Spotify expands its music-matching playlist ‘Blend’ to work with up to 10 people, including select artists

Spotify’s popular playlist creation tool, Blend, is getting its biggest update since its offiical launch last year. The feature currently allows two Spotify users to see where their musical... Read more »

January raises $10M to be a ‘tech-enabled debt collector’

Most people have a negative association with debt collection. A startup called January is out to change that with a fresh $10 million fundraise.  Founder Jake Cahan says most... Read more »

Clubhouse adds new ‘protected profile’ setting option for all users

Clubhouse is launching a protected profile setting to allow users to only make their full profile available to people they approve as followers, the company announced on Wednesday. The... Read more »

Arena bags $14M Series A to build Discord-like communities for businesses

Arena founder Paulo Martins grew up in Brazil playing video games, an industry that thrives on building communities among the players. Later, he came to the U.S., where he... Read more »

Demo days definitely amplify a brand, but not the one you’d think

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we... Read more »

Waymo opens driverless robotaxi service to San Francisco employees

Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, has begun offering its San Francisco employees fully autonomous rides, the company said Wednesday. Waymo will begin its rider-only operations within its “initial San Francisco... Read more »

Yami bags $50M Series B to boost its online Asian marketplace 

When Alex Zhou, founder and CEO of Yami, moved to the Midwest for college in 2007, he had limited access to Asian groceries and products. Zhou had to drive... Read more »

Why Tesla, Google, and Amazon want to do stock splits (Scott Nover/Quartz)

Scott Nover / QuartzWhy Tesla, Google, and Amazon want to do stock splits – Auto company Tesla announced plans to do its second stock split in two years The... Read more »

Apple: ‘Spending gobs of money in sometimes reckless ways’? (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWitt)

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWittApple: ‘Spending gobs of money in sometimes reckless ways’? – A New York Times columnists takeaway from CODAs Oscar win is that... Read more »

Tech Interactive links in guest of honor so awards show can go on (Sal Pizarro/SiliconValley.com)

Sal Pizarro / SiliconValley.comTech Interactive links in guest of honor so awards show can go on – LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, this years James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian recipient,... Read more »
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