New app ‘Wyzr Friends’ helps older adults make friends, arrange carpools

October 25, 2023

Whether you’re an empty nester, divorcé or a newcomer looking to make friends in a new city, Wyzr Friends wants to be the go-to activity-based friendship app for adults 40 years old and up to connect with like-minded individuals, attend social events, arrange carpools and try new things. The app works similarly to Bumble Friends, […]

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TechCrunch Early Stage returns to Boston in 2024 for our annual founder conference

October 25, 2023

TechCrunch Early Stage — our flagship event designed for budding entrepreneurs and founders at the very start of their startup journey — returns by popular demand on April 25, 2024. And we’re excited to announce that at this year’s conference, we’ll be returning to beautiful Boston, Massachusetts, and hosting the event at the historic SoWa […]

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Flourish Ventures, a ‘fintech venture fund with a purpose,’ secures $350M in new capital

October 25, 2023

Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing exclusively in fintech companies in the U.S. and in emerging markets, has secured $350 million in fresh capital, TechCrunch is the first to report. The new raise brings the four-year-old firm’s total assets under management to $850 million. Unlike traditional venture outfits, Flourish is an evergreen firm, meaning […]

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The Theory Ventures venture theory with venture theorist Tomasz Tunguz

October 25, 2023

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a guest, talk about their work and dive deep into the rest. This week, we had […]

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Google launches AR beauty ads for lip and eye products

October 25, 2023

Google sees augmented reality (AR) as a new, potentially quite effective advertising medium. Today, the search giant announced the launch of AR Beauty ads, a new smartphone ad type that allows brands to promote lip and eye products (and soon foundation) through “virtual try-on” experiences. In place of a product image in a standard Google […]

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Three people were gene-edited in an effort to cure their HIV. The result is unknown.

October 25, 2023
The gene-editing technology CRISPR has been used to change the genes of human babies, to modify animals, and to treat people with sickle-cell disease.  Now scientists are attempting a new trick: using CRISPR to permanently cure people of HIV.  In a remarkable experiment, a biotechnology company called Excision BioTherapeutics says it added the gene-editing tool…