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London’s not calling for Par Equity, as VC firm targets £100M at UK startups in the north

October 15, 2023

Any conversation centered on the U.K. tech scene often has a strong center of gravity around the south of the country — to many, “the U.K.” and “London” may as well be the same thing. A recent House of Commons Committee report on venture capital allocation pointed to “uneven levels of VC investment” across the […]

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Where’s the innovation in induction kitchens?

October 15, 2023

Induction cooking has the potential to liberate us to rethink the kitchen, but new designs have been slow to arrive.

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Braid shuts down, Stash marches toward an IPO and what happens when a fintech relationship fizzles out

October 15, 2023

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! We covered lots of happenings in the world of fintech this past week — including raises, a startup closure, […]

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The SBF trial continues, Atlassian acquires Loom, and OpenAI explores making its own chips

October 14, 2023

Happy Saturday, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that covers the major stories in tech over the past several days. I feel inclined to begin this edition with a sobering note about the recent events in Israel and Gaza. It’s obviously impacted the tech ecosystem there, but from a purely humanistic […]

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How generative AI is creeping into EV battery development

October 14, 2023

Ten billion. That’s how many commercially procurable molecules are available today. Start looking at them in groups of five — the typical combination used to make electrolyte materials in batteries — and it increases to 10 to the 47th power. For those counting, that’s a lot. All of those combinations matter in the world of […]

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