This 24-Year-Old Hedge Fund Prodigy Was Called the ‘Nostradamus of AI’— He Didn’t See a 73% Drop Coming.
Leopold Aschenbrennerm raised $100 million to launch the fund in 2024. This week he sold $20 billion in stock to survive.
Pitching Luxury Tech? Investors Don’t Get It. Here’s How to Change That.
Most VCs don’t speak the language of premium consumer experiences. Here’s how to translate.
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This Former Coinbase CTO Spent Millions Building a Utopia for Tech Founders. Then Malaysia Shut It Down.
Balaji Srinivasan left Silicon Valley to create an alternative tech community. Residents complained of moldy rooms and not enough women.
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate
Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation as companies want continuous, AI-powered security validation instead of annual pentesting.
Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person’s internet connection with someone else.
A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
June emerged from stealth today with a $20 million pre-seed round to make AI adoption simpler.
What 9 Years in Business Taught Me: Movement Is the Most Underrated Productivity Tool
After nine years of building a wellness company, I’ve realized the biggest driver of my team’s output isn’t a tool, a policy or a hire — it’s something most leaders walk past every day.
The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air
The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac.
Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate
On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to “pace the rate of AI development.”
Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School
Let’s see how this “frontier community for techno-optimists” is doing …
TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.