Uganda in the spotlight as country’s startups captivate YC, Google

The startup ecosystem in Africa has until now been dominated by Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt (‘the Big 4’), countries that continue to receive the bulk of venture... Read more »

A peek inside Founders Fund, as it closes on $5 billion across two new funds

Founders Fund has garnered a lot of money from investors; it has also returned quite a bit of capital. A lot of the action on both fronts has happened... Read more »

Daily Crunch: Ransomware group threatens to release Nvidia’s ‘most closely guarded secrets’

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch... Read more »

It’s pivot season for early-stage startups

Late-stage tech startups are facing a changing public market environment, but their early-stage counterparts are in a different world altogether. The cohort has had access to ample capital in... Read more »

TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 views on Epic-Bandcamp deal, SPAC letdown, CIO sales strategy

You are more likely to close a sale if you have actionable insights into your prospective customer’s needs. But for enterprise software startups, this presents a special problem. Unless... Read more »

Infrastructure is broken, Gecko is using robotics to help fix it

Gecko Robotics’ mission statement is “To protect today’s critical infrastructure, and give form to tomorrow’s.” It’s certainly the sort of thing that rings true in the startup’s home town... Read more »

Winnie has a new plan to help childcare centers scale care

When Winnie was first founded in 2016 by Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall, it was focused on childcare solutions built for parents. “The other SaaS solutions in the childcare... Read more »

How quickly do enterprise tech firms need to grow to satisfy today’s investors?

A half-dozen enterprise stocks reported earnings this week, but with the world in turmoil, the market gave them kind of a rough reception. It’s hard to say what had... Read more »

Samsung says it will release an update to address app throttling issues

Samsung has addressed complaints that the tech giant is throttling the performance of thousands of apps on some of its Android phones. In a statement sent to TechCrunch, a... Read more »

In the metaverse, responsible AI must be a priority

Vasco Pedro Contributor Share on Twitter Vasco Pedro is the CEO of Unbabel. More posts by this contributor Artificial intelligence and language According to a recent Bloomberg Intelligence report,... Read more »
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