Tesla’s cheaper vehicles aren’t helping its declining sales
The company’s deliveries in the first quarter were just 6% higher than last year, and Tesla now faces a third straight year of falling sales.
How to invest when everything is moving too fast
TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Los Angeles late last week brought together two of the more straight-talking investors working in AI right now. They were as entertaining as they were illuminating.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems leans on magnets for near-term revenue
Realta Fusion is buying magnets from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, providing a revenue stop gap.
Diverse teams start with diverse VCs
It is the path of least resistance for a growth-stage company to hire from the familiar Silicon Valley pipelines but if a founder wants a diverse team, that value has to be put into practice from the very first hire.
There’s Something on the Moon That Earth Desperately Needs — And It Could Be Worth Trillions
NASA’s Artemis missions are laying groundwork for lunar colonies to mine helium-3 that could power fusion reactors and quantum computers.
OpenAI Just Raised a Record-Breaking $122 Billion to Build an ‘AI Superapp.’ Here’s What That Means.
The AI company pulled in $122B, making its valuation $852 billion as it generates $2 billion in revenue per month.
Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon
One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.
Cash App launches ‘pay later’ feature for P2P pay transfers
Block says that the new feature has strong built-in protections to keep users from so-called debt spirals.
Energy Is Becoming the Defining Bottleneck of the AI Era. Here’s What That Means for Entrepreneurs.
AI data centers are rewriting the global electricity market. Here’s what entrepreneurs should know.
How to Retrain Your Brain to See Every Crisis as an Opportunity
Everything you want is on the other side of hard.
Why This Old-School Payment Method Still Dominates Small Business — and How It Gives Owners an Edge
Think paper checks are obsolete? Most small business owners disagree — here’s why.