Greenwood’s Ryan Glover to speak on the economics of building a Black business at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event

May 17, 2023

TechCrunch Live is excited to announce a fireside chat with Ryan Glover, co-founder of Greenwood Bank, as part of our virtual TechCrunch Live: Atlanta event on June 7th.  Glover will sit down with me, Dominic-Madori Davis, at 2:05 ET to discuss the ‘economics of equality,’ — a conversation talking about the history of financial inequality […]

Greenwood’s Ryan Glover to speak on the economics of building a Black business at TechCrunch Live’s Atlanta event by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Stratolaunch submits $17M bid for some of Virgin Orbit’s assets

May 17, 2023

Virgin Orbit may have found a buyer for some of its assets in hypersonic flight company Stratolaunch, according to new court filings. Stratolaunch submitted a $17 million bid for some assets, including the modified Boeing 747 aircraft “Cosmic Girl,” in a so-called stalking horse bid. Stalking horse bids set the minimum floor price for the […]

Stratolaunch submits $17M bid for some of Virgin Orbit’s assets by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Freshly shareholders, including Insight Partners, sue Nestlé for ‘failing to make earnout payments’

May 17, 2023

Former investors of food delivery startup Freshly are suing Nestlé USA, which acquired the company in 2020 for up to $1.5 billion. The shareholders allege that Nestlé failed to make earnout payments to Freshly shareholders pursuant to the merger agreement, according to Law.com. Per that agreement, as reported by TechCrunch at the time of the acquisition, […]

Freshly shareholders, including Insight Partners, sue Nestlé for ‘failing to make earnout payments’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

How 5-minute battery swaps could get more EVs on the road

May 17, 2023
Charging has emerged as the primary way people keep their EV batteries full of juice while on the go, but some companies have an alternative in mind that they think could be even quicker than the fastest chargers today: battery swapping. Today, a San Francisco–based startup called Ample demonstrated its new battery-swap system, which it…

Years after its Audm acquisition, The New York Times launches its own audio app

May 17, 2023

Several years ago, The New York Times acquired audio journalism app Audm with the goal of using it as the basis of its own audio product. Today, the media company is unveiling the result of that work with the official debut of New York Times Audio — a new mobile app that combines the publication’s […]

Years after its Audm acquisition, The New York Times launches its own audio app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch