When your startup fails
The startup world is rich with stories of success but precious few about failure. This is a founder’s story of one that didn’t work out.
When your startup fails by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Exploring the future of voice AI with Mati Staniszewski at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
We’re excited to welcome Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, to the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 in San Francisco. In a featured fireside chat, Staniszewski will dive into how AI-powered voice technology is transforming digital communication and interaction. Takeaways that blend technical depth with business impact ElevenLabs is […]
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Tragic killing in SF, Twitter sends dogecoin soaring, and Android gains an account deletion option
It’s that time of the week, folks: Week in Review (WiR) time. If you’re new to WiR, it’s the newsletter where TechCrunch recaps the week in tech that was. We get it — you’re a busy person. We all are. So what better way to catch up on what’s happened than in a summarized, bullet-point […]
Tragic killing in SF, Twitter sends dogecoin soaring, and Android gains an account deletion option by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
a16z will ‘continue to tailor’ its multibillion-dollar crypto funds to market opportunities, GP says
For this week’s episode of Chain Reaction, Jacquelyn interviewed Arianna Simpson, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (commonly known as a16z).
a16z will ‘continue to tailor’ its multibillion-dollar crypto funds to market opportunities, GP says by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: ‘Copy-from-China’ social media app Lemon8 squeezes its way into US top 10 by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges
Starting up in San Francisco still has benefits: moderate weather, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital.
TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter won’t let you retweet, like or reply to Substack links
So much for “free speech absolutism.” Twitter is censoring Substack links by making the posts impossible to reply to, like or retweet. While quote tweeting works, simply pressing the retweet button surfaces an error message: “Some actions on this Tweet have been disabled by Twitter.” The timing of this action doesn’t seem coincidental. Two days […]
Twitter won’t let you retweet, like or reply to Substack links by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Delivering a quantum future
More companies are starting to consider the impact that quantum computing will have on their business in the coming years. According to a survey by Deloitte, about half of all companies believe that they are vulnerable to a “harvest now, decrypt later” attack, where encrypted information is stored until a future quantum computer can decrypt…
TechCrunch’s crypto-focused podcast Chain Reaction is nominated for a Webby Award
Every week something newsworthy (or chaotic) transpires in the wild world of crypto. And this week was no different, but for somewhat personal reasons. I’m excited to share that the podcast I host, Chain Reaction, was nominated for a Webby award in the Best Technology Podcast category. You can help Chain Reaction win by voting […]
TechCrunch’s crypto-focused podcast Chain Reaction is nominated for a Webby Award by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Don’t ever leak data, but especially if you’re building this
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This was Y Combinator week in a sense, with the well-known accelerator showing off hundreds of startups over a two-day period. We had some thoughts about that. But! There was a lot more […]
Don’t ever leak data, but especially if you’re building this by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
We can use stem cells to make embryos. How far should we go?
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. Embryos are special. These tiny blobs of cells have the potential to create life. That’s why we limit what scientists can do with them. Researchers are generally not allowed to grow human…