TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Neeva is getting its generative AI search engine out to a wider audience, Paul writes. In an interview for TC+, he broke down his fundraising strategy and shared several tactics for connecting with investors. Much love from your friendly hosts, Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Who asked for more ChatGPT?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Bop House claims to have generated $10 million in revenue in its first month. In a recent interview , Rain added, We can afford a new mansion every single month with the money the Bop House is making us. But their real revenue stream comes from OnlyFans. Meanwhile the Bop House has 2.5M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

One of the quieter conversations in venture capital has only grown louder, in my DMs and interviews, over the past few months: The known bias in venture capital has been a branding issue for some of the emerging, diverse fund managers just now splashing onto the scene. I interviewed the past and present guard over at Kapor Capital.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In an interview with The Verge , Microsoft’s head of gaming Phil Spencer says the idea of an entry level Xbox Series S “was questioned a number of times internally.” The Xbox Series S complicates the next generation of gaming somewhat. You can read or listen to Nilay Patel’s full interview with Phil Spencer right here.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The work helped propel The AE 1 to be Foot Lockers bestseller in 2024, generating 443 million impressions, and five sellout dropswithout a dollar spent on traditional advertising media like TV ads. For longtime client Nike, W+K effectively tapped into the incredible waves of hype surrounding Caitlin Clarks final season of NCAA basketball.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Get super stoked, because we are hype. Crypto is quieter, with prices not changing much and the general vibe of the market not evolving a whit. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto , a show that interviews founders , one that details how our stories come together , and more! And it makes us here on the show look good!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

” A decade of fintech failures: 4 innovations that didn’t live up to the hype A Black YC alum explains how he raised $107M Image Credits: Andrew T. In an interview, he broke down his fundraising strategy and shared several tactics for connecting with investors. People see the headline, ‘$107 million raised.’

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The book features candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux and many more, highlighting the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after. That is where Otter.ai

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Boston-based VC firm OpenView interviewed nearly 600 SaaS companies for its annual pricing survey and the results are in: Automation is taking usage-based pricing (USP) mainstream. To gather advice and insights, she interviewed: Julio Lopez, director of client strategy, retail practice lead, Movable Ink.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

“We found it counterintuitive that billing tools often constrain and dictate what teams can try out,” Morales told TechCrunch in an email interview. “The trend towards usage-based pricing has accelerated in recent years, and so has the hype around it. Orb today revealed that it’s raised $19.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In an interview with author and MIT professor Sinan Aral , Managing Editor Danny Crichton discussed some of the debates currently swirling around the desire in some quarters to regulate social media platforms. How did fashion marketplace Poshmark go from posting regular losses in 2019 to generating net income in 2020? Pluralsight $3.5B

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

She is also a 3rd generation auctioneer focusing on benefits. He formerly spent 15 years as a professional nonprofit fundraiser, and the combination of being both an auctioneer and a fundraiser makes him a powerful force in encouraging people to spend generously at fundraising events. 34) Bobby D. Ehlert Meet Bobby D.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2021

According to Peters, that could even include a game that generates enough hype to be spun into a film or series. And while Netflix plans to experiment with its approach to gaming, Peters said it will include licensing opportunities, games that build on its existing IP, and standalone games.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

. “This Series C round presented an opportunity to raise money through equity, and to bring on board great VCs and strategic partners who would like to participate in equity as the company grows,” Chaudhri told TechCrunch in an email interview.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

I had the opportunity to interview Vishal Garg, Better.com CEO and co-founder, a couple weeks ago in anticipation of the company’s going public via a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp. The last time I had interviewed Garg was in 2020, when everyone and their brother was refinancing their homes and Better.com was raking in the cash.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Like, yes, there’s a huge hype cycle around AI and I think people are flocking to Hayes Valley for some reason, but from the smattering of founders I’ve had coffee with lately? I’ll be there with my favorite colleagues to interview top experts at a one-day founder summit. TechCrunch is coming to Boston on April 20. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Amazon’s AI Amazon is finally jumping into the generative AI race , but not in the way you’d expect. The effort is called Amazon Bedrock , and startups are given the ability to build generative AI-powered apps via pretrained models from startups, including AI21 Labs, Anthropic and Stability AI. Let’s hang on campus?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

It’s time to disrupt TechCrunch Disrupt This year, we’re reimagining and refreshing Disrupt to deliver the essential tools, knowledge, and connections that help ignite ideas and accelerate the next generation of startups. That’s why we’re bringing back the TechCrunch+ Stage under a new name: The Builders Stage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Just for giggles, I started a thread on Google + to do an interview with nonprofits and social activists exploring Google + as part of some preparation for an interview with Alison Fine for the Social Good Podcast. You can find the information for the meet up in my collection of Google + and Nonprofit Links.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’ Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. And for pricey unicorns still bleeding cash, that’s terrible news.”.

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TechNode

APRIL 23, 2024

Although the virtual Lius nearly 40-minute-long slot made for only a short section of the 11-hour-long e-commerce event, its appearance still suggests that the company sees use of the avatar as a headline- and hype-generating strategy as it looks to boost consumption on its platforms.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

“AI whisperer” jobs are roles made for people who are savvy prompt engineers and able to manipulate ChatGPT or other generative AI tools to get what they want from it. It’s also a reminder that generative AI’s boom will create a whole new set of questions about how we ask questions. Give feedback. Tell it that! Ask for nuance.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Gogoro, which operates a battery-swapping platform for two-wheeled EVs in urban areas, is doing something similar: On Monday, it finalized a SPAC merger with Poema Global that will generate an estimated $335 million in cash. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

While the tranche is a fraction of the startup’s previous raise ($70 million), Mythic claims that the tranche will enable it to bring its “next-generation” product — an improved energy-efficient AI processor — to market. Time will tell whether it was the right one.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

“While there has been a lot of focus on mental health and the promise of psychedelics to be truly disruptive, not all the hype is warranted or justified. In fact, there are many investors who have been hurt by the early hype-driven public markets,” said Sa’ad Shah, managing partner of Noetic Fund.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

This group had listed information on some 24 million individuals and generated $19 million in revenue. Anita ’s interview with them today is :chef’s kiss: well worth a read. Hearing a different tune : Spotify spent the day hyping the potential of podcasts and audiobooks to bring in more revenue. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Varjo describes the latter two as strategic: It’s not clear how the Swiss finance and banking giant is working with Varjo, but Foxconn is a potential manufacturing partner for its devices, CEO Timo Toikkanen said in an interview. “We have never been a ‘hype’ company,” he said in his understated, Finnish clip.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

To help TechCrunch+ readers understand what fintech investors are thinking these days, as well as what you should know before approaching them, we interviewed six active investors over the last couple of weeks. Is anything hyped at this point in the cycle?! What are you most excited about in the fintech space?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

PubNub tells me that its messaging, presence and other data-based APIs today are used across some 600 million devices in more than 70 countries, with some 900,000 developer projects generating some 21 petabytes of data on a monthly basis. Its “thousands” of customers include the likes of Adobe, Atlassian, DocuSign and RingCentral.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 8, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I did an interview for the NetSquared Podcast with Leda Dederich, the creator of the dotOrganize project, and co-author of the report "Online Technology For Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy." Below is a transcript of the interview. To start, I asked Leda what inspired her to start dotOrganize.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. Part 1: How StockX became the stock market of hype.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

“Observability has also only become more important during the pandemic,” Sharp told TechCrunch in an email interview. ” Sharp claims that, even without the benefit of new revenue-generating services, Cribl has been holding its own against encroaching rivals. That’s up from $1.5 billion as of August 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

. “Large organizations not only produce an incredible volume of calls but also typically have many more teams that can touch a single account, and thus have an even greater demand to unlock this information — and lower the friction of sharing it,” Lu told TechCrunch in an email interview. ” That’s a bold claim.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. By generating lots of cash and profit over the years. Most SaaS startups will fail, but not because of a sour marketing campaign or server downtime.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

A good homecoming social media strategy helps you drum up participation and then effortlessly ride alongside as alumni generate most of the activity. Here’s how to get started: Before: Build Hype. Assign members of your team to collect pictures, videos, quotes, and interviews. During, when you’re engaging and delighting.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

These are the investors we interviewed: Giulia Giovannini , partner, United Ventures. In October 2020, we led a $7M Series A round in Boom Image Studio, a Milan-based company on a mission to reshuffle the world of commercial photography by transforming the way digital photo content is generated. Anna Tampieri , partner, ENEA Tech.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

This week, TC’s Sarah Perez spotted the rise of AI art apps all over the App Store , seemingly jumping off the success of Lensa AI’s viral avatar generators. The impact of hype with Clubhouse’s Paul Davison. I’ll be there with my favorite colleagues to interview top experts at a one-day founder summit.

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