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• Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The RealReal has authorized the sale of up to $70 million in new shares in a round that could value the luxury consignment shop at $1.06 bi…
• Founders Fund confirms $3 billion in new capital across two funds | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Founders Fund, the investment firm led by its controversial co-founder Peter Thiel and partners Keith Rabois and Brian Singerman, has close…
• Google I/O 2024: Here's everything Google just announced (Techcrunch)
  Here are quick hits of the biggest news from the Google I/O keynote as they are announced, all in an easy-to-digest, easy-to-skim list.
• Runa Sandvik's new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states (Techcrunch)
  The Norwegian hacker talks about her new venture aimed at protecting journalists and critics from powerful adversaries.
• Pure Storage acquires data service platform Portworx for $370M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Pure Storage, the public enterprise data storage company, today announced that it has acquired Portworx, a well-funded startup that provide…
• Anglo-Hungarian anti-fraud platform SEON pulls in a $94M Series B led by IVP | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  It does this by looking at a customer’s ‘digital footprint’ – especially their social media – in order to weed out false accounts and thus…
• Arc launches HireAI to make finding software developers easier (Techcrunch)
  Arc, the jobs platform created especially for software developers looking for remote positions, wants to make recruitment easier with the l…
• Finley closes $17M to turn 100-page debt capital agreements into software-managed code | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Finley helps companies taking out debt capital understand their loan agreements and better comply with terms and reporting requirements.
• Ocho wants to rethink (and rebrand) personal finance for business owners (Techcrunch)
  Teachable founder Ankur Nagpal is back to build his next startup: Ocho, a modern take on the solo 401(k) account.
• Andrew Mason's Audio Tour App Detour Steers You Away From The Typical Tourist Traps | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Detour is basically the SF tech version of your typical walking tour. It's an iPhone app designed to guide you through different parts of a…
• Web3 giant Parity Technologies teams up with Watr over platform to track ethical commodities (Techcrunch)
  and Europe bake in abnormal summer heat, the climate continues to climb up the world’s agenda.
• Stilt secures $114M in debt & equity to help fintechs and neobanks launch credit offerings with its (Techcrunch)
  Stilt, which started its life as a provider of financial services for immigrants, has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by Link Ve…
• Singapore's PixCap draws $2.8M to power web-based 3D design | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Freshly funded PixCap offers a no-code, web-based 3D design tool.
• Apple’s iOS 14 will give users the option to decline app ad tracking (Techcrunch)
  App developers will also have to self-report their app permissions.
• With $30M extension, BigID boosts Series D to $100M at $1.25B valuation | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  When we last heard from BigID at the end of 2020, the company was announcing a $70 million Series D at a $1 billion valuation.
• The biggest trends young NYC investors are bullish about (Techcrunch)
  As twenty-something-year-old investors enter the venture landscape, they spot new trends that could become the next multibillion-dollar tec…
• Hulu set to raise the cost of the Hulu Live TV bundle in December (Techcrunch)
  On December 8, Hulu Live TV subscribers will have to pay $74.99/month for the standard plan and $82.99 for premium.
• Crypto Bahamas signals stronger ties between old and new worlds of finance (Techcrunch)
  Some Crypto Bahamas attendees were dressed in suits, while others wore T-shirts and casual shorts, juxtaposing the professional financial w…
• SPACs keep rolling as autonomous vehicle startup Aurora targets blank-check debut with $13B (Techcrunch)
  Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup that acquired Uber’s self-driving unit in December, is going public via a merger with spe…
• Extra Crunch roundup: Inside Sprinklr's IPO filing, how digital transformation is reshaping markets (Techcrunch)
  Since we were off yesterday for Memorial Day, today's roundup is brief, but we'll have much more to recap on Friday.
• Maybe creator funds are bad | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  In the summer of 2020, TikTok set aside $200 million to pay U.S. creators in what it called a "creator fund." This wasn't a common practice…
• Google Pixel Event 2023: Watch the Pixel 8 series reveal live (Techcrunch)
  Google is introducing the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 at an event in Manhattan on October 2.
• Lensa AI, the app making 'magic avatars,' raises red flags for artists (Techcrunch)
  Photo editing app Lensa AI went viral this week for making AI-generated stylized avatars. Its popularity raises alarm with artists.
• Descript gets $5M to make sound editing like a Word document | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Right before jumping on the phone Friday afternoon, Andrew Mason, who then ran a walking tour startup called Detour and ran Groupon, was ha…
• AI is not a panacea for software development (Techcrunch)
  AI has a role in improving productivity, but let’s examine the facts to understand how — and then make informed decisions.
• Stripe flexes its fintech muscle with Financial Connections to pull banking data automatically (Techcrunch)
  Stripe, the payments behemoth valued at $95 billion a year ago and now reportedly inching closer to an IPO, today announced a new product t…
• Track the right metrics to improve your developers’ work experience (Techcrunch)
  Here are the steps any tech company can take to better understand and improve their developers’ experience.
• Online Real Estate Veteran Redfin Lands $50M From Tiger Global, Investment Giant T. Rowe Price (Techcrunch)
  As the real estate market regains some life after an extended dip, people are beginning to get comfortable with the idea of selling their h…
• VCs are still pouring billions into generative AI startups (Techcrunch)
  According to new data, VCs are still investing billions of dollars into startups developing generative AI technologies.
• Inside Affirm's IPO filing: A look at its economics, profits and revenue concentration (Techcrunch)
  Last night Affirm filed to go public, herding yet another unicorn into the end-of-year IPO corral.
• Sprinklr hires former fed CIO Vivek Kundra as COO (Techcrunch)
  Sprinklr, the unicorn startup best known for helping customers interpret social signals has been moving into the broader customer experienc…
• Stax gets $2.2M for its app that lets Africans make transactions via automated USSD codes (Techcrunch)
  Stax, a startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes,…
• TikTok children's privacy lawsuit can proceed, says UK Court (Techcrunch)
  A UK High Court judge has granted permission for a class-action style privacy lawsuit to proceed against TikTok over its handling of childr…
• Google Maps is getting geospatial AR content later this year (Techcrunch)
  Google announced that users will soon be able to access geospatial augmented reality (AR) content directly on Google Maps on their phones.
• Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps (Techcrunch)
  Firebase Genkit is an open source framework that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications.
• Sequoia Capital India backs Freightify’s vertical SaaS platform for freight forwarders (Techcrunch)
  For freight forwarders, procuring pricing data for their customers usually involves going to multiple sources, and then consolidating infor…
• 4 proven approaches to CX strategy that make customers feel loved (Techcrunch)
  CX can’t be thought of as a special project or the responsibility of a single function, such as user research.
• ConfiAbogado wants to put a tech touch on Latin America’s legal system | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Since its launch two years ago, ConfiAbogado has grown its client base to over 250 new clients each month.
• TikTok targets small businesses with new educational program (Techcrunch)
  TikTok is offering businesses an introduction to its various tools that would help it to achieve its goals of getting small businesses onto…
• WSJ says the Goldman-Apple deal is dead. Apple says not yet. (Techcrunch)
  Apple is quietly disputing a headline by The Wall Street Journal that claims the tech giant has “pulled the plug” on its Goldman Sachs part…
• How the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to shake up BNPL in 2022 (Techcrunch)
  BNPL services offer customers accessibility and flexibility for payments, but unregulated services mean people can unintentionally put thei…
• Pure Storage teams with Nvidia on GPU-fueled Flash storage solution for AI (Techcrunch)
  As companies gather increasing amounts of data, they face a choice over bottlenecks.
• Alibaba rival JD.com plays the long-game on technology investment (Techcrunch)
  China’s JD.com has made it clear recently that it’s venturing into artificial intelligence and automation.
• Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding (Techcrunch)
  Massdriver, a startup developing a platform to abstract away infrastructure management, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.
• Auctionata Raises $45M To Build Out Its Live-Streamed Auction Business | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The tide is rising for live streaming services, and just as this is lifting apps, other kinds of streaming startups are seeing a boost as w…
• Did this one feature entice Robinhood to acquire X1? (Techcrunch)
  When Robinhood announced that it was acquiring credit card startup X1 for $95M, it caused all sorts of chatter in the fintech world.
• Social Media Management Company Sprinklr Raises $46M, Now Valued At More Than $1B | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Sprinklr just announced that it has raised $46 million in new funding, at what it says is a valuation of more than $1 billion.
• Ex-NSA hacker and ex-Apple researcher launch startup to protect Apple devices (Techcrunch)
  Patrick Wardle and Mikhail Sosonkin want to sell specific tools to cybersecurity companies focused on protecting Apple devices.
• Seaya Ventures, Cathay Innovation launch $125M fund for LatAm startups | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The Seaya Cathay Latam Fund will invest in between 12 to 15 companies and will write check sizes of between $5 and $10 million.
• ‘Downey’s Dream Cars’: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series (Techcrunch)
  Robert Downey Jr.'s new show, "Downey's Dream Cars," seeks to reconcile two of the actor's hobbies: classic cars and climate change mitigat…