VCs anticipate more exits in 2024 but have no consensus on when or how
Some investors are more optimistic about M&A in 2024, while others think we will see a rebound in the IPO market.
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Rivian was saved by software in 2025
The company’s annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group.
Big, costly seed deals were the exception in 2023’s lackluster venture capital market
Hopes that it would become easier for startups to raise capital in 2023 were left unmet as the year ended. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. New data from business database PitchBook paints a modestly dim picture of venture capital investment […]
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Irene T. Cheng, SM ’78
“Thinking big, aiming high, and making a difference were rules of the road embedded during my time at MIT,” says Irene Cheng, SM ’78, who went on to a successful Wall Street career as a managing director at Lazard Asset Management after earning a graduate degree in chemical engineering from the Institute. “I was helped…
The art of unearthing history
Filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri, SM ’17, uses diverse media and techniques to delve deeply into his cultural identity, connecting him with the colonial history of his family’s ancestral home: Goa, India. An alumnus of the Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) program, Sanzgiri uses a unique approach combining such things as analysis of historical texts and 3D…
Can AI provide better customer service?
Customer service experiences can really stick with you—a positive interaction can inspire brand loyalty, and a negative one can prompt a complete boycott. But encounters with automated customer interfaces, which often rely on limited phone menus or inept chatbots, rarely generate rave reviews. So Liz Tsai ’11, SM ’13, came up with an alternative. In…
Calculating the costs of war
What can be done to prevent war? That’s the question that drives Neta Crawford, PhD ’92, who chaired the political science department at Boston University from 2018 until 2022 and is now a professor of international relations at Oxford University. The answer, she believes, is for people to reject armed conflict as an acceptable way…
“Every project is a new adventure,” says architectural shape-shifter
When Royal Dutch Shell solicited proposals for a new research center in Belgium in 1985, it received the usual series of plans for lifeless concrete bunkers. Philippe Samyn, SM ’73, took a different tack. Noting the site’s sloping valley and charming beech forest, he envisioned a grouping of administrative buildings and labs connected by streets…
How Doing This One Thing For Your Staff Can Fuel Your Business Success Story
Although it might be tempting to pay as little as you need to, that’s a big mistake and many get this part of wealth creation wrong.
One week left to apply to speak at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Hello, and welcome to 2024! If, like us, you’re still burning off a holiday sugar rush, here’s the perfect way to focus your energy and boost your reputation as a thought-leader at the same time. Apply to speak at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024, taking place on April 25 in Boston, and share your hard-won expertise […]
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Unlock a Collection of Productivity Apps for Mac Users with This One-Year Plan
Regularly $119, you can get one year of Setapp for $73, now through January 7.