Q1 VC results tread water, but that’s cold comfort for SaaS unicorns

We are mere days away from the end of the first quarter, putting us on the precipice of a welcome data deluge. Starting in early April, TechCrunch+ will dig... Read more »

Substack opens up a $2 million community fundraising round

Substack is opening up a community fundraising round, letting writers invest in and own a piece of the company. The company announced on Tuesday that writers can make an... Read more »

Spotify debuts “Niche Mixes” you can build based on description alone

Spotify launched a new feature today called Niche Mixes that lets you create your own personalized mixes based on just a few words of description in the Search tab.... Read more »

Asana launches new work intelligence tools with AI on the way

With all the software tools we have, it’s still hard to figure out how work moves across large organizations, the state of a project and how closely people are... Read more »

Experience the Found podcast live at TC Early Stage

What’s it like to be a startup founder? Not the hype, not the spin. What’s it really like? That’s the thesis behind the TechCrunch podcast Found. Each episode features... Read more »

Meta disputes it can be sued in Kenya, again

A Kenyan court has today upheld interim orders issued last week, temporarily barring Meta from engaging its new content moderation subcontractor, Majorel, pending determination if the social media giant... Read more »

Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball

Truth, as the saying goes, is often stranger than fiction. The very notion of resurrecting the long-extinct woolly mammoth was the stuff of fantasy not that long ago, but... Read more »

Hackers could remotely turn off lights, honk, mess with Tesla’s infotainment system

Thanks to three vulnerabilities chained together, malicious hackers could remotely hack into a Tesla, turn off the lights, honk the horn, open the trunk, activate the windshield wipers, and... Read more »

Fresh funding gives cat food brand Smalls avenue into retail for the first time

The pet industry grew rapidly over the past three years as people, stuck at home during the pandemic, decided to add a furry friend to their families. Analysts say... Read more »

VCs continue to pour dollars into generative AI

The appetite for generative AI — AI that turns text prompts into images, essays, poems, videos and more — is insatiable. And the investment dollars keep flowing, not shockingly.... Read more »
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