May 2023

Back at CES in Las Vegas in January this year, I previewed the Nuwa Pen; a three-camera-containing ballpoint pen that promises to turn your scribbles into digital notes and then apply OCR and AI smarts to pull out the most pertinent data. Write “Meeting with Chris at 6pm Tuesday” on a Post-it and the promise […]

Nuwa Pen launches with misleading Kickstarter campaign by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

I’m not what one might deem a “swag guy.” I’ve known plenty over the years – video game and comics shows are a particular hot bed. People beg for extra t-shirts, fidget spinners and anything else they can get their hands on. You see them wandering the halls of convention centers, tote bags spilling over […]

Check out these Boston Dynamics promo LEGO kits by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

ARR has always been a key metric, but with valuations down across the board and new money too tight to mention, it’s now a lodestar.

TechCrunch+ roundup: Venture debt VC survey, PLG boosting tactics, bootstrapping to $40M ARR by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Insurtech is persisting, stubbornly showing a few signs of life despite the carnage in the public markets.

Despite messy IPOs, there’s good reason to be optimistic about insurtech startups by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch