November 20, 2024

AI can now create a replica of your personality

Imagine sitting down with an AI model for a spoken two-hour interview. A friendly voice guides you through a conversation that ranges from your childhood, your formative memories, and your career to your thoughts on immigration policy. Not long after, a virtual replica of you is able to embody your values and preferences with stunning…

January 2023

Teal unwraps $8.8M to build out a telehealth platform for women — starting with cervical cancer screening

January 31, 2023

Female-focused telehealth startup, Teal Health, is popping up today to announce an $8.8 million seed round with a roster of heavy hitting investors on board — including (Serena Williams’) Serena Ventures, (Chelsea Clinton’s) Metrodora Ventures, and (Laurene Powell Jobs’) Emerson Collective. The February 2020-founded San Francisco-based startup’s first product will be a service that supports […]

Teal unwraps $8.8M to build out a telehealth platform for women — starting with cervical cancer screening by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Avoiding the pitfalls of OnlyFans with Rosie Nguyen from Fanhouse

January 31, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week, Darrell and Becca catch up with Rosie Nguyen, the co-founder and CCO of Fanhouse, a startup that helps content creators monetize their work. Rosie talked about her initial reluctance to become an entrepreneur but how issues at other content platforms pushed […]

Avoiding the pitfalls of OnlyFans with Rosie Nguyen from Fanhouse by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Thrive Capital believed to be leading new multi-billion dollar investment in Stripe

January 31, 2023

Thrive Capital has reportedly committed $1 billion in fresh capital to payments giant Stripe as part of a new investment in the works that would value the fintech company at between $55 billion and $60 billion. TechCrunch reported last week that Stripe was seeking to raise $2 billion but the number could actually be closer […]

Thrive Capital believed to be leading new multi-billion dollar investment in Stripe by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Practice your startup pitch on TechCrunch Live with Benchmark and Cambly

January 31, 2023

TechCrunch Live is back! The weekly show resumes this week, and we’re excited to bring back a popular segment. Called Pitch Practice, it should be self-explanatory. Participants have a chance to practice their pitch by presenting to another founder and investor. This show’s guests are fantastic too. You want their feedback on your pitch. Our […]

Practice your startup pitch on TechCrunch Live with Benchmark and Cambly by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram’s co-founders introduce a new social app…for news reading

January 31, 2023

Can lightning strike twice? That’s apparently the question being raised today with the public introduction of the next social app built by Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. The duo have launched a new venture to explore social apps, according to a report published in The Verge, which includes the debut product Artifact, a […]

Instagram’s co-founders introduce a new social app…for news reading by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Big changes coming for GDPR enforcement on Big Tech in Europe?

January 31, 2023

Big Tech take note: In what looks like a meaningful — and long overdue — reforming step, the European Commission has committed to dial up its monitoring of how data protection authorities at the EU Member State level enforce the bloc’s flagship data protection rules — committing to regular checks on “large scale” General Data […]

Big changes coming for GDPR enforcement on Big Tech in Europe? by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify’s third-party billing option has now reached over 140 global markets

January 31, 2023

In its fourth-quarter earnings, Spotify announced today its User Choice Billing program has now expanded to over 140 markets worldwide, allowing the streaming music service to reduce the commissions it pays to Google over Play Store purchases associated with its Android app. The User Choice Billing pilot program gives Android users the option to pay […]

Spotify’s third-party billing option has now reached over 140 global markets by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch