5 Daily Habits Investors Look For in Founders — and How to Build Them
Discover the habits that signal long-term success in founders — and why investors bet on discipline over hype.
Real Estate Is a Valuable Asset — and This Tech Will Make It More Accessible
A new wave of technology is rewriting the rules of real estate, signaling a cultural reset for how people engage with property investment.
November 2025
This Founder Solved His ‘Biggest Mistake’ to Go From 0 to 500,000 Customers
Dutch had no customers a month after launch, but has since grown to over half a million subscribers — here’s how.
EU considers law to phase out Huawei and ZTE equipment from bloc’s telecom networks
The EC had in 2020 recommended that member nations stop using tech from “high-risk” vendors like Huawei and ZTE, and now its vice president, Henna Virkkunen, is pushing to turn that recommendation into regulation, Bloomberg reported.
Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup
Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.
A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion
Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app
The Download: surviving extreme temperatures, and the big whale-wind turbine conspiracy
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures Climate change is subjecting vulnerable people to temperatures that push their limits. In 2023, about 47,000 heat-related deaths are believed to…
Lovable says it’s nearing 8 million users as the year-old AI coding startup eyes more corporate employees
The platform has attracted an eclectic user base. More than half of Fortune 500 companies are using Lovable to “supercharge creativity,” according to Osika, who insisted retention remains strong.
The circular money problem at the heart of AI’s biggest deals
SoftBank and OpenAI announced a new 50-50 joint venture this week to sell enterprise AI tools in Japan under the brand “Crystal Intelligence.” On paper, it’s a straightforward international expansion deal. But SoftBank’s role as a major investor in OpenAI is raising questions about whether AI’s biggest deals are creating real economic value or just moving money in circles. […]
VC Jennifer Neundorfer explains how founders can stand out in a crowded AI market
January Ventures co-founder Jennifer Neundorfer discussed this AI-driving funding market on the Equity podcast during TechCrunch Disrupt.
Here’s Everything Warren Buffett Announced in His Thanksgiving Letter
Buffett’s Thanksgiving letter will become an annual tradition as he steps away from writing Berkshire’s annual report.