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SpaceX successfully completes key test of its Crew Dragon human spacecraft
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SpaceX completed a crucial test of a key safety system of its Crew Dragon spacecraft today. The test involved launching its Crew Dragon using a Falcon 9, though without any actual crew on board. The launch was then intentionally cut short, with the...
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Original Content podcast: Netflix goes to the Oscars
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When this year’s Academy Award nominations were announced on Monday, Netflix received 24 nominations — the most of any Hollywood studio. That’s thanks in large part to “The Irishman,” which received 10 nominations, and “Marriage Story,” which...
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LaunchDarkly CEO Edith Harbaugh explains why her company raised another $54M
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This week, LaunchDarkly announced that it has raised another $54 million. Led by Bessemer Venture Partners and backed by the company’s existing investors, it brings the company’s total funding up to $130 million. For the unfamiliar, LaunchDarkly...
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TechCrunch LaunchDarkly CEO Edith Harbaugh explains why her company raised another $54M by 46h
We’ve gone Plaid #
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Danny and Alex were back together to riff over a the latest early-stage rounds, the latest on the late-stage...
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Foxconn and Fiat Chrysler partner to develop EVs and an “internet of vehicles” business
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Foxconn Technology Group, the Taiwanese electronics giant best known for its iPhone manufacturing contract, is forming a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to build electric vehicles in China. The joint venture was disclosed in a...
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Marijuana delivery giant Eaze may go up in smoke
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The first cannabis startup to raise big money in Silicon Valley is in danger of burning out. TechCrunch has learned that pot delivery middleman Eaze has seen unannounced layoffs, and its depleted cash reserves threaten its ability to make payroll or...
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XNOR | AI everywhere, on every device™
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Xnor is a leading provider of efficient AI technology for edge devices. Our AI models are designed & optimized to run in resource constrained environments.
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TechCrunch Apple buys edge-based AI startup for a reported $200M 5d
Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M
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Xnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, has reportedly been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close to the company corroborated a report this morning from GeekWire to that effect.
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TechCrunch Apple buys edge-based AI startup for a reported $200M 5d
Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue
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Mozilla laid off about 70 employees today, TechCrunch has learned. In an internal memo, Mozilla chairwoman and interim CEO Mitchell Baker specifically mentions the slow rollout of the organization’s new revenue-generating products as the reason for...
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TechCrunch Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for subscription products to generate revenue by 5d
Cloudinary passes $60M ARR without VC money
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Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re continuing our exploration of companies that have reached material scale, usually viewed through the lens of annual...
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Yac is reinventing voicemail for the Slack generation
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With distributed workforces all the rage in the tech community these days, startups are trying to build new tools to keep those teams connected and communicating in the ways that make folks most comfortable. One of these companies is the Orlando,...
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Zinier raises $90M to automate field service management
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Zinier, a startup that is bringing automation to the field service management realm, announced today that it has raised $90 million in fresh funding as it looks to tackle new categories and court more clients. The San Francisco-based startup said...
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The crypto rich find security in Anchorage
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Not the city, the $57 million-funded cryptocurrency custodian startup. When someone wants to keep tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other coins safe, they put them in Anchorage’s vault. And now they can trade straight...
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Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts
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The venture-backed insurance world is more than the Lemonades and MetroMiles of the world. There’s more room in the industry for startups to shake things up. One such company, Cambridge-based Insurify, is out today with a new venture round that...
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TechCrunch Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts by 5d
Hipmunk’s co-founders tried to buy it back before the shutdown
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In a little over a week, the travel metasearch engine Hipmunk will shut down. It’s an abrupt and disappointing end for a product acquired by SAP Concur around three and a half years ago. It didn’t have to go this way, though. We’re now hearing that...
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TechCrunch Hipmunk’s co-founders tried to buy it back before the shutdown by 6d
Ubiquity6 launches a studio editor built for the real-world
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“The time is over for Unity,” Ubiquity6 CEO Anjney Mdiha says. “It’s just not the future.” Even though 2019 was a rough year for augmented reality startups, Ubiquity6 remains ambitious as one of the better-capitalized players in the space. In 2018,...
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A look inside Visa’s shareholder presentation for the $5.3B Plaid deal
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Fresh off the news yesterday that Visa is buying fintech unicorn Plaid for $5.3 billion, the payments giant is making its case to its shareholders. Given the scale of the deal, and the implied bet that Visa is making on the future of its market, the...
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TechCrunch A look inside Visa’s shareholder presentation for the $5.3B Plaid deal by 6d
Announcing the Agenda for Robotics & AI – March 3 at UC Berkeley
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We’re bringing TC Sessions: Robotics + AI back to UC Berkeley on March 3, and we’re excited to announce our jam-packed agenda.  For months we’ve been recruiting speakers from the ranks of the most innovative founders, top technologists and...
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Disney+ was the most downloaded app in the US in Q4 2019
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U.S. consumers have shown strong interest in Disney’s new family-friendly streaming service, Disney+, according to new data from Sensor Tower, which focused on app trends in the final quarter of 2019. Following the app’s mid-November launch in the...
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TechCrunch Disney+ was the most downloaded app in the U.S. in Q4 2019 by 6d
Atrium lays off lawyers, explains pivot to legal tech
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$75 million-funded legal services startup Atrium doesn’t want to be the next company to implode as the tech industry tightens its belt and businesses chase margins instead of growth via unsustainable economics. That’s why Atrium is laying off most...
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