YC’s latest batch sure was a lot of ‘maybe AI can do… this?’

Sitting through hundreds of startups on YC Demo Days, you’re not always sure whether you are actually perceiving patterns or if your brain, as coffee battles with monotony, is... Read more »

Pet influencers are hotter than ever. But how do dogs do taxes?

A dog-tired husky with bright pink ears rests on the marble hotel floor, napping before his next meet-and-greet. Around him, the atrium echoes with the sounds of Louboutins click-clacking... Read more »

a16z will ‘continue to tailor’ its multibillion-dollar crypto funds to market opportunities, GP says

The TechCrunch Podcast Network has been nominated for two Webbys in the Best Technology Podcast category. You can help TechCrunch win by voting for Chain Reaction, which digs into... Read more »

Generative AI could transform the way we interact with enterprise software

Over the last several months, OpenAI, and ChatGPT in particular, has shown what’s possible with a user interface built on top of a large language model that can answer... Read more »

To raise an opportunity fund this year or to not raise an opportunity fund?

One of the biggest venture capital trends of the last few years was early-stage firms raising “opportunity” funds to make follow-on investments into their most successful bets. But amid... Read more »

Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10

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

The AI machines are coming for thought work, and other TC news

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Podcast, where we break down the biggest stories in tech with the people who covered them. The internet is always changing, but something about... Read more »

What if Scandinavian startups don’t need Y Combinator?

When The Exchange wrote about Sweden’s startup scene at the end of last month, we said we’d revisit the Nordics this week. Well, a promise is a promise. But... Read more »

Everything you need to know about parametric insurance

Insurance is one of the few industries that have remained largely unchanged over the past few decades at a low level: You suffer losses as a direct result of... Read more »

TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s... Read more »
Subscribe to our Newsletter