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May 2023
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Jed McCaleb’s private space station venture Vast might be more than just science fiction
Some of the biggest names in the space industry are billionaires: Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. Richard Branson. The newest person to join this small cadre, at least by personal net worth, is Jed McCaleb. His space station company, Vast, is partnering with SpaceX to be the first private company to launch and operate a fully-commercial […]
Jed McCaleb’s private space station venture Vast might be more than just science fiction by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Yeah, tech growth is slowing down
Airbnb, Twilio and Amplitude’s earnings together indicate that tech growth is slowing not just for Big Tech, it’s across the board.
Yeah, tech growth is slowing down by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games
The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Today a startup called Triumph — which has built an engine, and accompanying SDK, to power real-money tournaments — is announcing $14.1 million funding to continue […]
Triumph raises $14M for an SDK to add real-money tournaments into games by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to restructure, pause commercial expansion
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is in the midst of a restructuring that will result in layoffs and shift resources away from commercial operations and towards R&D. This is the second time in less than a year that Nuro — a darling of the AV world that has raised $2.13 billion — has laid off workers […]
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to restructure, pause commercial expansion by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
3 days left until Disrupt prices increase
Three days, 72 hours or 4,320 minutes. No matter how you calculate it, time is running out for you to score an early-bird pass to TechCrunch Disrupt and save up to $800. Go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 for a lot less Early-bird pricing disappears this Friday, May 12 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Buy your pass […]
3 days left until Disrupt prices increase by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Vanguard trims Indian ride-hailing giant Ola’s valuation by 35%
Ola, an Indian ride-hailing startup, has seen its valuation trimmed by its backer Vanguard amid a weakening global economy that has significantly impacted market capitalizations across numerous public companies. Vanguard cut the valuation of Ani Technologies, Ola’s holding firm, by 35% as of the end of the February, it disclosed in its semi-annual report to […]
Vanguard trims Indian ride-hailing giant Ola’s valuation by 35% by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
China has its DrakeGPT moment as AI singer goes viral
Mandopop singer Stefanie Sun has gone viral on Bilibili, China’s largest user-generated video streaming site. But the sudden revival of interest in Sun, who hasn’t released an album since 2017, comes not from the artist having another moment of genius. The songs that have attracted millions of views on Bilibili feature Sun’s voice cloned by […]
China has its DrakeGPT moment as AI singer goes viral by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch