The 4 Questions That Helped Me Stop Making Blind Decisions as a Founder
Asking the right questions and listening to the answers can expose blind spots and turn your team’s input into shared ownership.
The Download: reviving frozen pig kidneys and boosting nuclear power
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. Pig kidneys that were “frozen” for a year have been brought back to life Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been…
What 8 Years of Backing Women Founders Taught Me About What It Takes to Build a Business That Lasts
Reach gets you noticed. A room full of people who’d fight for you gets you funded, forgiven and followed.
Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors
The storied Silicon Valley firm makes its first pure defense investment.
Learn all about scaling, fundraising, founder how-tos, and more at TechCrunch Founder Summit, November 4
There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with the skills and knowledge to build a company. But on November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit gives founders the next-best thing: A packed day at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, where investors and operators share how they’ve navigated crucial decisions.
Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
“We created this program because we believe the benefits of AI will reach most people through the companies that build on top of models, rather than through the models alone.”
LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature
The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software’s default configuration, citing user privacy.
Vinod Khosla believes ex-Deepmind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust
Wajo’s Fo agent can hire humans to complete a task.
Owning a Home Feels Out of Reach — So Gen Z Is Spending Big in Another Area
Here’s how Gen Z is “reorganizing the American Dream” and cutting back to afford their goals.
The Metrics That Built Social Media May Be Measuring the Wrong Thing
Social media knows how to measure what keeps us watching. The harder question is whether it knows how to measure what makes us stay for each other.
Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face.
The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.