TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Disrupt is this week , so strap thyself in for the best tech event of the year, coming to your living room. On the news front, the global stock market is taking a whacking. Pour some extra coffee, and get hype. The Equity team is hosting — between the group of us — a zillion panels and one of the two stages.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. Most years can pretty much be defined by at least one over-arching tech trend.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Despite Nonprofit Tech for Good being active on Instagram for nearly 10 years and having over 70,000 followers, our application for verification is repeatedly denied. Then, in 2022, contact Nonprofit Tech for Good and let us know how it worked!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

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. Alternatively, the company is “hyping” itself ahead of a sale, as is often the case with “hot” startups.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Our vision is to go beyond payments, and become their banking and tech partner to help them grow and thrive.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

To meet demand, Buildots will use the new funding to continue that expansion; double the size of its global team with a focus on sales, marketing and R&D; and grow on the business side. In addition, other solutions in construction tech were still relying on lasers or people to manually input or tap photos.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2021

Say it louder for the people in the back: As tech grows bigger by the minute and venture capital adds dollar signs by the day, a startup hub’s success is not an either/or situation. How StockX became the stock market of hype. Building tech for worker safety, Guardhat Technologies is a company that could only come from Detroit.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Xiaomi 15 (pictured) is already out in China, and now it's probably going global. Nokia (HMD Global) Ever since the Nokia brand was acquired by HMD Global, the company keeps returning to MWC to scratch our nostalgia itch with a legendary Nokia do-over, and launch a couple of affordable phones on the side as well.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hello, it’s more funding calling : In PhonePe’s quest to raise $1 billion, an investor group that included Tiger Global and Ribbit Capital invested another $100 million into “India’s most valuable fintech startup,” which is valued at $12 billion, Manish writes. Big Tech Inc. Christine has more. billion , up from the $1.3

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

million, from 65 health-tech and consumer-tech investors, taking its total raised to $5 million. Geer said: “Aging remains the leading cause of disease globally, but few people make the connection between aging and their overall health — and most feel ultimately helpless to tackle it. Meanwhile, the U.K.-based

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Right now, the “metaverse” is mostly an over-hyped branding exercise for a series of virtual worlds, some of which are dependent on VR headsets to access. Musk didn’t spend much time discussing Web3, but he’s previously expressed skepticism about the project on Twitter, joining fellow tech CEO Jack Dorsey. That seems — no way.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Many tech workers have never experienced a job market like this one. I surveyed six seed- and early-stage investors to get their tactical advice for laid-off tech workers who are thinking about starting up. Losing a job unexpectedly is more than a financial shock.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Global venture capital reached $156 billion in Q2 2021, a YOY increase of 157%. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. From the way construction projects are funded to complicated local regulations, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for the construction industry’s tech problems.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

If you’re new to WiR, it’s the newsletter where TechCrunch recaps the week in tech that was. SpaceX hype machine: More and more hype is building for the first orbital flight test of Starship, SpaceX’s ultra-heavy launch system. The hype started to reach a crescendo this week as the U.S. We all are.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

To this day, the film remains in the top 10 most popular Netflix films globally. At the core of Brass Knuckle Films is Rodriguezs desire to amplify his indie approach to action filmmaking and to give fans more equity in movies theyre ultimately supporting at the box office or by hyping them up on social media.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

We have a packed newsletter today, so get hype for a news digest. Twitter tries to restore service in Russia : While some tech companies are working to cut ties with Russia after the country’s government invaded Ukraine, others are trying to keep their services up in the country. has a neat model to help folks hire tech talent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Across all global apps ranked apps on the App Store and Google Play, a total of 86 apps added references to the “metaverse” to their title or description between November 2021 and January 2022, Sensor Tower’s data indicates. And many of the new additions were added in just the past few months, the firm notes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Go on, another handful for ya: They just want to stay involvo : Frederic reports that Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions. If not, there’s a good reason: Despite a lot of hype, they’re just two of several fintech innovations that fizzled over the last decade. .” Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

“Soil carbon sequestration is finally emerging as a globally relevant strategy for drawing down excess atmospheric carbon dioxide. Shortcuts, misconceptions and over-hyping have the potential to stunt the tremendous potential of soil carbon,” Salas said in a statement.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

One part definition, one part aspiration, one part hype In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. On one hand, emulating the virtual worlds of Snow Crash or Ready Player One is less deliberately creepy than naming your tech initiative “Skynet” or your nutrient shake after Soylent Green.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

No one can accuse the category of being a hype bubble. It hasn’t entered the hype cycle the way things like crypto and generative AI have. Certainly valuations have come down alongside tech valuations, and the end of ZIRP is having a broad impact on venture investing. And there’s not a lot of gray area here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

New CEO Imperative: Why You Need a Revenue-Governance Strategy Speaker: Andy Byrne, co-founder and CEO, Clari Building Early-Stage Products as a Nontechnical Founder: What to & Not to Do Speaker: Andy Powell, chief business officer, Oak’s Lab 5 Ways Companies Aren’t Just Analyzing Data — They’re Making Money With It Speaker: Barr Moses, co-founder (..)

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Faze Clan is known for its teams that compete in Call of Duty , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Fortnite , PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds , and more. Imagine acquisitions like 100 Thieves' of Higround (albeit that one is also somewhat hype based), or Swift's of Blitz App. They have to.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They include EQT Ventures, Atomico, strategic backer Volvo Car Tech Fund, Lifeline Ventures and Tesi, the Finnish government VC and PE fund; with new backers Mirabaud and Foxconn also participating. Consumer and corporation expectations towards metaverse are globally high. Image Credits: Varjo. That is the way you can get access.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

You may not have heard of Amadeus, but if you’ve taken a trip, you’ve probably interacted with its tech stack. For years, Amadeus managed its own infrastructure, but as the pandemic slowed global travel to a trickle, its executive team realized that mounting technical debt was holding the company back.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

These are just some of the things that Austin, Texas-based construction tech startup ICON has been working on. From the company’s early days, Ballard has maintained ICON is motivated by the global housing crisis and lack of solutions to address it. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Over the past decade, some of the biggest names in the tech, VC, automotive and aerospace industries have poured millions of dollars into developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. During his career, he has been recognized as an innovative executive with a reputation for transforming startups into global businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2021

Dear Sophie: A friend and I founded a tech startup last year. The global inequity in venture backing is staggering. If that trend continues, he estimates that the region’s tech companies will exceed the $1.4 ” The global inequity in venture financing is staggering. Can it outlive the hype?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

” “Our tech includes algorithms and deep learning models trained on a vast training set of thousands of building examples in order to automate the design process,” Levy said. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. ” Competition in the market. billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As a serial entrepreneur running businesses in tech and media, Obasi experienced how tough running operations and banking his business simultaneously was in Nigeria. Obasi explains that he wanted Prospa to have organic traction void of the growth driven by hype and media noise. million pre-seed round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Mario Ciabarra, founder and CEO of Quantum Metric , is a computer scientist and tech entrepreneur helping organizations align the entire product lifecycle for many major global brands with a single version of customer-defined and quantified truth. Mario Ciabarra. Contributor. Share on Twitter. In others, record deals were being made.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2011

The article goes on to explain that while repressive regimes around the world may have fallen behind their tech-savvy opponents, many governments have begun to climb the steep learning curve and turn the new Internet tools to their own, antidemocratic purposes. From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Most of the language learning in the system right now is based around English and several other popular global languages such as Spanish and French. Some of the funding will be used to help expand its reach and global coverage, including into a wider set of tongues.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Startups start here, which is why we’ve tailored Disrupt 2023 to showcase the game-changing ideas, technologies and industries that are shaping the future of the tech community. Sustainability Stage: Tackles social and environmental solutions such as urban mobility, sustainable tech, green infrastructure, and new mobilities.

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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. Are charter cities the future for African tech growth ? Special economic zones of all types have been tried before – will they offer African tech a faster route forward? Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

While the startup positioned itself as an Instagram alternative where friends create your profile, the app’s competition today is not really the established tech giants. In general, this group of apps shares a thesis around how big tech is no longer the best place to connect with your real-life friends.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Previously, he oversaw the development of ML systems globally to counter violence and extremism on TikTok. We saw huge neural networks trained on a massive corpora of data that can accomplish exceedingly impressive tasks, none more famous than OpenAI’s GPT-3 and its newer, hyped offspring, ChatGPT.

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