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• TechCrunch+ roundup: Overinflated valuations, equity crowdfunding, SCOTUS v. climate tech (Techcrunch)
  All valuations are hypothetical, so bear that in mind the next time you're reviewing an offer letter.
• Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers (Techcrunch)
  Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday.
• Let’s take a closer look at Google’s Pixel Watch (Techcrunch)
  Following today's Made By Google event, we go hands-on with the Pixel Watch, the company's long-awaited take on smartwatches.
• Is Plaid’s potential IPO a sign of fintech turning a corner? (Techcrunch)
  For those of us intensely watching the space, Plaid's public plans feel like a positive move in an industry that has had its share of strug…
• How Pure Storage Took A Different Approach To Storage (Techcrunch)
  Founded in 2009, Pure Storage entered an industry where incumbents, including EMC and HP, dominated for more than thirty years.
• CodeRabbit raises $16M to bring AI to code reviews | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  CodeRabbit, which recently closed a Series A funding round, aims to automate the code review process using AI.
• Concourse is building AI to automate financial tasks (Techcrunch)
  Concourse, a company building AI-powered automation tools for finance, has emerged from stealth with funding from Andreessen Horowitz.
• Sweep raises a $22M to aim at large corporates scrambling to deal with carbon | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Enterprise SaaS for measuring company carbon emission is hot. Only recently Planetly was acquired by OneTrust for an undisclosed amount.
• NASA picks 3 teams to design the next generation of moon buggy (Techcrunch)
  Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab are developing rugged vehicles intended for astronauts to drive around on the lunar…
• TechCrunch+ roundup: Box unfolds a surprise, robotics pitch tips, BNPL growing pains | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Growth is good, but like the James Brown song, Klarna is paying the cost to be the boss.
• Bolt CEO addresses startup's performance in wake of lawsuit (Techcrunch)
  The CEO of fintech Bolt addresses the performance of the one-click checkout startup.
• Sequoia India-backed Digit Insurance files for $440M IPO (Techcrunch)
  Digit Insurance, which sells auto, health and travel insurance, is part of a group of firms attempting to expand the number of those in Ind…
• London-based SteadyPay helps freelancers and gig workers stabilize their income (Techcrunch)
  Fintech for freelancers SteadyPay raised a $5 million Series A led by European VC firm Digital Horizon.
• Trillions are at stake in the retirement wars, and Vise nets $14.5M from Sequoia to manage it (Techcrunch)
  As millions of baby boomers leave their jobs in the coming years and transition into retirement, there is a huge competition for who will m…
• Slice raises $6M to help young Indians pay digitally and build credit score | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The streets of Koramangala, one of the largest neighborhoods in Bangalore, are plastered with hoardings and banners of digital payment serv…
• How the FBI proved a remote admin tool was actually malware (Techcrunch)
  government seized a website used to sell malware. Here is how the FBI determined that the software sold on the site was malicious.
• Microsoft made a $16M investment in Mistral AI | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Microsoft is investing €15 million in Mistral AI, a Paris-based AI startup working on foundational models.
• Plaid’s Zach Perret on Visa, valuations and privacy (Techcrunch)
  In a wide-ranging conversation at this year’s Disrupt, founder Zach Perret talked candidly about the highs and lows of Plaid's journey.
• Redfin Launches New Collaboration Tool For Home Buyers And Agents (Techcrunch)
  Redfin is launching Shared Search today, a new tool that makes it easier to collaborate with others while you're looking for a new home.
• Egyptian fintech Sympl raises $6M for its 'save now, pay later' service | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings have existed for a long time, but increased in popularity as the pandemic made more people shop online…
• With millions in backing, SecureSave is Suze Orman’s not-so-surprising debut into startups (Techcrunch)
  After launching during the pandemic, SecureSave announced today that it has raised $11 million in a round led by Truist Ventures, the ventu…
• Devolut leverages e-commerce growth in Latin America to develop reverse logistics tool (Techcrunch)
  Devolut provides a network of “city points” where consumers, armed with a QR code, can go to return merchandise.
• Longtime VC Todd Chaffee of IVP says late-stage scene is now 'M&A world' (Techcrunch)
  Todd Chaffee has long been one of the most senior members of the late-stage venture firm Institutional Venture Partners.
• Pro.com raises $33M for its home improvement platform | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Pro.com is basically a general contractor for the age of Uber and Prime Now.
• Kula makes the job recruitment process less exhausting (Techcrunch)
  Kula automates tasks like sending introductory recruitment messages, and surfaces promising leads from the first-degree connections of an f…
• Take a look at Google’s Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 (Techcrunch)
  We’re nearly a month away from the next Made By Google event, but the company’s gone ahead and revealed the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2.
• Share your carbon-adjusted earnings per share number, you cowards (Techcrunch)
  Environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals are reported with great glee, but few companies tie it directly to earnings.
• In Mamaearth, Peak XV finds its fourth 10x return since Sequoia separation (Techcrunch)
  In the oversubscribed IPO of Mamaearth, Peak XV Partners has found its fourth 10x or greater return within the six months since separating…
• Veteran life sciences firm RA Capital spins up ‘planetary health’ team to ride climate tech wave (Techcrunch)
  Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn't try to address climate change and its health effects, their life science investments wo…
• DataOps.live gets $17.5M from Snowflake, others for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts (Techcrunch)
  DataOps.live was built to work specifically with data housed with Snowflake.
• Hear from experienced edtech investors on the market’s overnight boom at Disrupt 2020 (Techcrunch)
  Edtech’s reputation has been revitalized due to the coronavirus pandemic, which forced millions of students to adopt remote education overn…
• Sprinklr raises $200M on $2.7B valuation four years after last investment | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Sprinklr has been busy the last few years acquiring a dozen companies, then rewriting their code base and incorporating them into the compa…
• Microsoft’s and Alphabet’s results indicate the AI game is more of a long-term strategy (Techcrunch)
  Alphabet and Microsoft's results clearly indicate that the costs are high if you want to stay on the leaderboard in the modern AI arena.
• NXTP closes largest fund with $98M for early-stage B2B founders in Latin America | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  NXTP Fund III represents over a 2x increase in size from its previous fund, enabling the firm to invest in about 30 companies.
• Investors’ thirst for growth could bode well for SentinelOne’s IPO (Techcrunch)
  SentinelOne's IPO is a fascinating debut because the company sports a combination of rapid growth and expanding losses that make it a good…
• Hands-on with Bing's new ChatGPT-like features (Techcrunch)
  We go hands-on with Microsoft's new ChatGPT-like features in its Bing search engine.
• Netflix’s ad-supported plan may block offline viewing, code suggests (Techcrunch)
  A developer found code within the Netflix iPhone app that suggested the streamer will block users from downloading titles to their devices…
• Keith Rabois, BoxGroup back New York-based Brex competitor (Techcrunch)
  Ramp Financial, led by Capital One-acquired Paribus founders Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh, has raised $7 million.
• Zenoti becomes a unicorn with $160 million funding round | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Zenoti, a 10-year-old startup that develops services for the spa and salon industry, is the latest entrant to the coveted unicorn list.
• Apple Card launches today for all US customers, adds 3% cash back for Uber and Uber Eats (Techcrunch)
  Apple this morning announced its highly anticipated new credit card, Apple Card, is launching today for all customers in the U.S.
• Gympass, the corporate wellness unicorn, raises a $220M series E | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Gympass, the exercise and corporate wellness unicorn that originated in Brazil, today announced a $220 million Series E.
• Playground launches in beta to help creators cultivate community (Techcrunch)
  Launching today in beta, Playground is a social platform that seeks to help people discover and develop community while empowering creators…
• SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to deliver an Astrobotic lander and NASA water-hunting rover to the (Techcrunch)
  SpaceX is set to send a payload to the moon in 2023, using its larger (and infrequently used) Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.
• US sanctions on China could extend to biotech, official says (Techcrunch)
  Treating the biotech sector with a security-driven approach could harm U.S.
• European Union keeps mobile roaming fees at bay for another decade (Techcrunch)
  Five years ago, the European Union passed rules which largely ended mobile roaming fees for citizens traveling with their devices across bo…
• Twilio hackers breached more than 130 organizations (Techcrunch)
  Credentials of close to 10,000 employees were stolen during the months-long hacking spree.
• Google is rolling out fall detection to all Pixel Watch users (Techcrunch)
  Google announced today that its highly anticipated fall detection feature is rolling out to all Pixel Watch users today.
• Pure Storage CEO: "Acquisitions Always Suck... Worse Than You Think" | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  This afternoon at Disrupt SF, Pure Storage’s Scott Dietzen and Mike Speiser, his investor from Sutter Hill Ventures, discussed building ent…
• Google’s AI search experience adds AI-powered summaries, definitions and coding improvements (Techcrunch)
  Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its Search Generative Experience, the company's AI-powered conversational mode in Search.
• Capchase raises $280M to scale its financing platform for subscription businesses | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Almost overnight, platforms that offer non-dilutive capital for recurring revenue businesses have become white-hot.