pay off, the US needs a historic investment in memory production

Semiconductor memory is foundational to our nation’s technical leadership and yet is more at risk than ever.

Women and underrepresented founders aren’t going to wait for the VC industry to transform itself

You will only have one shot to impress your future financial backers — make sure you are confident and ready.

The EU is about to adopt a dangerous law with international consequences

Media freedom must be able to operate outside the confines of political interference to give users more information, not less.

Venture capital spring is here

Over the past six months, I have seen a trickle of early-stage financings turn into a river, and I predict we will soon see a gush.

We need to break Big Tech’s data broker industry

It is time for a new technology that will give more power to the consumer, more freedom to developers and more opportunity for innovation.

Why product equity has become a business imperative for the future of digital products

The full power of emerging technology cannot be realized without a diverse set of imaginations to fuel it.

Fintech actually has a value system: Here’s how we can reclaim it

One of the big lessons of the social finance backlash is that empowerment without education can do more harm than good.

Fintech faces its reckoning: It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses

The fintech business models that wooed consumers look increasingly tenuous. It’s only a matter of time until the house of cards collapses.

How badly will AI-generated images impact elections?

There’s a very high risk that artificial intelligence (AI) will put the integrity of the election process into question.

How can startups help close the EV charging gap?

Given the wide gap in supply and demand of EV chargers, there are massive opportunities for startups focused on the space.

Major AI players are getting in sync, but it’s what comes next that really matters

There has never before been a technology that has so quickly rallied the private sector to proactively seek government oversight.

Financing climate solutions: Do it the easy way or the impactful way?

Over time, funders will find investing in diverse innovators as a pragmatic solution to address the climate crisis.

The US can’t kill crypto: Real regulations are coming

Predicting the death of crypto is a convenient but inaccurate narrative. The U.S. will get there. It always does.
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