Greg Kumparak

Editor, TechCrunch

Greg Kumparak was an editor at TechCrunch. Greg started at TechCrunch in May of 2008 as the editor of its sister site, MobileCrunch. Greg’s coverage primarily focused on consumer companies, particularly those involving gadgets, robotics, or augmented reality. Disclosures: Greg holds shares in ETFs/mutual funds and owns a small amount of cryptocurrency (ETH, ADA)

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Hello, friends! Welcome back to Week in Review, where we quickly recap the most read stories on TechCrunch from the last 7 days. The goal: If you had a busy…

Another wild week for Elon Musk

Hi all! Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we recap the most read stories to cross TechCrunch over the last week. Our goal: If you’ve had a…

Another brutal week for crypto and crypto companies

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Apple’s big week was not without its flaws

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Here’s everything Apple just announced at the WWDC 2022 keynote

It’s WWDC keynote time! Each year Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developer Conference with a few hours of back-to-back-to-back announcements, generally covering things from iOS to watchOS to — sometimes! — new hardware. Didn’t have time to tune in? We get it! We’ve wrapped up all of the biggest news…

Here’s everything Apple just announced at the WWDC 2022 keynote

Hello all! Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we recap some of the top stories to cross TechCrunch over the last 7 days. If you want it…

Gas?! Where we’re going, we don’t need gas
Crypto

The week Jack stepped back

Hey all. Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we recap some of the top stories to cross TC’s front page over the last 7 days. The most…

The week Jack stepped back

It’s Demo Day time! Today marks the 30th Demo Day for Alchemist, the enterprise-focused accelerator that helped grow companies like LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Computing and Privacera early on. As an enterprise…

Here are all of the companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 30th Demo Day today

Hi all! Welcome back to Week in Review, our newsletter where we wrap up many of the top stories to hit TechCrunch over the last seven days. The big thing…

YC’s letter to founders, Apple’s folding device and the DOJ’s new stance on hackers

Hi friends! Welcome back to Week In Review, the newsletter where we wrap up many of the top stories to cross TechCrunch’s front page over the last seven days. The…

Another week of job slashes and crypto crashes

It’s Google I/O keynote day! Once a year Google kicks off its developer conference with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, finally unveiling so many of the things they’ve been working…

Here’s everything you need to know from the Google I/O 2022 keynote today
Startups

A brutal week of layoffs

Hi friends. In case you missed it last week: I’m Greg, and I’m handling Week in Review now that Lucas is off with Anita building their new crypto-focused podcast/newsletter, Chain…

A brutal week of layoffs

Elon’s big week

Hi! I’m Greg Kumparak. I’ll be heading up Week in Review for the foreseeable future, with your former host Lucas Matney diving into cryptoland with the launch of a newsletter…

Elon’s big week

At TechCrunch Early Stage, Y Combinator’s Dalton Caldwell shared insights on the application process — what works on an application, what doesn’t, and the right ways to stand out.

How to get into Y Combinator, according to YC’s Dalton Caldwell

Are you looking to buy a folding smartphone? Do you want it to be Pokémon-themed? And do you live in South Korea? If all those stars are aligned just right,…

Samsung is making a Pokémon phone because why not

If you’re looking to integrate video or audio calls into your product, you don’t necessarily have to build it out from the ground up. Unless you’ve got some super-specific needs,…

Dyte raises $11.6M to help developers build better video calls

If you’re still wrapping your head around the idea of self-driving cars, get ready for something that might seem even wilder: self-driving construction equipment exists, and it’s already out there…

Built Robotics raises another $64M to make construction equipment autonomous

Back in September of last year, Amazon announced a curious-looking device called the Amazon Glow. Part video calling device and part projector, it’s meant to connect kids with distant family…

After six months of invite-only sales, Amazon Glow is now available to all in the US

It’s Apple event day! The day when the company takes the (once again remote/virtual) stage to reveal everything it’s been working on behind the scenes lately. Didn’t have time to follow…

Here’s everything Apple announced at today’s ‘Peek Performance’ event

Once upon a time, I had a truck. I loved that truck! I didn’t actually use the truck as a truck all that often, so eventually I sold it and…

Fetch raises $3.5M for its self-service truck rental marketplace

Before the pandemic, I traveled a lot for work. My suitcase packing list, honed over the years, was pretty much set in stone. Backbone’s iPhone gaming controller is one of…

Celebs back Backbone’s mobile gaming controller with $40M round

When I was in school — which, judging by how my spine feels most mornings, was fourteen thousand years ago — keeping track of how you were doing on your…

Schoolytics is a dashboard that keeps teachers, students and parents on the same page

Graham & Walker, an accelerator and venture fund focused on helping female and non-binary founders, has announced the latest batch of companies to enter its accelerator program. I hopped on…

These are the 6 companies in Graham & Walker’s latest accelerator class

As a company grows, the amount of important information employees need to keep track of inevitably grows right along with it. And, as your tech stack gets more complicated, that…

Dashworks is a search engine for your company’s sprawling internal knowledge

Alchemist Accelerator is back with another Demo Day — its 29th Demo Day overall, and the latest in the series to be entirely virtual. As an enterprise-focused accelerator, Alchemist primarily works…

Here are all 20 companies from Alchemist Accelerator’s latest Demo Day

The biggest news from CES 2022

Be it virtual, in-person or some mix of the two, CES is a beast. How could you keep up with all of the news flooding out of the show? You…

The biggest news from CES 2022

It has somehow, inexplicably, impossibly been almost 10 years since the original Oculus Rift hit Kickstarter. A decade of development later, VR headsets have gotten better and better — but…

VR and AR continue to simmer at CES 2022

Will the world ever go back to big in-person events? Of course. Eventually. CES already moved in that direction this year, for better or worse. But everyone’s already gotten a…

Zuddl raises $13M for its simple but powerful virtual events platform

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