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The TechCrunch+ 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

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The TechCrunch+ 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Four players in the banking industry spoke about what they are doing to offer startups and investors new alternatives in a post-SVB world.

SVB’s commercial banking president: ‘Come on back, the water’s fine’
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A change at TechCrunch

Hi all! Connie Loizos here with a brief bulletin: I’m the new General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of TechCrunch. [Puffs on cigar.] I know, you’re busy – I get it –…

A change at TechCrunch

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10 years at TechCrunch

It’s been 10 years since I stepped off a ledge and landed at TechCrunch. I don’t get self-referential a lot here on the pages of TC, but I figured that a tin anniversary is a nice time to look at what we’ve done over the past decade as we approach…

10 years at TechCrunch

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How to submit a guest column to TechCrunch

To level the playing field for people who want to share tech-related knowledge and opinions, TechCrunch operates a guest contributor program.

How to submit a guest column to TechCrunch

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Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications

I’ll admit that I’ve tiptoed around the topic a bit in Actuator due to its sudden popularity (SEO gods be damned). I’ve been in this business long enough to instantly be suspicious of hype cycles. That said, I totally get it this time around. While it’s true that various forms…

Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications

It’s Memorial Day here in the United States, which means that the flow of tech news is slower than normal.

TechCrunch+’s holiday reading list

To celebrate Cyber Monday, TechCrunch+ is having a sale! Until December 3, take 25% off a subscription to secure access to all our work. 

Say hello to the TechCrunch+ Cyber Monday sale!

Taboola expects to get bigger, more profitable and more self-sustaining than before thanks to Yahoo.

A scale story: TechCrunch’s parent company links up with Taboola

Mark your calendars, startup fans, because TechCrunch is returning — live and in person — to the beautiful City by the Bay to host our flagship event, TechCrunch Disrupt, on…

Connect with Mayfield, JETRO, Toptal and more at TechCrunch Disrupt

Mark your calendars, startup fans, because TechCrunch is returning — live and in person — to the beautiful City by the Bay to host our flagship event, TechCrunch Disrupt, on…

Connect with Google Cloud for Startups, Blackstone Launchpad and more at TechCrunch Disrupt

Web Summit, one of the world’s largest events centered around technology startups, is to launch a brand-new venture capital vehicle consisting of two new funds, TechCrunch understands. The move follows…

Sources say Web Summit Ventures will be a new $40M follow-on fund

The clock is ticking and the countdown is on: There are now less than 24 hours left to save $1,100 on a regular ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022. The dramatic…

Last call to save $1100 on Disrupt passes

Yesterday, Wednesday, September 7, TechCrunch Live hosted a special, extended event focusing on Minneapolis, Minnesota. The area is quickly becoming a major hotbed of startups in the Midwest, and the…

Watch the TechCrunch Live Minneapolis Pitch-Off right here

We’ve kept this mini-series running at TechCrunch for all this time to make a meta-point about share prices and products.

Investors shrug, once again, at Apple’s latest deluge of product news

There’s no denying it — when it comes to e-commerce, Marc Lore delivers. The serial entrepreneur sold Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com, Soap.com and others, to Amazon in 2011…

Marc Lore chews the fat about reinventing at-home dining at Disrupt

Minneapolis is quickly solidifying itself as one of the Midwest’s most important startup ecosystems. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to host a special (virtual) event in the Twin Cities. Next week,…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Live’s special Minneapolis event!

Today’s TechCrunch Live is all about raising a Series A. Jenny Lefcourt from Freestyle Partners and Guillaume de Zwirek CEO and co-founder of WELL Health are scheduled to speak on…

Hear the steps to raise a Series A on today’s TechCrunch Live

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Read up on your day off: TechCrunch+ is having a Labor Day sale

TechCrunch Live is hosting a special, extended event focused on the great city of Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 7. I hope you can join us. We have an agenda packed…

Meet the judges for the Minneapolis TechCrunch Live pitch-off

It’s been a tumultuous year for OnlyFans, the popular subscription-based social media platform best known for hosting explicit content and offering an online safe haven to the sex workers who…

OnlyFans’s Ami Gan and Keily Blair join us at Disrupt for a SFW fireside chat

Ethereum layer-two scaling platform Polygon raised $450 million earlier this year in its first major financing round. Now, the protocol’s co-founder Sandeep Nailwal is launching another project, he told TechCrunch…

Polygon founder raises $50M for emerging markets-focused web3 venture fund

Founders are often told to keep their head down and build. On today’s TechCrunch Live, you’ll hear how there has to be a balance. On one hand, founders need to…

See the Series B pitch deck that lead to Benchling’s $6B valuation on today’s TechCrunch Live

TechCrunch is thrilled to be (virtually) headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event takes place on September 7 at 2:00 pm CDT/12:00 pm PDT. It’s free to attend, and it’s free…

Pitch your startup at TechCrunch Live’s Minneapolis event

For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. Constructing a coherent philosophy around compensation…

Complete helps startups think through the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of employee pay

A world-class tech conference like TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person in San Francisco on October 18-20 — doesn’t just happen. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation, and…

Engage with Samsung Next, AWS, Calendly & more at TechCrunch Disrupt

Ever wonder what it takes to produce a world-class tech conference? Here’s your chance to find out by helping us bring TechCrunch Disrupt to life on October 18–20. Apply to…

Work exchange your way to TechCrunch Disrupt for free

After testing new in-app podcast recording tools for users in New Zealand, Spotify is now trialing a new audio feature in Vietnam, one that’s designed to encourage users to record…

Spotify prompts some users to record reaction podcasts to playlists

The Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 is set to be our most epic yet. This year’s competitors, selected from our handpicked cohort, the Startup Battlefield 200, are…

Announcing the first tranche of Startup Battlefield judges

Perception is everything — especially when it comes to the value of software startups and total addressable markets (TAM). During 2020 and 2021, as COVID bit into the economy, tech…

Felicis, Lux Capital and Upfront Ventures tackle TAM at Disrupt