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• Is JPMorgan turning a corner on climate finance? (Techcrunch)
  JPMorgan Chase doesn’t have the best reputation in the climate sector. But there’s some evidence to suggest the bank is taking a new approa…
• Video creation and editing platform InVideo raises $15 million | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  In Video, a Mumbai-based startup that has built a video creation and editing platform, has raised $15 million as it looks to court more use…
• Sylvera gets $32M to build trust in carbon offset ratings (Techcrunch)
  The round was co-led by Index Ventures, which also led Sylvera’s seed, along with New York-based global private equity and VC firm Insight…
• Image-generating AI can copy and paste from training data, raising IP concerns (Techcrunch)
  A new study offers some evidence that art-generating AI systems like Stable Diffusion copy from the data on which they were trained.
• Google’s Pixel Watch may finally be on its way (Techcrunch)
  Given the recency of the Fitbit acquisition, it’s hard to know exactly how much of its tech will make it into a first-gen Pixel Watch.
• Fintech outperformed the market in 2021, and it's set to do even better (Techcrunch)
  We were bullish on fintech when we launched the Matrix Fintech Index in 2017, but even we underestimated the magnitude of the growth to com…
• EWA, which taps into popular media to teach languages, hits 51M downloads and 3.5M MAUs and raises (Techcrunch)
  Online language learning continues to be a huge opportunity for startups, with the most engaging experiences meeting a surge of interest fr…
• Redfin shares fall 7% after real estate earnings disappoint (Techcrunch)
  Redfin, the real estate brokerage site, saw its shares tumble about 7 percent in after-hours trading, shortly after sharing its earnings.
• Redfin Launches Automated Home Price Estimates (Techcrunch)
  Redfin.com today launched the latest iteration of its home-price estimate tool.
• US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (Techcrunch)
  Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Adobe, alleging that the company deceives consumers.
• Flox raises $27M to bring Nix to more developers | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Flox makes it easier for developers to use Nix and that platform's repository of curated packages while adding collaboration and other ente…
• Clarence Thomas plays a poor devil's advocate in floating First Amendment limits for tech companies (Techcrunch)
  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas flaunted a dangerous ignorance regarding matters digital in an opinion published today.
• Karat, a startup building financial tools for content creators, raises $70M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Karat Financial, a startup offering credit to creators, has raised $70 million in venture capital on the heels of a Visa partnership.
• Discontent and disruption in the world of content delivery networks | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  As content delivery networks (CDN) market leaders grapple with technological shifts, some innovators are making rapid advances.
• TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia's new model | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., we won't be publishing on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26.
• Conductive Ventures' funds support non-traditional founders (Techcrunch)
  From the beginning, the firm was out to let founders know that they didn’t fit the typical "Sand Hill Road model" of venture capital firms.
• Daily Crunch: Coinbase will reduce its workforce by 18% to ‘stay healthy during this downturn’ (Techcrunch)
  Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
• The US Government blocks MoneyGram's $1.2B sale to Alibaba's Ant Financial | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The proposed acquisition of global payment service MoneyGram by Alibaba's Ant Financial is off after the U.S.
• Jump Crypto leads Injective’s $40M round to expand DeFi apps (Techcrunch)
  Even though digital asset markets have been shaky, the blockchain sector continues to scale as demand increases from both crypto-native and…
• Thoras.ai automates resource allocation for Kubernetes workloads (Techcrunch)
  Thoras.ai's founders are twin sisters, both engineers, who built a Kubernetes optimization tool to help help automate resource allocation.
• SonarSource raises $412M to scan codebases for bugs (Techcrunch)
  SonarSource, a startup developing products to scan codebases for issues and bugs, has raised $412 million in venture capital at a $4.7 bill…
• Google Veo, a serious swing at AI-generated video, debuts at Google I/O 2024 (Techcrunch)
  At Google I/O, Google previewed a generative AI model that can create videos at 1080p around a minute in length.
• Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto (Techcrunch)
  As investors race to capitalize on surging interest in cryptocurrencies, startups are getting creative in how they onboard a generation of…
• SoftBank expects $24 billion in losses from Vision Fund, WeWork and OneWeb investments | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The Japanese technology conglomerate Soft Bank Group said it would lose a staggering $24 billion on investments made through its Vision Fun…
• The top AI announcements from Google I/O (Techcrunch)
  We rounded up some of the more significant AI-related announcements at Google's I/O 2024 developer conference in Mountain View.
• The barbell effect of machine learning (Techcrunch)
  Machine learning will have a barbell effect on the technology landscape. On one hand, it will democratize basic intelligence through the co…
• Seqera Labs grabs $5.5M to help sequence COVID-19 variants and other complex data problems (Techcrunch)
  Seqera Labs, a Barcelona-based data orchestration and workflow platform tailored to help scientists and engineers order and gain insights f…
• Adani looks to battle Reliance, Walmart in India's e-commerce, payments race, report says (Techcrunch)
  India's Adani Group is in discussions to venture into digital payments and e-commerce, according to a report.
• Caden launches with $3.4M to help consumers take control of their data | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Entrepreneur John Roa believes in the value of privacy.
• Minds, the blockchain-based social network, grabs a $6M Series A | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Minds, a decentralized social network, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Medici Ventures, Overstock.com's venture arm.
• India's PhonePe tops $12 billion valuation in new funding | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  PhonePe's valuation has more than doubled to $12 billion in a new funding round as the fintech app readies for life without Flipkart.
• Databricks is proof that strong unicorns can grow their way out of a market correction | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  A little more growth and help from rising multiples and Databricks could go public safely, especially if it targets a $31 billion market ca…
• Dallas wants to be the site of Ford and Argo AI's next autonomous vehicle facility (Techcrunch)
  Dallas council members will vote Wednesday on whether to approve an economic development agreement with Ford in the hopes of being home to…
• Regulating crypto could create American super apps (Techcrunch)
  Much of Chinese society has come to depend on so-called super apps like We Chat to do multiple tasks, from making a medical appointment to…
• Google’s new Pixel update brings new features like clear calling and Google One VPN (Techcrunch)
  Google's latest Pixel drop brings features like clear calling, free access to VPN service and multiple speaker labels in the recorder app.
• Toplyne helps product-led growth teams tackle user conversion (Techcrunch)
  And how do they get paying customers to move to higher tiers?
• Google AI concocts 'breakie' and 'cakie' hybrid baked goods (Techcrunch)
  Specifically it was the work of Sara Robinson, who was playing with these tools earlier last spring, as a person interested in machine lear…
• VinFast EV factory wins NC’s top incentives package (Techcrunch)
  New $2 billion electric vehicle factory in North Carolina will make the VinFast VF 9 three-row SUV and the VinFast VF 8 midsize SUV.
• Google takes aim at Android malware with an AI-powered live threat detection service (Techcrunch)
  Google is preparing to launch a new system to help address the problem of malware on Android.
• US indicts alleged Russian hackers for years-long cyber espionage campaign against Western countries (Techcrunch)
  Department of Justice accused two Russian citizens of hacking several targets in the U.S., U.K.
• TechCrunch+ roundup: Drive growth with Q5 data, BNPL investor survey, calculating CAC/LTV (Techcrunch)
  Round sizes are getting smaller, but investors are raising their expectations: how fluent are you when it comes to your startup's key metri…
• Google consolidates its Chrome and Android password managers (Techcrunch)
  Google today announced an update to its password manager that will finally introduce a consistent look-and-feel across the service’s Chrome…
• ‘Emotion AI’ may be the next trend for business software, and that could be problematic (Techcrunch)
  As businesses experiment with embedding AI everywhere, one area starting to gain more attention is Emotion AI.
• VCs still think work software is a wise investment (Techcrunch)
  VCs haven't given up faith in work software, according to a new Deloitte report — even in a period of economic uncertainty.
• US DOJ’s blockbuster lawsuit against Apple is headline grabber but poses limited near-term impact (Techcrunch)
  Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Apple Thursday, accusing the company led by CEO Tim Cook of engaging in anticompetitive busin…
• China’s top short video apps and e-commerce giants pally up (Techcrunch)
  JD.com, the online retailer that is Alibaba’s long-time nemesis, announced Wednesday a strategic partnership with Kuaishou, the main rival…
• Robinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  X1, which offers an income-based credit card with rewards, raised a total of $62 million in venture-backed funding.
• Anomalous data can lead to growth opportunities (Techcrunch)
  We’ve aggregated many of the world’s best growth marketers into one community.
• Indian esports fantasy startup FanClash raises $40 million (Techcrunch)
  FanClash, a two-year-old Indian startup, is attempting to bring esports such as sleeper hit titles PUBG Mobile, COD and DOTA 2 to the fanta…
• Kafene raises $14M to offer buy now, pay later to the subprime consumer | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The buy now, pay later frenzy isn’t going anywhere as more consumers seek alternatives to credit cards to fund purchases.