Category: Enterprise
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TechCrunch Minute: Where Kamala Harris stands on tech issues
This weekend, President Biden announced that he would suspend his campaign for president, and he endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris. We still don’t know if she will ultimately be the candidate that goes toe-to-toe with Donald Trump in November, but we do know that Silicon Valley has opinions. Like Trump’s VP pick J.D. Vance,…
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The Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi has come to San Francisco
Waymo has started testing a new robotaxi built by Chinese electric automaker Zeekr on public roads in San Francisco. Waymo has “less than a handful” of the Zeekr vehicles in San Francisco today and isn’t driving them autonomously yet. Still, the fact that Waymo has hit the roads with a roomier, custom-built robotaxi signals the…
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The next fintech to go public may not be the one you expected
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Human Interest’s path toward an IPO, fintech’s newest unicorn, a slew of new fundraises, and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story SMB-focused 401k provider…
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Digital banking startup Mercury abruptly shuttered service for startups in Ukraine, Nigeria, other countries
Digital banking startup Mercury informed some founders that it is no longer serving customers in certain countries, including Ukraine. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Digital banking startup Mercury is no longer serving customers in certain countries, including Ukraine, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Mercury made headlines earlier this year…
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Google’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content
Nine months on, and Jigsaw is now formally handing Altitude over to Tech Against Terrorism, which will continue its development and maintenance. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Google’s incubator subsidiary Jigsaw has open sourced a counterterrorism tool designed to help smaller companies address extremist content shared through their online…
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The Scene’s new app helps New Yorkers find dining and nightlife spots
Choosing between New York City’s nearly 25,000 restaurants can be overwhelming. The pressure is especially high when you’re trying to impress a first date (or investor) or entertain family from out of town. A new app launched over the weekend to address precisely that. The Scene, an iOS-only “pocket concierge service,” uses machine learning to…
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17-year-old Eric Zhu’s startup was built in a high school bathroom — now it’s raised $2.3M and is emerging from stealth
Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very atypical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old’s startup is emerging from stealth with $2.3 million in venture funding. Aviato tracks funding rounds and headcount, similar to competitors like Crunchbase and PitchBook, as…
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TechCrunch Space: SpaceX’s big plans to bring the ISS back to Earth
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Before we begin, a quick note: I write this newsletter on Friday and it gets delivered to you on Monday. So if I neglect to mention a world-historical event that happens over the weekend — like, say, the attempted assassination of a former President — that’s why. Now…
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Monarch Tractor CEO says $133M raise will help it escape ‘quite a challenging time’
Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment. Now, with $133 million in new funds, CEO Praveen Penmetsa tells TechCrunch that the startup is plowing ahead into greener pastures. The $133 million Series C funding round was co-led by agri-food…
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Wiz walks away from Google’s $23B acquisition offer: Read the CEO’s note to employees
Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source familiar with discussions. Despite the offer representing a substantial premium over its last private valuation of $12 billion, Wiz’s management team with the support of investors has opted to remain independent, the person said. Wiz’s…