SVB, SBF and (more) OpenAI: The 2023 chronicles, pt. 2

December 22, 2023

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is the second of a two-part series looking back at 2023. Mary Ann and Alex called on two colleagues to help us chat through some […]

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A dual-use ‘Slack+location+payments’ startup raises Seed to serve humanitarian, military scenarios

December 22, 2023

When Helsing raised a $223 million Series B round, the tech world saw it as continued confirmation that Defence was unquestionably back on the investing agenda. Further confirmation comes today in the form of a $5.5 million Seed round for UK defense tech startup Labrys Technologies, led by Germany’s Project A Ventures. Also participating were […]

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The Download: 2023’s worst tech failures, and the end of online anonymity in China

December 22, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The worst technology failures of 2023 Welcome to our annual list of the worst technologies. This year, one technology disaster in particular holds lessons for the rest of us: the Titan submersible that…