March 2024

Telegram raises $330 million fresh capital through bond sales

March 18, 2024

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said on his channel today that the company secured $330 million in investment through bond sales last week. Durov said that the offering was oversubscribed with favorable terms to the company. “This bond offering was oversubscribed, and we were delighted to have global funds of the highest caliber with […]

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YC-backed digital bank Onyx Private tells customers it’s closing their accounts

March 18, 2024

Miami-based Onyx Private, a Y Combinator-backed digital bank that provided banking and investment services for high-earning Millennials and Gen Zers, is terminating its bank operations. In a March 13 email to a customer viewed by TechCrunch, with a subject line that read: “Important Notice: Termination of Bank Operations and Account Closure” Onyx wrote, “We are […]

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Rivian starts offering adapters to access Tesla’s Supercharger network

March 18, 2024

Rivian customers can now request an adapter to tap into Tesla’s vast North American network of Superchargers, making it the second automaker to do so behind Ford. The company announced Monday that it will start shipping adapters to Rivian owners — one per VIN — “this spring” for free, though it didn’t say if it […]

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TechCrunch Minute: Why the AI world is gathering at Nvidia’s GTC 2024 event this week

March 18, 2024

Chip giant Nvidia is hosting a massive AI conference as part of its GTC event this week, which kicks off Monday. With a keynote planned from Jensen Huang, CEO and co-founder, of the company best known in year’s past for its gaming hardware and today for its massive market share in the burgeoning AI hardware […]

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