June 27, 2025

The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects

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. This battery recycling company is now cleaning up AI data centers In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small…

Hear how Sensi.AI is building AI for remote patient monitoring

May 8, 2023

Remotely monitoring patients without violating their privacy is a challenging task. But one co-founder believes that he’s cracked the code. I’m excited to announce I’m speaking with Romi Gubes, the CEO of Sensi.AI, a startup developing audio-based algorithmic software to detect abnormalities that could indicate possible maltreatment of an impaired patient. We’ll be joined on […]

Hear how Sensi.AI is building AI for remote patient monitoring by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype

May 8, 2023

Navin Chaddha, the storied investor running Mayfield Fund, doesn’t want to be running a billion-dollar fund like many of his peers. “Everyone wants to be Sequoia or A16z,” he said, in an interview with TechCrunch. “We want to be who we are: just copying somebody else is strategy for disaster, strategy for failure.” “We could […]

Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Shrinking unicorns and the embarrassment of meme coins

May 8, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today, we are talking about meme coins, unicorns and the latest from India! […]

Shrinking unicorns and the embarrassment of meme coins by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

NextGen Healthcare says hackers accessed personal data of more than 1 million patients

May 8, 2023

NextGen Healthcare, a U.S.-based provider of electronic health record software, admitted that hackers breached its systems and stole the personal data of more than 1 million patients. In a data breach notification filed with the Maine attorney general’s office, NextGen Healthcare confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of 1.05 million patients, including approximately 4,000 […]

NextGen Healthcare says hackers accessed personal data of more than 1 million patients by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear

May 8, 2023

When mHub opened its doors in Chicago seven years ago, the vision was to create a traditional incubator for people making things. It would involve a prototyping lab, offices, shared workspaces, meeting rooms and classrooms. In those seven years, the accelerator says it has supported more than 500 startups, 200 manufacturers, been awarded around 450 […]

mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

RIP Metaverse

May 8, 2023
The Metaverse, Zuckerberg’s tech obsession, is officially dead. ChatGPT killed it.

Twitter is mulling a cheaper organizational verification plan

May 8, 2023

Twitter is thinking about an organizational verification plan that doesn’t cost $1,000 a month. Over the weekend, Elon Musk said on Twitter that the company is working on a cheaper plan for small businesses, but didn’t give any details about the cost. The Twitter owner said that the company is figuring out a new onboarding […]

Twitter is mulling a cheaper organizational verification plan by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch