Just over one year ago, spend management decacorn Brex declared that it was “less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers” in an announcement that caused shock waves in the startup community. While Brex soon clarified that by smaller customers it meant small to medium-sized businesses and non-funded startups, the move still felt like […]
Brex refocuses on startups with hire of SVB veteran, ex-a16z partner by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
David Lazovsky and Preet Virk, technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor engineering and photonics, came to the joint realization several years ago that AI and machine learning workloads would quickly encounter a “data movement” problem. Increasingly, they predicted, it would become challenging to move data to and from compute hardware as AI models scaled past what […]
Celestial AI raises $100M to transfer data using light-based interconnects by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Without a major, industry-wide push to emphasize protective measures and shake out bad actors, this problem won’t be fixed.
Crypto losses halved in Q2 2023 to $204M by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
There are very few ways to raise nine-figures of equity capital.
As $100M+ venture rounds evaporate, IPOs might have to carry the weight by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Here in the States, we’re celebrating the start of a great summer by traveling back in time. Back to the days of early-bird prices on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which takes place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. We’re rolling back prices on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Our July 4th early-bird rollback sale […]
July 4th weeklong sale on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch