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AI
Women in AI: Rachel Coldicutt researches how technology impacts society
10:00 am PDT • May 11, 2024
Rachel Coldicutt is the founder of Careful Industries, which researches the social impact technology has on society.
Interest in male birth control has increased in the past few years, especially since the U.S. overturned Roe vs. Wade, which protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. Since…
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The Kendrick-Drake feud shows how technology is changing rap battles
It seems we’re all in agreement: Kendrick Lamar defeated Drake in one of the most engrossing rap battles of the decade. To add insult to injury, Drake also threw himself into legal hot water when he deepfaked the late rapper Tupac. The tension between Lamar and Drake goes back decades,…
3:50 pm PDT • May 6, 2024
Social
The Net Gala hosts its first event for the stylish and chronically online
2:37 pm PDT • May 6, 2024
The warehouse was dim and slightly misty. But the bar was open, and a photographer was snapping away anyway. On Friday, the crowd followed the white rabbit to Brooklyn for…
Catherine Breslin is the founder and director of Kingfisher Labs, where she helps companies develop AI strategies.
AI
Women in AI: Tara Chklovski is teaching the next generation of AI innovators
10:00 am PDT • May 4, 2024
Tara Chklovski is the CEO and founder of Technovation, a nonprofit that helps teach young girls about technology and entrepreneurship.
Venture
Inside TC’s Techstars investigation and how AI is accelerating disability tech
7:15 AM PDT • May 3, 2024
The downturn in venture capital funding has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up…
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Inside the ‘cold war’ at Techstars as CEO Maëlle Gavet hires, fires, fights to force change
Financial losses, founder revolts, public firings and overflowing office sewage mark the storied institution’s annus horribilis.
1:00 pm PDT • April 29, 2024
Climate
Bringing down skyscrapers’ sky-high carbon footprint with Joselyn Lai from Bedrock
8:58 AM PDT • April 23, 2024
Joselyn Lai appeared on TechCrunch’s Found to discuss her company and its hopes of driving down the cost of a proven technology to address the…
Bump allows creators to track income and market value, which can help them negotiate better deals and see how much money they are owed from partners.
Startups
Screen Skinz raises $1.5M seed to create custom screen protectors
5:00 am PDT • April 18, 2024
There has been much evolution in the personalized phone protector market, but nothing has truly captured screens yet.
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Don’t blame MKBHD for the fate of Humane AI and Fisker
Humane AI raised more than $230 million before it even shipped a product. And when it finally released its Ai Pin — which costs $699 plus a $24 monthly subscription — pretty much every tech reviewer came to the same disappointing realization: This much-hyped product, which promises to disrupt the…
1:00 pm PDT • April 17, 2024
Founded by Louis Tremblay, FLO is looking to build robust EV charging infrastructure that will create a reliable web for drivers to get to where…
It actually makes sense that in an era of oversaturation, people would escape to a more quiet and rather peaceful corner of the internet to dream once more.
The global demand for wood could grow by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the World Resources Institute. While some building…
Startups
YC’s latest Demo Day shows fascinating wagers on healthcare, chip design, AI and more
12:24 pm PDT • April 4, 2024
As we did on Wednesday, a number of the TechCrunch crew watched the entire run of presentations, picking out a handful of favorites to highlight.
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The 18 most interesting startups from YC’s Demo Day show we’re in an AI bubble
From AI-generated music and grant applications to neat new fintech applications and even some healthtech work, there was something for everyone.
12:44 pm PDT • April 3, 2024
Commerce
Thrive Market’s Nick Green talks building a billion-dollar grocery company
12:25 PM PDT • April 2, 2024
Nick Green, one of the company’s co-founders, stopped by Found to chat about his company and the market’s evolution since he first launched it.
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The UK threw a splashy event in New York this week to woo more American VCs
U.K. officials unveiled a hologram statue and threw a big party to celebrate the U.K. as the third $1 trillion tech economy.
12:52 pm PDT • March 27, 2024
Venture
New Summit is raising a new $100 million fund to back climate tech and underrepresented fund managers
6:00 am PDT • March 27, 2024
The size of the new fund suggests that it is bullish that it can convince LPs to open their wallets based its impact-focused approach.
AI
Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency
1:29 PM PDT • March 26, 2024
As the planet warms due to human-caused climate change, damage from wildfires has increased with it. The amount of forest area burned by wildfires increased…
Fintech
Ramp CEO says the fintech startup is just scratching the surface
8:59 AM PDT • March 19, 2024
Fintech exploded over the last five years. Startups in the category raised more than $350 billion in VC funding from 2019 through 2023, according to…
This week, Glacier co-founder Rebecca Hu chats with Found about wish-cycling and robots.
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Techstars’ $80M partnership with J.P. Morgan is on the rocks, employees say
The fate of the Advancing Cities programs — and some of the around 20 people who work at Techstars in this program — is up in the air.
2:30 pm PST • March 8, 2024
AI
AI could be the solution for bureaucracy, with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
4:30 PM PST • March 5, 2024
Founders have spent a lot of time over the past few years trying to build practical consumer use cases for AI and machine learning. AI…
TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution.
TechCrunch has launched a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution.
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Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders
Stay up-to-date on the latest funding news for Black and women founders.
1:10 pm PST • March 1, 2024
This week, Dom spoke with Ariel Kaye, the founder of the home lifestyle brand Parachute.
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Leaked documents show Techstars lost $7 million in 2023 but still had plenty of cash
Cuts to Techstars’ staff and its decision to shutter certain accelerators came after it missed its 2023 revenue goals, according to documents outlining its preliminary 2023 results viewed by TechCrunch. Techstars also lost millions of dollars more by year’s end (in adjusted EBITA) than it had anticipated it would, additional…
1:05 pm PST • February 28, 2024
