TechCrunch is bringing our flagship event, Disrupt, back to the real world this year, which means we’re hard at work on our big October 18-20 shindig. Founders, investors, tech denizens, […]
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Back to news homeThe Dogefather sends his regards
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we looked at a crossover episode for meme investing. This week, we’re talking about Musk dumping tokens while holding onto others. You can […]
Check out the founder-focused sessions happening at TechCrunch Disrupt
Here’s a look at just some of the ways early-stage founders can learn to build, grow and fund their startups at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Word […]
Tecton raises $100M, proving that the MLOps market is still hot
Machine learning can provide companies with a competitive advantage by using the data they’re collecting — for example, purchasing patterns — to generate predictions that power revenue-generating products (e.g. e-commerce […]
Remote-work boom powers Firstbase to $50M Series B
Bias alert: I am writing to you from my home office Alex Wilhelm 11 hours Firstbase announced a Series B round of funding today, led by Kleiner Perkins. TechCrunch covered […]
Still managing engineers remotely? Okay has a performance dashboard for that
As employers try to manage the loss of workers to “The Great Resignation” and engage employees working from home, Okay co-founder and CEO Antoine Boulanger says the company is seeing […]
RudderStack raises $56M for its customer data platform
RudderStack, a platform that focuses on helping businesses build their customer data platforms to improve their analytics and marketing efforts, today announced that it has raised a $56 million Series […]
Synthesia raises $50M to leverage synthetic avatars for corporate training and more
Synthesia, a startup using AI to create synthetic videos, is walking a fine, but thus far prosperous, line between being creepy and being pretty freakin’ cool. Today, it announced the […]
Coinbase to acquire India’s Agara for over $40 million
Coinbase is acquiring the startup Agara, which operates an AI-powered customer support platform, the two said Tuesday, as the cryptocurrency exchange looks to make it easier for users to join […]
Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps $500M in Better.com at $6B valuation
Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion. The financing is notable for a few reasons. […]