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AI-powered parenting is here and a16z is ready to back it 

AI-powered parenting is here and a16z is ready to back it 

AI wants to help us drive better, write better and diagnose diseases faster. Now...

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Yelp just spent $80M on a site for car repair estimates

Yelp just spent $80M on a site for car repair estimates

Yelp, which made a name for itself giving restaurant recs, just bought an auto s...

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Block scales back TIDAL investment and shutters TBD in favor of Bitcoin mining

Block scales back TIDAL investment and shutters TBD in ...

Jack Dorsey’s Block is scaling back its investment in TIDAL, the music streaming...

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Crypto CEO kidnapped in Toronto, released after paying $1M ransom

Crypto CEO kidnapped in Toronto, released after paying ...

The CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency firm WonderFi was kidnapped and held for rans...

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Apple users can soon upgrade to ChatGPT Plus within the Settings app

Apple users can soon upgrade to ChatGPT Plus within the...

Apple products are getting an integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT in December when...

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Datadog challenger Dash0 aims to dash observability bill shock

Datadog challenger Dash0 aims to dash observability bil...

The end of zero-interest rates has driven companies to look for savings wherever...

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Bowery Farming is ceasing operations

Bowery Farming is ceasing operations

Agtech unicorn Bowery Farming is shutting down, according to PitchBook, which ci...

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Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

Coatue is raising $1B for AI bets

Coatue Management, a hedge fund that invested heavily in tech startups during th...

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Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI

Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI

The former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday ...

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Perplexity launches an elections tracker

Perplexity launches an elections tracker

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. B...

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When to sell your company? Look for these signals

When to sell your company? Look for these signals

Startups are 16-times more likely to get acquired than to IPO. Here's how to dec...

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The Chainsmokers want to bring a different kind of value add to B2B companies

The Chainsmokers want to bring a different kind of valu...

The potential value a celebrity investor can bring to a consumer company, beyond...

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Microsoft and a16z set aside differences, join hands in plea against AI regulation

Microsoft and a16z set aside differences, join hands in...

Two of the biggest forces in two deeply intertwined tech ecosystems — large incu...

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SpaceX wants to test refueling Starships in space early next year

SpaceX wants to test refueling Starships in space early...

SpaceX will attempt to transfer propellant from one orbiting Starship to another...

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African ‘gender equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second fund at $78M

African ‘gender equal’ VC Janngo Capital closes second ...

African venture capital firm Janngo Capital has closed its second fund at €73 mi...

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Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCru...

The time has finally come to announce the five finalists of the Startup Battlefi...