This January, Germany’s largest vaccine maker BioNTech announced that it had agreed to acquire Tunisian-born and London-headquartered AI startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million, including a performance-tied £200 million tranche investment. InstaDeep’s deal — subject to regulatory approval and expected to close in the first half of this year — is quite intriguing, for […]
InstaDeep’s acquisition is a classic case of an African startup gone global by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Even if insects don’t sound appealing to you, black soldier flies could play an essential role in the food chain in the coming years. In particular, these flies’ larvae can become an important source of proteins for livestock and fish. That’s why Entocycle is raising another $5 million in a Series A funding round led […]
Entocycle grabs $5 million for its insect breeding technology by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Groupon has laid off another 500 employees in a bid to cut costs, the company said in an SEC filing last week. The e-commerce company had cut 500 jobs — nearly 15% of its workforce then — previously in August 2022. The company said that this new set of layoffs will be spread across the […]
Groupon cuts another 500 employees in the second round of layoffs by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Monavo Heath turned heads at CES with an Ouroubouros-esque smart ring designed for women. In the crowded field of fitness wearables, where the mainstream heavy hitter of the Apple Watch heads up a very long tail of typically less pricey and/or more specialist activity tracking bracelets and bands all keen to claim their own patch […]
Put a (smart) ring on it: Monavo on why its health wearable will put women first by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Aurora Innovation said Monday it has hired Ossa Fisher as president as the autonomous vehicle company prepares to commercially launch its self-driving trucks business next year. The company said Fisher, who was most recently president and chief operating officer of education tech company Istation, will be based in Dallas. Aurora is headquartered in Pittsburgh and […]
AV company Aurora hires president ahead of commercial launch by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
In this issue: Rocket Lab enters a new era with Virginia launch; SpaceX moves closer to Starship’s first orbital flight test; news from Quindar, AstroForge and more
Max Q: A very Virginia affair by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Earlier this month, the company reported a year of record sales that included over 50% dollar sales growth in 2022.
Report: Impossible Foods planning to lay off 20% by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Nearly a year after ViacomCBS announced its rebrand to become Paramount, the company is now making a major change to its portfolio with today’s news that it will be fully integrating Showtime into Paramount+ — the streamer known in previous years as CBS All Access. The integration will include both streaming and linear platforms, the company […]
Amid growing competition, Paramount+ and Showtime are combining in the U.S. by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
A new app called Rewind wants to make it easier for music fans to explore the top songs of decades past. Hoping to cater to consumer demand for nostalgic music experiences, Rewind allows users to “time travel” through the music charts from 1960 through 2010 to learn about how older songs have influenced today’s hits. […]
Rewind’s new app lets you ‘time travel’ through music from decades past by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch