Friday, August 18, 2023

India's leading telecom will bundle Netflix subscription with prepaid plans for ~400M customers

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Friday, August 18, 2023

In today's top story, Netflix takes a unique approach to expanding its presence in India by inking a deal with Reliance's Jio Platforms. Find out more about this "first-of-its-kind" deal.

Meanwhile, in our most popular TechCrunch+ story today, it's official — the LK-99 isn't a room-temperature superconductor. Get the scoop.

And a computer reading our thoughts is here. Unbabel, a language translation startup, has connected a wearable to generative AI to give us superhuman capabilities. Read more.

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Yet another game of "What's Elon going to say now?": Today, Elon Musk says X's "block" feature is going away. Block vs. Mute, the ultimate showdown.

Go forth and share: No web version yet, but a latest update of the Threads app gives more prominence to reposts. Read more.

Bathroom humor ahead: When I covered health tech in a previous role, I loved writing stories about poop. It's a universal connector, don't you think? Because everybody poops. Anyway, our illustrious editor in chief Matthew Panzer didn't hold back while reporting: I've never seen so many crap startups.

Better off alone: As it turns out, Peak XV is doing well since its split with Sequoia. Get the scoop.

Funding and a retail deal: Speaking of the gut, microbiome startup Viome raises $86.5 million and inks a distribution deal with CVS. Read more.

Inflation celebration: For climate tech startups, the Inflation Reduction Act is starting to pay off. Find out how.

How to quit the House that Mouse Built: Tired of another streaming service hiking its prices? Here's how to cancel Disney+.

Change is hard: Searching for a TweetDeck alternative is a frustrating task. We give you some options.

Pitch Deck Teardown: Haje Jan Kamps wrote about DeckMatch, and now he digs into its $1 million seed deck. See if Haje was naughty or nice. (TC+)

What's in the box?: After filing for bankruptcy in April, online wholesaler Boxed has been acquired. Learn about its new parent company.

We're out: Checkout.com cuts ties with Binance, which is now mulling legal action in response. Read more.

If the price is right: Amazon tries to boost its TikTok-like shopping feed by asking influencers to submit videos — for $25 each. Find out why some creators are mocking this.

It's Friday, and you deserve more:

Cruise robotaxi involved in a crash with fire truck, one passenger injured

SUSE goes private again

As net retention plummets, AI could be the savior software companies need (TC+)

SpaceX's new Bandwagon program is a big threat to small launch providers

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In today's Equity podcast, Alex Wilhelm, Mary Ann Azevedo and Kirsten Korosec let loose and discuss Sam Bankman-Fried going to jail and some SPACs on the horizon, including Better.com and VinFast. We discuss Monday.com's most recent quarterly results which show the company is cutting its losses and generating lots of cash. We also talk about how the Inflation Reduction Act's impact on American manufacturing is big, and growing.

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6 fintech investors sound off on AI, down rounds and what's ahead

Fintech fundraising and valuations are down and the industry is crowded, which means many companies are looking for AI-powered solutions that will save money and help them differentiate their products in the marketplace.

Mary Ann Azevedo asked six investors about how their portfolio companies are adding AI to the mix, what they’re looking for at the moment, and whether more down rounds are on the horizon:

  • Mark Goldberg, partner, Index Ventures
  • Aditi Maliwal, partner, Upfront Ventures
  • Hans Tung, managing partner, GGV Capital
  • Lizzie Guynn, partner, TTV Capital
  • Ed Yip, partner, Norwest Venture Partners
  • Lauren Kolodny, co-founder and partner, Acrew Capital

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

US cybersecurity agency: Citrix ShareFile flaw presents 'significant risks to the federal enterprise'

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

In today's top story, just when it was safe for enterprises to start transferring those files again, the U.S. government's cybersecurity agency finds yet another file transfer vulnerability that hackers latched on to. Here we go again.

Meanwhile, in this popular TechCrunch+ story, Tim reports that there's a lot of carbon in the soil and a company called Yard Stick wants to be the go-to tool for measuring it all. Dig into this one.

And many companies have benefited from the popularity of generative AI. Arthur is one of them. And it's got a new open source tool to help companies find the best LLM (large language model) for the job.

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Do you know what I do?: VCs have many skills, but spotting the right technical skills in a chief technology officer may not be one of them — depending on who you ask. Here’s why most VCs have no clue what a CTO does. (TC+)

Now, that's a quality photo: This new WhatsApp upgrade will have you snapping pictures even more than you normally do. Read all about what's here and what's coming soon.

Me and my shadowban: A former Trust & Safety executive explains why Elon Musk saying X will address shadowbanning "soon" will be a difficult goal to achieve. Find out what's going on.

Rolling up the competition: Wonder Brands' co-founder shares why a pivot paid off amid a downturn in the e-commerce aggregator sector. Sometimes you just have to go with it.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda: In today's Exchange, learn why Amplitude's CEO feels his company would be "in a world of hurt" if this particular event hadn't taken place. Get the scoop. (TC+)

Time to press pause: After California state regulators gave Waymo and Cruise a "thumbs-up" to expand their robotaxis in San Francisco, the city jumped in and smashed the brakes. Find out why.

What is a liquid neural network, really?: The person who knows is MIT CSAIL head Daniela Rus, who spoke with Brian Heater about the emerging technology and implications for robotics. Read more.

Plow into the policies: Looking for a Google policy? The search engine giant has made that easier with its new Transparency Center. Take a look around.

When a deal goes south: Find out what may happen to Intel's modernization strategy now that its proposed $5.4 billion acquisition of Tower is dead. Psst, it has something to do with competition.

Finding threats in the cloud: ProjectDiscovery raises $25 million to launch a cloud version of its threat-scanning platform. Read more.

Battery boom: With electric vehicles not retreating into the rearview mirror anytime soon, more automakers are trying to secure battery materials. Go inside Ford's new Canada facility.

We're gonna go back, back, back to school again: Here are some of our favorite student apps. Enjoy.

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From the "pod" files

For this week's new episode of Chain Reaction, Jacquelyn talks with Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, alongside TechCrunch+ editor in chief Alex Wilhelm. We dive into what's going on with the bitcoin spot ETFs in the U.S., why it matters and the odds of the SEC approving one in the near future. We also talk about Europe's first bitcoin spot ETF, how these investment vehicles in general could impact crypto exchanges' trading volumes and what else is in store for them.

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