How to prepare a hardware startup for raising a Series A

Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Share on Twitter Champ Suthipongchai is co-founder and GP at Creative Ventures, a deep tech firm that invests in early-stage companies. More posts by this contributor... Read more »

Private lenders won’t fill the venture debt gap left by SVB

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank left a small but noticeable hole in the venture debt market that private lenders don’t find attractive enough to fill. When SVB went... Read more »

Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i realizes the full potential of a dual-screen laptop

Lenovo’s Yoga Book 9i drew both appreciative and skeptical stares at CES earlier this year when it made its official debut: With two 13-inch OLED screens attached with a... Read more »

Snapchat’s AI bot isn’t very smart, but at least it won’t send nudes

Snapchat now has an AI bot that you can send snaps to, and if you’re a premium subscriber, it can even send you pictures back. So, what happens if... Read more »

TechCrunch+ roundup: Rethinking PLG, AI-enabled SaaS pricing, traveling with a green card

In an era when no one worried too much about IT spending, startups leaned into the bottom-up sales approach and driving product-led growth. But that was then, and this... Read more »

After Stratasys and Desktop Metal announce merger plans, 3D Systems proposes acquisition

It’s been a wild few weeks for some of the biggest names in 3D printing. Last week, Stratasys announced plans to merge with Desktop Metal, and now another industry... Read more »

Scammers publish ads for hacking services on government websites

Scammers have published various advertisements for hacking services on the official websites of multiple U.S. state, county, and local governments, a federal agency, as well as numerous universities. The... Read more »

AI doomerism is overblown and other TC news

Many of the leading voices in AI have co-signed yet another ominous open letter warning that we should be “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI.” However, the voices shouting... Read more »

Inside Volkswagen’s big ID.Buzz bet

Volkswagen is betting big on the upcoming ID.Buzz electric van. With availability of the vehicle still a year out, the automaker is counting on years of pent-up anticipation to... Read more »

YC-backed Dumme raises $3.4M for its AI video editor that turns long-form YouTube videos into Shorts

Dumme, a startup putting AI to practical use in video editing, is already generating demand before opening up to the public. The Y Combinator-backed company has hundreds of video... Read more »
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