Quibi redux? Short drama apps saw record revenue in Q1 2024
Was Quibi just ahead of its time? Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg ultimately blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for the failure of his short-form video app, but maybe it was just too…
Boston Side Events line up at Early Stage with Techstars, Women in Tech, Harvard and more
Early Stage Round Table Hosted By: 9point8 Collective and OrrickTime: April 24, 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Description: Join 9point8 Collective and Orrick for a round table focused on accelerating your…
Reddit launches free tools to help businesses grow their presence on the site ahead of IPO
Reddit announced today that it’s launching a suite of tools, called Reddit Pro, to help businesses grow an organic presence on the platform. The launch comes as Reddit is readying…
Disrupt is back! 2-for-1 passes now on sale
As winter continues to grip much of the world, here’s some hot news to thaw the chill from every entrepreneur’s heart: TechCrunch Disrupt will be back in San Francisco from…
This Week in AI: Do shoppers actually want Amazon’s GenAI?
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in…
Vicarius lands $30M for its AI-powered vulnerability detection tools
If the pitches reaching my inbox are any indication, one of the hot new things in generative AI is “copilots” for cybersecurity. Microsoft has one. Google, too. So does Vicarius,…
I guess I’m a projector person now?
I’ve been one of the those “I don’t own a TV” people for a long time. Really my entire adult life, excepting those times when I shared my living space…
Kapital secures $165M in equity, debt to provide financial visibility to LatAm SMBs
Bank and technology platform Kapital continues to rake in venture capital, grabbing another $40 million in Series B dollars and $125 million in debt financing. Tribe Capital led the Series…
Your pitch deck needs to be machine-readable
A while ago, I built a tool that uses AI to give feedback on hundreds of pitch decks. Every morning, I skim through the pitch deck reviews my little ‘bot…
Before you found a startup, think about your personal goals
In one of my past startups, I had a co-founder who had a pretty clear goal for himself: he wanted to make $1 million for every year that he worked…