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| Apr 29, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: Rapidly responsive… space stations!? | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Let’s jump in!
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| Apr 22, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: Engineering the future | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Don’t worry — we’ll be diving into the Mars Sample Return news shortly.
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| Apr 15, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: True Anomaly and Rocket Lab will make big moves on orbit (literally) | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone had a great time at Space Symposium! Hopefully I’ll see you there next year.
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| Apr 8, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: Happy eclipse day! | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy Eclipse Day for everyone celebrating! I’m fortunate to be living in a part of the country that’s in the path of totality, so I’ll be away from my desk for much of today, soaking it all in.
W... |
| Apr 1, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: Reusable rockets, reusable satellites | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone had a restful Easter, for those who celebrate.
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| Mar 25, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: Returning to the moon | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Mark your calendars, everyone: Boeing and NASA are planning to conduct the first crewed Starliner mission as soon as May 1.
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| Mar 18, 2024 | TechCrunch Space: $paceX | Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. This is an uncommonly SpaceX-heavy issue. Apologies (or you’re welcome).
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| Mar 17, 2024 | Griffin Bank has a license to thrill | Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! I’m filling in for Mary Ann, who is on a much deserved break. This week, we look at Griffin Bank getting its license ahead of some heavy hitters, and we go inside Stripe’s annual let... |
| Jan 30, 2024 | Building AI guardrails should be part of the process | As companies start relying more on AI-powered tools to help increase productivity and efficiency, they need to think about creating policies that can address any ethical, practical or legal issues, writes Richard Marcus, head of information... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Taking the long view on crypto | “It’s the single best time to invest in [crypto] companies,” according to 10T Holdings and 1RoundTable Partners’ CEO, Dan Tapiero. Crypto reporter Jacquelyn Melinek has the inside scoop on why his firm is taking the long view to ride out th... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Now is the time to invest in edtech | We haven’t heard much from the edtech sector ever since the pandemic forced students out of the classrooms and in front of their computers.
But, as Anna Heim writes in the intro of our most recent survey of edtech investors, “we found that ... |
| Jan 19, 2024 | The unicorns among us | Ten years ago, Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee coined the term “unicorn” to describe startups that reached $1 billion valuation. At the time, there were only 39 startups on the list, but cut to today, where more than 500 companies now li... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | How to build a solid — and profitable! — AI startup | After a year of people throwing money at AI companies, investors are now looking for startups that are more solid and viable. That could prove daunting for AI founders: AI is expensive to build and maintain.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are on... |
| Jan 9, 2024 | How to find the right venture investor | Venture capitalists aren’t throwing money around like they used to. The funding environment in 2023 was rough, as investors buttoned up their pocketbooks to steel themselves for a recession.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to m... |
| Jan 5, 2024 | Investors are optimistic about 2024 | Welcome back, and welcome to 2024!
We’re starting the year off on a high note: After a mediocre 2023, investors are optimistic about exit activity picking back up in 2024. Some think M&A activity will skyrocket, while others think we wi... |
| Dec 29, 2023 | Should auld acquaintance be robot | This is always a strange week for us. Save for the occasional disastrous patent dispute, things are (thankfully) almost uncannily quiet in the week separating Christmas and New Year’s Day. You see a lot of reflective posts go up during this... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | A strong foundation can help raise early-stage capital | As valuations come down, now more than ever, founders “need to prove their company is built to last with long-term profitability and scalability in mind,” writes Russ Heddleston, CEO of DocSend at Dropbox.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are only... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | Top robotics names discuss humanoids, generative AI and more | Last month, I took an extended break. In a bid to keep my robotics newsletter Actuator (subscribe here) up and running, however, I reached out to some of the biggest names in the industry. I asked people from CMU, UC Berkeley, Meta, Nvidis,... |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Massachusetts lawmakers mull ‘killer robot’ bill | Back in mid-September, a pair of Massachusetts lawmakers introduced a bill “to ensure the responsible use of advanced robotic technologies.” What that means in the simplest and most direct terms is legislation that would bar the manufacture... |
| Dec 19, 2023 | The outlook for startups in 2024 is hazy | Even though the economy is signaling a bit of a bounce-back, 2024 might not be much better than 2023 when it comes to startups sharing a piece of the budget pie.
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| Dec 16, 2023 | Robotics Q&A with Nvidia’s Deepu Talla | A version of this Q&A first appeared in TechCrunch’s free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.
We’re wrapping up our end-of-year robotics Q&A series with this interview with Deepu Talla. I paid a visit to Nvidia’s Bay Area... |
| Dec 16, 2023 | Robotics Q&A with UC Berkeley’s Ken Goldberg | For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates.
Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s... |
| Dec 15, 2023 | The best funding options for late-stage startups | “Entrepreneurs navigating the later stages of a startup face a mine field of funding options, and not all of them are suitable for their business,” writes David Spreng, founder and CEO of Runway Growth Capital.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are... |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Agility is using large language models to communicate with its humanoid robots | I’ve spent much of the past year discussing generative AI and large language models with robotics experts. It’s become increasingly clear that these sorts of technologies are primed to revolutionize the way robots communicate, learn, look a... |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Boston Dynamics joins forces with firm behind ‘Avatar,’ ‘Jurassic Park’ animatronics | Since the company’s earliest days as an MIT spinoff, Boston Dynamics’ systems have always provided entertainment value. It’s something the Hyundai-owned firm has long embraced by releasing dozens of wildly viral videos over the decades.
Wit... |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Take the time to brush up those pitch decks | The holidays are in full swing, which means you might start getting automatic-reply emails as people take off on vacation.
But don’t let the relative calmness of the holidays stop you from fundraising. According to a DocSend report on fundr... |
| Dec 9, 2023 | Robotics Q&A with Boston Dynamics’ Aaron Saunders | For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates.
Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s... |
| Dec 8, 2023 | ‘Secondaries summer’ is over, but 2024 looks promising | Secondary venture activity has ebbed and flowed over the last few months, following a particularly busy summer. But 2024 may see investors returning for good, writes Rebecca Szkutak.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.
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| Dec 5, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Amazon is not the AI leader | Amazon has been No. 1 in the cloud for years, ever since it invented the concept in 2006. But now the company finds itself in a spot it might not be used to: playing catch-up to Microsoft when it comes to AI.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are o... |
| Dec 2, 2023 | Robotics Q&A with Meta’s Dhruv Batra | For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates.
Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Part 2: Toyota Research Institute’s... |
| Dec 1, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Forestry tech is at an inflection point | Forests are worth as much as $150 trillion, according to the Boston Consulting Group, with much of the interest in them centering around carbon credits. That means that forests that are conserved or restored need to be monitored, to make su... |
| Nov 28, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: The venture downturn isn’t the end for Australia and New Zealand | Australia and New Zealand are facing the same challenges as the rest of tech: valuations have come back down, early-stage funding is up, and investors want their businesses to focus on sustainable long-term growth and a clear path to revenu... |
| Nov 21, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: AI folks fall into one of two camps | Good morning!
When it comes to news, the week of Thanksgiving is usually slower than molasses. But with the OpenAI drama — ousted founder; upset employees; etc. etc. — continuing to deliver exciting headlines on the company’s uncertain futu... |
| Nov 18, 2023 | Robotics Q&A with Toyota Research Institute’s Max Bajracharya and Russ Tedrake | For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates.
Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson
This week, we’ve got a two-fer. Toy... |
| Nov 17, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Just say no to triaging | Good morning!
All signs are pointing to a recovery in 2024, and that’ll be better for some than others. The past few years have seen investors propping up mediocre portfolio companies, hoping that a little boost can help them through a toug... |
| Nov 14, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Is Getir’s most recent acquisition a sign of what’s to come? | Good morning! We’ve got a full plate for you today, so let’s get to it.
Fast-delivery startup Getir announced last week that it was buying FreshDirect, an online grocery delivery company. FreshDirect was last valued at $300 million in 2020 ... |
| Nov 12, 2023 | Robotics Q&A: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson | [A version of this Q&A first appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.]
Over the next few weeks, TechCrunch will be running a series of Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. I’ve spoken wi... |
| Nov 10, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Know your goals before taking the plunge | “The lure of entrepreneurship is undeniable,” writes resident pitch expert Haje Jan Kamps. But starting a company is also a hard road, and the decision to go for it shouldn’t be taken lightly.
Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to... |
| Nov 7, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Many Black founders are rooting for SVB | Good morning!
Before being known as the bank that collapsed, Silicon Valley Blank made a name for itself as a bank that helps support underrepresented founders. Eight months later, the bank is now trying to repair its reputation among the B... |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Google DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi | [A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.]
Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with... |
| Nov 3, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Breaking up is hard to do | Good morning, everyone! It’s Friday!
Today I’m thinking about planning for the future. We plan for rain, we plan our meals for the week, and we even make long-term plans, like putting money into a 401(k). But sometimes things that should be... |
| Nov 1, 2023 | MassRobotics is launching an accelerator | Sandwiched between rows of warehouses in the South Boston Waterfront, MassRobotics serves as both an incubator and import hub for the city’s vibrant robotics community. Soon, it will add accelerator to that list. This morning the nonprofit ... |
| Oct 31, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: What happened to the Adobe-Figma deal? | Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday!
It’s been more than a year since Adobe announced that it intended to buy Figma for $20 billion, yet the two companies are still separate entities. As TechCrunch+’s Ron Miller points out, a year is a rea... |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Amazon’s Tye Brady discusses generative AI, humanoid robots and mobile manipulation | A version of this post first appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.
Last week was a busy one for robotics. We had RoboBusiness in the Bay, ROSCon in New Orleans and Amazon’s Delivering the Future even... |
| Oct 27, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: How to successfully buy another company | Good morning, and welcome to the end of another week!
In an overall quiet year, the last few months have been pretty spicy when it comes to M&A activity: Atlassian bought Loom; Cisco bought Splunk; and Microsoft finally closed on its bi... |
| Oct 24, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Is European venture showing signs of recovery? | Good morning, and happy Tuesday!
Today we’re looking at Q3 venture data coming out of Europe. Overall, European venture capital data is down sharply. But as my colleagues Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm write, European venture is “down, but not ... |
| Oct 20, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: Did Atlassian pay a fair price for Loom? | Good morning, and welcome to Friday!
Atlassian’s purchase of Loom last week raised eyebrows, and not just because it missed unicorn status by a hair. But overall, it makes sense that Atlassian bought it. “Teaming and collaboration is moving... |
| Oct 20, 2023 | These 27 robotics companies are hiring | [These listings originally appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.]
Every time I put out a call for robotics jobs, I’m bombarded. It’s a beautiful thing. In spite of various economic slowdowns and investment ... |
| Oct 17, 2023 | TC+ Roundup: How to capture market share in the era of AI | Good morning! We have lots of good stuff for you this Tuesday, so let’s dig right in.
Up first, we surveyed six investors who are placing bets on AI. We wanted to know how startups should begin building tools for AI; whether startup-focused... |
| Oct 14, 2023 | How roboticists are thinking about generative AI | [A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.]
The topic of generative AI comes up frequently in my newsletter, Actuator. I admit that I was a bit hesitant to spend more time on the s... |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Week 2 of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial wraps up | Good morning! I’m Karyne Levy, managing editor of TechCrunch+, and I’m very excited to be here.
We’ve got quite a lineup for you today, beginning with some key moments from the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Our reporter Jacquelyn Melinek has bee... |
| Oct 7, 2023 | How Nvidia became a major player in robotics | [A version of this post appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.]
The last time I’d spoken with the Nvidia at any length about robotics was also the last time we featured Claire Delaunay onstage at our Session... |
| Oct 6, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: AI investor survey, calculating TAM, inside the FTX trial | Follow-on financing is harder to raise these days, which means founders must watch their spending like hawks while keeping the peace with their investors like sweet, cooing doves.
Which proofs are investors looking for before they’ll commit... |
| Oct 3, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: SBF’s trial opens, Series A tips, how to roll out AI features | Follow-on financing has become harder to raise, which leaves startups striving for a Series A in a real bind.
Pre-downturn, startups with strong growth could be more confident about finding additional funds. Today’s investors are looking fo... |
| Oct 1, 2023 | A tale of two research institutes | If you’re lucky, once a year you get to put together a panel built on pure kismet. Pairing Gill Pratt with Marc Raibert was exactly that for me. The two go back several decades, to the salad days of MIT’s Leg Lab.
[A version of this story o... |
| Sep 29, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to pitch 7 VCs, building AI moats, immigration law Q&A | Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt (recaps coming soon), I spent less time than usual in the green room where staff and speakers work behind the scenes, and spent hours walking around Moscone Center.
More than 10,000 people passed through the ... |
| Sep 26, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Slashing SaaS costs, FedNow’s ‘game changer,’ diverse cap tables | Software is a company’s third-largest expense, but because it’s spread across multiple departments, it’s the CFO’s responsibility to find places to cut.
In a TC+ column that includes spending benchmarks (based on employee size), CloudEagle ... |
| Sep 22, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Prompt engineering, web3 gaming survey, how to spend $10K on paid ads | Few VCs are experts in machine learning or building deep learning frameworks, but most of them are pretty good with unit economics.
Which is why they’re laser-focused on generative AI’s tech stack.
Whether it’s infrastructure, middleware, a... |
| Sep 15, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: New life for old B2B leads, LatAm VC survey, treasury management basics | California is the world’s breadbasket, which means we collect, transport and store as much water as possible. About 12% of the energy produced in the state is used to pump water.
Thrifty CEOs are just as thoughtful when it comes to managing... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Raising follow-on AI funding, Instacart’s IPO, both sides on SB 54 | Despite the surge of interest in AI, startups hoping to use it as a springboard to their next funding round should think twice.
“For founders trying to raise a Series B for their AI startups in the next six to 12 months, a more challenging ... |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Ascento’s robots aid overstretched security guards | Like in many industries, there’s an acute shortage of security guards. This means guards still on the job have to pull extra hours and are more likely to make mistakes because of fatigue. Ascento is stepping into the gap with autonomous sec... |
| Sep 8, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: YC Demo Days, blockchain’s killer app, comparing seed investors | Most startups never get past the pitch deck stage, so getting an investor to say yes can become a founder’s all-encompassing desire.
Getting into an accelerator like Y Combinator can open countless doors, but this year, some investors are s... |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Robot software firm Mujin raises $85M | An increasing number of companies are looking to automate as a shortage of skilled workers is expected to take a toll on manufacturers through 2030.
Tokyo- and Atlanta-based startup Mujin, which develops AI-based software for industrial aut... |
| Sep 5, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to buy AI, ‘permissionless’ pilots, new VC disclosure rules | The global SaaS market is always expanding, but it’s hard to focus on TAM when you have less than 12 months of runway.
Since a typical B2B sales cycle takes several months, shortening the average time to close is the best strategy for keepi... |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Should the US implement a ‘robot tax’? | A version of this story original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.
A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It’s not always as straightforward as it so... |
| Sep 1, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: FinOps for all, 15 investors who are taking pitches, Steve Blank on AI | Summer 2023 has been the hottest on record since 1880, but while early-stage founders were sweating over their pitch decks, the investors they hoped to connect with were playing pickleball in Jackson Hole or relaxing poolside with cocktails... |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Korean internet giant Naver explores robotics, AI and autonomous driving | In July last year, Naver, maker of the search engine known as the “Google of South Korea,” opened its new second headquarters, Naver 1784. The building’s name refers to a year commonly associated with the Industrial Revolution. Inside you’l... |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Robotics sales decline for second straight quarter amid economic woes | Sooner or later, the numbers were going to contract. Broadly speaking, the pandemic has been a gamechanger for automation broadly and robotics specifically. But not even those categories are immune from macro trends. Per new numbers from th... |
| Aug 29, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: SaaS+ basics, Labor Day book picks, building trust with AI customers | “SaaS+” refers to software companies that augment their core products and services with value-adding features like embedded e-commerce, insurance or payments processing.
Baking these features into the product pipeline creates secondary conv... |
| Aug 23, 2023 | This is Apptronik’s humanoid robot, Apollo | The rise of humanoid robots didn’t happen overnight, but a kind of perfect storm has accelerated the phenomenon over the past year and change. The foundation, of course, is decades of research.
Toiling away in research facilities and R&... |
| Aug 22, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Monetizing generative AI, sex tech checkup, patents and IP | Several years ago, I was chatting with a friend who’d become an investor about an idea I had for a startup. It wasn’t a pitch: I just wanted to see what they thought of my premise.
“That sounds like a solid lifestyle startup,” they replied,... |
| Aug 17, 2023 | What is a liquid neural network, really? | The initial research papers date back to 2018, but for most, the notion of liquid networks (or liquid neural networks) is a new one. It was “Liquid Time-constant Networks,” published at the tail end of 2020, that put the work on other resea... |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Researchers are helping robots teach themselves to open dishwashers and doors | You’ve surely seen all of those videos of robots opening and walking through doors. The dirty little secret is that most or all of them involved a good bit of human hand holding. That can come in the form of manual remote guidance wherein a... |
| Aug 15, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: App Store growth tactics, changing SaaS models, ‘AI-induced frenzy’ | Given the hype around generative AI, it’s easy to forget that IBM Watson competed on “Jeopardy” in 2011 — and won a $1 million first-place prize.
For years, enterprise software companies have baked this tech into their offerings, such as Sa... |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Robomart is banking on ‘store-hailing’ to bring self-driving stores directly to customers | The last few years have dramatically disrupted the way many people get their food. What started as a safety precaution has become an everyday occurrence for many, as people are skipping restaurant waits and grocery store lines for the conve... |
| Aug 11, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Creator economy VC survey, B2C fintech growth strategy, web3 demo day | There are a million reasons why startups fail, and there are only a few reasons why they succeed.
All successful startups share the same proof points, such as product-market fit, strong compounded growth rates and latent customer demand.
Th... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | SAEKI’s “microfactories” help large manufacturing scale up | The architecture, engineering and construction industries involve giant concrete molds that are expensive, slow to manufacture and often only used a few times before being disposed. Robots-as-a-service startup SAEKI says its tech not only m... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | These robotics companies are hiring | I certainly wouldn’t go so far as to say the robotics industry is recession-proof, but it’s remained remarkably stable through a turbulent few years of economic instability. Automation was accelerated dramatically by the pandemic and intere... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: How VCs spot liars, venture debt basics, getting legal help (without going broke) | Social app IRL shut down in June, but SoftBank — which led the platform’s $170 million Series C in 2021 — is now suing the company for $150 million.
IRL told the world it had 20 million monthly active users, but an internal investigation la... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Human toddlers are inspiring new approaches to robot learning | It’s an exciting time for robotic learning. Organizations have spent decades building complex datasets and pioneering different ways to teach systems to perform new tasks. It seems we’re on the cusp of some real breakthroughs when it comes ... |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Skyline raises $3.35M to clean skyscraper windows with robots | Sometimes conceptualizing automation requires some stretching of the imagination. It’s not always clear why some tasks are prioritized — or how that automation might be implemented. And then there’s window cleaning. While it’s true that win... |
| Aug 4, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: How pitch decks fail, inside the AI hype cycle, budgeting for a downturn | When I’m dining out in unfamiliar territory, I’ll usually find a restaurant on the beaten path — if a place has no customers, it makes me leery.
Tech investors have similar appetites when it comes to follow-on investment, writes Champ Suthi... |
| Aug 1, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: SaaS architecture, Kimberly Bryant’s next move, managing cloud security | “Building a plane in midair” is one of my favorite startup clichés. It’s something Silicon Valley visionaries love to say, but it has little to do with the iterative work of developing software.
Well-designed SaaS architecture makes every c... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: SAFE founder survey, replacing a CEO, how cyber insurance works | A friend recently spent months getting into shape for a physical so he could obtain a lower insurance rate. He got the policy and plans to continue working out because he feels so much healthier.
Tech companies that plan to buy cyber insura... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Traction slide help, climate tech homework, Euro cannabis investor survey | A killer traction slide needs as much favorable customer and market data as you can gather, such as recurring revenue, customer acquisition cost and conversion rates.
It’s your first opportunity to show off and build investor confidence sim... |
| Jul 22, 2023 | This week in robotics: Chinese startups net a series of fundraising successes | Before we dive into this week’s biggest news within the robotics space, there’s an announcement of our own to highlight.
We’ll be hosting a number of robotics industry experts at our very first Hardware Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. The... |
| Jul 21, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Generative AI marketing, European edtech report, falling fintech valuations | Maintaining a full content pipeline is a laborious, subjective process, and with so many people involved, it can be hard to remain data-driven.
Generative AI tools speed up this work dramatically: Once a system is trained on your content, i... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others | Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. So when she met her future co-founders, she saw an opportunity to leverage their exp... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | Neura Robotics picks up $55M to ramp up in cognitive robotics | Neura Robotics, a German startup that since 2019 has been building cognitive robots — machines that possess memory, the ability to operate across a complex and changing mix of variables, and can collaborate with people (“cobots” as Neura ca... |
| Jul 18, 2023 | TechCrunch+ Roundup: Firing yourself as CEO, board deck basics, venture debt explained | Feeling pretty confident about the marketing slides you’ve prepared for your upcoming board meeting? If so, you may be on the wrong track.
Very few board members have any direct experience in that area, so founders need to “stick with what ... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Rice Robotics picks up $7M, powers SoftBank’s office delivery | In the crowded enterprise robotics space, the ability to secure key clients is a crucial differentiator for companies. In the case of Hong Kong–based Rice Robotics, the important order has come from SoftBank.
Since January 2021, Rice’s robo... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Intel Capital backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million | Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of the company’s first anniversary. Figure has made a good deal of progress in a short period, ... |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Remembering Joanne Pransky | A version of this post original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. It has been updated to include details about a new scholarship fund being raised in her honor.
I didn’t know Joanne Pransky personally, so when n... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS sales toughlove, cybersecurity survey, ‘the new venture normal’ | I kept the statistics for my high school’s football team.
After each game, I shared the numbers with local sportswriters, who were always impressed with the number of rushing and passing yards we accumulated.
We were state champions, but th... |
| Jul 7, 2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: J-1 visa details, how to close a Series B in 2023, moving for tax savings | Remote-work startups were a hot commodity when the pandemic began, but in the post-vaccine era, many investors and founders are reconsidering their enthusiasm, Rebecca Szkutak reports.
“If I looked at all the companies that are actually cat... |
| Jun 27, 2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: Building growth funnels, HR tech bonanza, secondary market signals | Building a durable growth funnel doesn’t just scale your business: it also signals to investors that a team can move directionally, which is a major confidence builder.
“Acquisition, activation and retention are critical,” writes Jonathan M... |
| Jun 23, 2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: AI + travel, fusion investor survey, why you’ll never get funding | Most founders won’t realize that they’re on the wrong track until it’s too late.
That’s because failure is something many entrepreneurs can only perceive in hindsight: The day-to-day work of building a startup requires a high degree of conf... |
| Jun 16, 2023 | TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS valuations up, clean energy tax credits, H-1B transfer options | Can emerging managers do a better job of expanding access to capital than established VC firms?
Because many funds with less than $50M under management “are led by those from underrepresented backgrounds,” there’s “an opportunity for less e... |
| Jun 15, 2023 | 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 aroun... |
