TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Alex , Natasha and Mary Ann got together with Grace once again this week for our weekly roundup show, and as often happens, news broke as we were gearing up to record. ForSight is building eye-surgery robots , just raised a stack itself, and we are hype about it. So we had to touch on the huge Amazon-One Medical deal to get started.

Amazon 91

Amazon Ukraine Podcast Hype 91

TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Buzzy “social audio” app Clubhouse has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. Clubhouse said the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from DST Global, Tiger Global and Elad Gil.

Tech 102

Tech Audio Fund Hype 102

TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Our co-host Natasha was off, so Mary Ann and Alex teamed up with Grace to hammer our way through the news of the week live, with friends on Hopin, Twitter Spaces, and other locations on deck to hang out and ask questions. The simply bonkers pace at which Jeeves, a fintech startup, has accreted value in successive funding rounds.

Podcast 98

Podcast Hype Headline Hosting 98

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In very good Show News , Chris is back! Today though, we had a delectable dish of dynamic doings, namely news items of the following persuasion: Bitcoin broke the $50,000 barrier , something that we wanted to talk about. Off of $1 million in ARR, Circle has brought on $4 million in funding at a valuation north of $40 million.

Podcast 101

Podcast Hype Headline University 101

TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. It’s not surprising: Hyped-up technologies often get outsized interest. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I’ll start with a recap on the AI conversations all over stage.

Hype 99

Hype Headline Interview Celebrate 99

TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

Gone are the days when the New York startup ecosystem, perennially in Silicon Valley’s shadow, was more hype than substance. (In In recent news, Work-Bench recently raised a new $100 million fund.). Enterprise venture funding saw similar gains. billion from 847 deals. billion was raised.

New York 103

New York New York City Tech Hype 103

The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

It established a $50 million fund for Bose AR developers, and initially worked with 11 software partners including Yelp and TripAdvisor. This news comes after a tough year for Bose: it announced that it’d close all its 119 physical retail stores in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, which led to hundreds of people being laid off.

Sound 113

Sound Project Giving North America 113

TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. Sorenson Ventures raises $150M fund : The Utah-based firm has made it to a second fund, raising a new vehicle that is 50% larger than its last. PST, subscribe here. Oh boy was that a week.

Fund 72

Fund Russia Utah United States 72

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Quanergy Systems, the Sunnyvale, California-based lidar company, said Tuesday it has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition fund CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp., The news shot the company to unicorn status and incited talks of a potential initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. Quanergy has had a bumpy road to the NYSE.

Public 100

Public Companies United States Hype 100

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. On the news front, the global stock market is taking a whacking. Pour some extra coffee, and get hype.

Global 88

Global Podcast Script Hype 88

TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2023

But as is the case with any transformative new tech, hype is sure to accompany growing adoption, and generative AI has garnered so much attention and money that many VCs already feel the budding sector will be the next bubble. Don Butler, managing director at Thomvest Ventures, feels the bubble is already here. “We

Generation 99

Generation Hype Survey Tech 99

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Still, Jacquelyn ’s well-timed Valentine’s reporting based on a Binance poll is good news for those among you who like to keep things immutable. Buyout firm Bain Capital just closed its second growth Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4 million worth of funding so far. Want a free Disrupt pass? billion , up from the $1.3

Platform 99

Platform Social Hype Poll 99

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

That’s good news for nonprofits that don’t have a lot of visual content. The majority of the funds being raised on Instagram are coming from the “Donate” button on profiles, but that requires asking followers to visit your nonprofit’s profile to donate. Post Eye-catching Photos.

Practice 363

Practice Nonprofit Social Media Facebook 363

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The company behind Axie Infinity, a popular crypto play-to-earn game, raised $150 million in funding this week to help reimburse users who lost funds worth about $625 million in a hack last week. It was a bad look not only for Sky Mavis, but also for investors like a16z that had hyped Axie as the future of crypto.

Fund 88

Fund Hype Demographics Game 88

TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

News was right back up to a dull roar this week, so we did our best to trim and hone and just bring you the most important things. We’re hype, you’re hype, and we had some jokes. And in other mega-unicorn news, it appears that Microsoft is tempted to plonk down $10 billion for Discord. Why, you ask?

Hype 89

Hype Podcast Headline Celebrate 89

TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Like Clubhouse, Dispo was one of this year’s most hyped up new social apps, requiring an invite from an existing member to join. Though Axios reported the app’s $20 million Series A funding news in February, Dispo put out a press release this morning confirming the financing event.

Profile 64

Profile Fund Vlog Social Media 64

The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

The latter being particularly important in a week when most Tesla news has focused on a federal investigation into a tendency of the company’s Autopilot software to crash into parked emergency vehicles. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t be doing research like this, but it’s the usual overblown hype.”

Boston 145

Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Headline 145

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. is announcing $40 million in funding in anticipation of when that shifts.

Generation 98

Generation Tools Hype Application 98

TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

For companies in the NFT space, the news is likely unwelcome. It seemed doubtful that the period of hype that gave us endless Bored Ape derivatives would last forever. Trading continues, but at what appears to be a far slower pace.

Marketing 103

Marketing Hype Chart Newsletter 103

The Verge

MAY 26, 2020

“The weirdly misleading nature of this thing totally explains why it’s on YouTube, nor hosted by Netflix or Hulu or Amazon, or shown in theaters, or released in partnership with a credible news organization,” climate journalist Emily Atkin wrote in her newsletter Heated on April 27th. Stokes called the film “a gift to Big Oil.”

YouTube 140

YouTube Copyright Mongolia Green 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

" or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? Having a bad case of work avoidance yesterday - specifically building powerpoint slides and figuring out what to say, I got into an email conversation about Web2.0 and volcom sector adoption. is right for you and your org?

Hype 50

Hype Nptech Wiki Slides 50

TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

In other news: Happy Monday, folks! Rita reports that Cosmose, which recently closed on an undisclosed round of funding to value it at $500 million, is now working with Near’s crypto solution. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.

Social Media 95

Social Media Review Media Social 95

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. It’s going to be a busy one, so strap in and get hyped because it is earnings week. I also tweet.

Paypal 76

Paypal Podcast United States Hype 76

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

Whether the recent declines, or the fact that cryptos were very recently worth north of $1 trillion in aggregate is bigger news will be determined by your perspective on the asset class. Coinbase files to go public confidentially and we’re hyped. Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange, filed to go public in late 2020.

Hype 100

Hype Aggregator Files Classes 100

TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

For many, ChatGPT and the generative AI hype train signals the arrival of artificial intelligence into the mainstream. million) in pre-seed funding Qdrant raised last year. And earlier this month Chroma secured $18 million in seed funding to grow its “AI-native” open source vector database.

Open Source 98

Open Source Database Open Develop 98

TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

With the call to action out of the way, let’s get on to the news! Sarah reports that the startup, like others in this space, gained ground in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter as many began to look for a new place to read and discuss the news or share their own thoughts with their followers.

Twitter 93

Twitter San Francisco Hype Social Media 93

TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

This is our Friday episode, a run-down of key news headlines, startup funding rounds and whatever else is popping in the worlds of startups and tech. Despite the fact that it is a holiday week here in the United States, tech news was, well, as nuts as it usually is. Louis all at once, we were hype.

St. Louis 72

St. Louis Headline Podcast United States 72

TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

to chat through the week’s news. Mara snagging $6 million for a business that had us all hype , and the Public-Otis tie-up from earlier in the week was also on the docket. And we closed on a grip of news from Africa, where startups are raising more money , more quickly , and taking part in more accelerators than ever before.

Podcast 90

Podcast Africa Hype Headline 90

TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both early and future founders accelerate the learning curve. Top early-stage VCs: They’ll share best practices when it comes to issues like securing funding and improving your pitch deck.

Collaboration 83

Collaboration Boston Massachusetts Skills 83

TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Going out on a limb : Branch may have had some struggles getting early funding, but even amid a cooling off of insurtech stocks, the company is finding its money tree is growing tall. Branch collected $147 million in Series C funding. million Series A funding round. Despite this, we also have some good feature news.

Law 89

Law Twitter Government Fund 89

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

In happier and better news, TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up in just a few months and not only am I hype about it, I’ll hopefully be there IRL. What’s ahead for Europe : On the heels of news that European startups had an outsized 2021 when it came to fundraising, TechCrunch explored what’s ahead for the continent.

Google 94

Google North America Calendar Europe 94

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Weekly News. Last week, a few affected and non-affected employees took to LinkedIn to reveal the news.

United Kingdom 101

United Kingdom News United States Fund 101

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity!

Singapore 98

Singapore Roles Charity Fund 98

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Discipline is the new scale.” (OK, We jumped on the TC+ stage to talk about competition and, of course, what happens when the beginning of your company is defined by hype and celebrities. .

Newsletter 105

Newsletter Tech Podcast Active 105

TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

Sesamm , a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 million ($37 million) in a round of funding to expand internationally. Supply chain Sesamm founders Pierre Rinaldi, Sylvain Forté and Florian Aubry.

Language 92

Language Process Giving NGO 92

TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our incredible team of writers has a trove of awesome news and analysis available for you today. Less of our babbling, more of the news. Weaving web3 threads : As Ingrid notes, there is “a lot of hype around web3,” but building platforms within the space is still relatively new. More research may be required.

Group 91

Group Organization Teen Story 91

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Before we get into this week’s show, make sure to check out all the news here about how Equity is expanding, and becoming even more of a thing in 2021! We are beyond hyped about it. Coming on the back of such a wild news week, we had to cut and cut from the notes doc to get the show to size.

Linkedin 78

Linkedin Reddit Podcast Doc 78