Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As far as weeks go, this one was as disruptive as they come. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 has officially come to a close after an iconic […]
Overheard at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
After attempting to sell its tech to large food service companies, cooking automation startup Jasper has shifted to direct-to-consumer. In a recent conversation, CEO Gunnar Froh told TechCrunch about the pivot and gave a general update on the company, a member of this year’s Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2022. When Gunnar founded Jasper several years […]
Jasper’s robots assemble fresh meals for nearby apartment dwellers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Sathya Elumalai was finding it hard to manage his mother’s health after she was diagnosed with four chronic conditions. Rather than guess her health status for the day, he decided to co-found Aidar Health to get that information directly and reliably. In founding Aidar, Elumalai also created and launched MouthLab, a device it claims tracks […]
Aidar Health aims to provide physicians with consistent patient vitals by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch
Taylor Swift’s latest album “Midnights” has dropped, and it might be setting a new standard for China’s digital music industry. Within a day of its release, the 13-track album, priced at 35 yuan, or $4.83, has racked up nearly 200,000 copies on Tencent’s QQ Music, one of the largest music streaming platforms in China. While […]
Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ is the priciest digital album Tencent has sold by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Amazon says OEMs won’t build their smart TVs due to ‘concern that Google would retaliate’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
A new startup wants to help online media outlets make money by making it easier for consumers to access paywalled content without being locked in to multiple subscriptions. Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. Since the dawn […]
How Zette plans to let people access paywalled news with a single monthly subscription by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Popular podcast platform Pocket Casts has released its mobile clients under an open source license. WordPress parent company Automattic acquired Pocket Casts last July, having been acquired by a group of public radio companies, including NPR, back in 2018. Pocket Casts is one of the most popular “podcatcher” apps outside the big tech ecosystems of […]
Podcast app Pocket Casts goes open source by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Black startup founders raised just 0.12% of the $150.9 billion in venture dollars deployed in Q3.
Black startup founders raised just $187 million in the third quarter by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch