The Verge

APRIL 4, 2022

So you’d be remiss if you thought you were traveling back in time (yuk yuk) when you saw a headline claiming the DeLorean was about to be reborn as an electric vehicle and thought to yourself, “Didn’t I read that already?”. It’s also a brand name that many people have tried to resurrect over the years, with varying degrees of success.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

A solution to our money problems, perhaps? In some meetings, it felt as if VC money had dried up completely. Factoring in the amount of hype that was permeating the market (something I’ve never been a fan of), the “wise” decision felt elusive. Not so fast — it was a classic case of needing to spend in order to make.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Since Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have darted between talks, galleries, hangouts, parties, and other events assembled for and by the usually all-online NFT community to talk about the future of art, hype the space, and discover new and potentially soon-to-be-explosive projects. I hesitated before answering. “We

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Michelle Obama’s show, which was widely hyped as a major exclusive get, also now has its first season available everywhere. Exclusive deals garner headlines and attention, but when it comes to succeeding in the medium to long-term, ad sales will be key. They might not want to put their money in iHeart’s pockets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the beginning we weren’t considering [raising more money so soon],” he said. The startup first made headlines for its unique model which allows it to underwrite customers based on their income rather than their credit scores. We want to do things the right way, and not get caught up in the hype cycle,” he said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Did they all think the venture money would just flow freely forever? While these companies have very real customer bases and products, it is not hard to imagine that at least some of these valuations were propped up by hype.” (Brex co-CEO and Henrique Dubugras admitted as much onstage at Disrupt.)

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

So this all depends on your frame of reference, Nilay, and I guess, which headlines you’re reading and believing. You have a high-cost vehicle, you want to run them all the time to get your money back out of them. But they were heavily incentivized, and they were spending lots of money. Let me push on those a little bit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Developer tools are not worth infinite money : Startups that built for developers had an amazing 2021. Today in good headlines : Nothing is a startup working in the hardware space that may have product coming to light at a forthcoming event. Hit the link for more, and a very good headline. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

The spotlight of hype has lit up many areas since autonomous driving had its own time in the sun , but progress in the technology is chugging along. It’s clear that the dream of not having to drive ourselves around is not dead, given the rising tallies of miles driven by bots, greater commercialization, and other headlines.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Instead of a collapse, the data suggests a healthy “reversion to the mean” following an astonishing and historic hype cycle in 2021. First, inflation soared as COVID stimulus money drove up demand. More volatility. The macro environment changed in 2022, and three major trends drove downward near-term trends.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hype drives value. It was more like a real-life version of those Twitter spam bots that promise that a certain cryptocurrency is “going to the moon” because NFTs are fundamentally about hype. Hype drives value. Brooklyn, if you’re making more money this year than last year, make some noise!”. What the f**k? Holy s**t.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. On the other end of the newsiness spectrum are companies that grow consistently, don’t burn too much money — and therefore don’t raise too often — and stay busy doing things that don’t demand headlines. Today, we’ll attempt a corrective.

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The Verge

MARCH 23, 2022

Investors give founders money in exchange for equity in a company; they recoup that investment when the company is sold or goes public. (Or, This information was highlighted for me in a section of the release that was outlined in a box and headlined “Important facts.”) Or, if the company dies, not at all.).

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

At some point, you have to admit that $350 billion — approximately what the entire supply of Ethereum is valued at — is a lot of money, and that much money can have real-world effects. There is even more if you count the VC money sloshing around. To that end, Polis hyped Colorado’s history with cooperatives to the crowd.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

Also, shout out to Fundrise CMO Jon Carden for the headline inspiration! “Of course we’re not in a bubble, this is bigger than 5G and self-driving customers,” Emad Mostaque, CEO and founder of Stability AI, said about AI’s hype. In the rest of this newsletter we’re talking about Cerebral Valley and Substack.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The startup feels low-key in a sector that has been full of hype and chest-beating in recent years. Worse, fintech didn’t escape the recent waves of tech layoffs , with high-profile companies like Brex, Chime and Stripe making headlines for this disheartening reason over the last few weeks.

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TechNode

JUNE 12, 2024

And that’s how we make money, said Harry. However, many AI application companies are currently being overvalued amid the hype, which was the consensus among guests at the Summit. And then there are also more local cultural practices, said Akio Tanaka, a Partner at the global venture capital firm Headline.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

We’ll unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines, and wade through the hype to keep you up to date on the world of business, tech and VC. What Does Product-Market Fit Mean When Hype Tanks? Sure, you no longer have to be located in Silicon Valley — let alone California — to build a startup or raise money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

There are still loads of companies that raised a ton of money over the boom cycle but aren’t producing nearly enough revenue to justify their historical valuations; the late-stage market is full of them. I wrote then that we may just be experiencing a reporting delay and that more layoffs may come as company runways dwindle. Have friends.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

That hype started when the index entered a bull market last week a buzzy financial term for when a market enters a sustained period of growth , at least in the short term, and typically to the delight of investors. went one headline posted on Chinese social media.

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Futurism

APRIL 20, 2025

The hype over artificial intelligence might be quieting as the US tech sector stresses over tariffs, but some investors are still knee-deep in the mud, panning for gold. While some companies have pumped the breaks on hyped-up promises of a fully-automated future, Lazarte is charging full steam ahead. This is b t.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Cherlynn: I mean, so that headline is like all thanks to our EIC, Aaron [00:02:00]Souppouris, because I was like, where, where do I go from here? And I think that that's the thing and that's why I went with that headline in the end. But I also agree that, um, the smartest thing to do is not to give away all your money, right?

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