Ask Sophie: How do I bring my team members to the US from India?

September 6, 2023
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Ask Sophie: What’s […]

Sonos’ Move portable speaker gets a sequel

September 6, 2023
Yesterday marked four years since Sonos unveiled its long-awaited portable, Move. The $399 speaker got mostly good marks as the company’s first swipe at the category. There were, of course, some critiques for things like pricing, actual portability and battery. With today’s Move 2 news, Sonos is tackling some of those points, while delivering additional […]

API security startup Pynt raises $6M

September 6, 2023
“We chose ‘Pynt’ because it’s short, memorable, and reflects our love for developers and a good beer,” Pynt co-founder and CEO Tzvika Shneider told me when I asked him about how the company got its name. “As we say: ‘A Pynt a day keeps your CISO away…’” Pynt hopes to do this by helping developers […]

Meet the AI, fintech, SaaS and security industry chairs at TC Disrupt 2023

September 6, 2023
We’re less than two weeks away from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, and we still have more amazing people and sessions to share with you. Today, we’re introducing you to our industry chairs. These folks act as expert resources for TechCrunch, and they assist with our outreach across their respective fields. Now you, too, can benefit from […]

The League launches ‘GoalMate’ feature to help users find goal-oriented matches

September 6, 2023
Let’s face it: traditional dating app filters aren’t cutting it. While sharing the same basic interests like yoga or watching movies is nice to have in a relationship, it’s also important to find a partner who is equally motivated and shares similar ambitions. The League, the dating app designed for driven and career-focused people, announced […]

Y Combinator-backed Automat turns videos into workflow automations

September 6, 2023
Lucas Ochoa and Gautam Bose were hired together out of college at Google Creative Lab, Google’s tech and culture incubator, and spent three and a half years launching products like the AI Test Kitchen, Teachable Machine and Google Pixel Buds Pro. In early 2020, their team was tasked with finding consumer applications of Google’s LaMDA […]

Roku cuts 10% of its workforce, impacting more than 300 people

September 6, 2023
TV streaming hardware and software company Roku has announced in an SEC filing that it plans to lay off approximately 10% of its workforce — it represents more than 300 employees. The company is trying to reduce its operating expenses as they have been growing at a rapid pace. At the end of 2022, Roku said […]