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How to succeed in today’s grocery delivery market

The instant grocery delivery market has been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few years, and recently the ride has been down. For example, Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, reportedly postponed employee salaries for a month and…

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Dynatrace acquires cloud-native debugging platform Rookout

Observability and security platform Dynatrace today announced that it plans to acquire Rookout, a Tel Aviv-based observability startup that focuses on helping developers troubleshoot and debug their code in production. Publicly traded Dynatrace already offers a comprehensive suite of observability…

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Can we trust automakers to build an EV charging network that rivals Tesla’s Supercharger?

Automakers appear to have had an awakening last week: Electric vehicles are the future, and if they want to continue selling cars, they have to think beyond the car. I’m not talking about subscriptions, though; I’m talking about charging. For…

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Is Black news VC backable?

Lately I’ve been thinking about media publishing startups (think Semafor and Puck) and their fundraising rounds. Semafor recently raised a $44 million seed round, and Puck raised a $7 million Series A in 2021. The Messenger, among the newest in…

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This week in food tech: New fund shows food investments are still simmering

If you’re adventurous with your food, or just like to keep up with the fast-moving food tech industry, here’s a roundup of this week’s stories and some notable news we weren’t able to cover. Supply Change Capital The venture capital…

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When you’ve got two exits under your belt by the age of 26

In this week’s edition of The Interchange, we touch on M&As in the fintech space as AngelList nabbed a startup and Uplift got bought for less than it raised in venture funding. We get into those deals, and much more.…

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CISA’s security-by-design initiative is at risk: Here’s a path forward

Trey Herr Contributor Trey Herr is the director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Maia Hamin Contributor Maia Hamin is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Will Loomis Contributor Share on Twitter Will Loomis is an associate…

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Deal Dive: Cutting through the noise in a category clouded by catastrophic failure

Building a startup is hard enough but growing one in a category marred with Theranos-sized stigma is a new level of challenge. Vital Bio seems up for the test. The Toronto-based startup is building a machine, VitalOne, that can perform…

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Abundant opportunities for founders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

“Founders first” is the TechCrunch credo — this is the way — and you’ll find the very best and brightest minds in the startup ecosystem gathered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place September 19–21 in San Francisco. This year, our…

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In AI-enabled drug discovery, there might be more than one winner

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Today, a look at Israel from three different…

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Twitter rebrands to ‘X,’ hackers infect Call of Duty, and foreign visitors to China go cashless

Hey, friends, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s roundup of the week in tech news. Life getting in the way of your daily TechCrunch habit? Not to worry. WiR will get you caught up in no time. This week,…

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Twitter, now X, opens up its ad revenue sharing program with global creators

Earlier this month, Twitter — which has since rebranded as X — began sharing ad revenue with verified creators in an attempt to retain top talent on its platform. Today, the company announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is now…

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If it hadn’t been for them meddlin’ kids

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Not to get all GrumpyManYellsAtCloud.gif, but I’m getting pretty tired of the myth of the dropped-out-of-college founders. Investors — and the broader ecosystem — have…

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NASA is launching its own streaming service later this year

NASA is getting in on the “+” streaming action. The government agency announced that it’s going to launch a new streaming service later this year called NASA+. The ad-free, no-cost streaming service will include live coverage of future launches, documentaries…

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Worldcoin’s official launch triggers swift privacy scrutiny in Europe

Worldcoin, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s bid to sew up the market for verifying humanness by convincing enough mobile meatsacks to have their eyeballs scanned in exchanged for crypto tokens (yes, really), only started its official global rollout this week but…

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Unito’s $20M Series B deck

Unito is a platform that takes a different approach to managing SaaS apps. Today we’ll take a look at how the company’s pitch deck helped it raise $20 million in Series B funding last year. We’re looking for more unique…

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Are you going to let Sam Altman’s crypto project scan your eyeballs or not?

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s audacious eyeball-scanning crypto startup…

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Mobile website builder Universe launches AI-powered designer

Universe, the no-code mobile website builder, announced today that it’s launching an AI-powered website designer in beta. The designer, called GUS (Generative Universe Sites), can help anyone build and launch a custom website from their iOS device. Once you get…

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Three more VCs sign on to Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

One of the best ways startup founders can hone their pitch until it’s sharp enough to impress VCs — and bring home the bacon — is by watching other founders pitch to investors. And there’s no better place to do…

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Ford’s Q2 earnings show a thriving trucks, commercial business with EVs playing catch-up

Ford generated $45 billion in revenue in the second quarter, a 12% pop from the same period last year largely fueled by sales of gas-powered trucks like the new Ranger, SUVs and commercial vans. Its EV business, meanwhile, has a…