More money won’t fix your failing startup — here’s how to get investors to back a pivot
If your company isn’t seeing strong growth with customers eager to use the product, it might be time to pivot the company in a new direction.
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category. The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden. AI is often described…
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Investors suggest funds prepare for the fallout of the Fearless Fund lawsuit, not worry about it
To find out how the industry is reacting to this decision, TechCrunch+ spoke with one founder and four fund managers at venture firms that back women or founders of color.
Is Your Business Built to Last? These 5 Leadership Practices Could Put It on the Right Track
For any company, durability means the difference between success and failure. Here are five ways leaders can build with it in mind.
Tim Cook’s Daily Routine: The Schedule of the Apple CEO Who Wakes Up at 3:45 a.m. and Reads Hundreds of Customer Emails a Day
In meetings, he reportedly has no problem “sitting in silence” until he gets a suitable answer.
‘We Think It’s Overhyped’: AI Is in For a Humble Reality Check in 2024, Analysts Say
Analyst firm CCS Insight predicts the generative artificial intelligence (AI) space is poised for a “cold shower” in 2024.
Yepic fail: This startup promised not to make deepfakes without consent, but did anyway
U.K.-based startup Yepic AI claims to use “deepfakes for good” and promises to “never reenact someone without their consent.” But the company did exactly what it claimed it never would. In an unsolicited email pitch to a TechCrunch reporter, a representative for Yepic AI shared two “deepfaked” videos of the reporter, who had not given […]
Indian startups were not spared in the global venture slowdown of Q3
Indian startup ecosystem had a lackluster third-quarter in fundraising terms; total capital raised by Indian startups in the Q3 2023 was off more than 50% compared to the year-ago period.
Anysphere raises $8M from OpenAI to build an AI-powered IDE
Anysphere, a startup building what it describes as an “AI-native” software development environment, called Cursor, today announced that it raised $8 million in seed funding led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and other angel investors. The new cash, which brings Anysphere’s total raised to […]
Google’s Pixel Watch 2 offers solid upgrades
There are a couple of parallels to be drawn between the Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2. One is obvious, the other a bit more subtle. The first is the addition of temperature sensors — though I would argue that the addition makes a lot more sense on a wearable than a handset. The second […]
Phasio helps local manufacturers manage their customer relationships
For small- to medium-sized local manufacturers, cultivating their network of customers is key to scaling up. But maintaining customer relationships means a lot of tasks that quickly snowball: generating quotes, sending screenshots back and forth about design requests, analyzing parts in a CAD platform and using Excel to calculate pricing before putting it in accounting […]