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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stripe vs. Plaid, IP litigation, what VCs really think about the downturn

TechCrunch

Natasha Mascarenhas obtained emails from Y Combinator, Lightspeed, Reach and January Ventures that contained standard suggestions for conserving runway and rethinking valuations in “an extremely capital constrained environment.” ” In short: save your money, and if you plan to ask for more, expect less generous terms.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 views on Epic-Bandcamp deal, SPAC letdown, CIO sales strategy

TechCrunch

And that’s the problem — if SPACs had been used more conservatively, they could have leveraged their moment in the sun as a way to get more companies public that deserved it.” ” Just how wrong were those SPAC projections? As war escalates in Europe, it’s ‘shields up’ for the cybersecurity industry. In the U.S.,

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery

TechCrunch

the war in Ukraine), interest rate hikes and the bigger pressure on tech finance all creating a challenging fundraising environment for the startup. As travel recovered in late Q1 2022, Butler’s challenges didn’t go away, with inflation, geopolitical issues (i.e. The company dissolved on May 13.

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Elon Musk buying Twitter after all, the ‘next Mark Zuckerberg’ and fare thee well, Stadia

TechCrunch

This Week in Elon Musk : First he stepped in it when he waded into the Russia-Ukraine war with his version of a peace plan that Connie characterized as not very well-received. And then he finally said he’d buy Twitter after all. Amanda joined Alex this week on the Wednesday episode of Equity to chat about the creator economy.

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Jack Dorsey faces Senate subpoena after blocking NY Post articles

The Verge

President Trump’s campaign has been using Joe Biden’s supposed links to Ukraine as the basis for repeated political attacks. The decision to limit the spread of two investigative articles, particularly those written by a national outlet, was unusual, playing into long-standing conservative concerns about bias and social media censorship.

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The case for conservatism

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Hulton Archive/Getty Images The conservative philosopher GK Chesterton is known for a parable about two lawmakers who encounter a fence. Perhaps its not surprising that change is happening so rapidly right now, because there is no meaningful political movement in the United States advocating for a more methodical, conservative approach.