Apis in talks to back fintech Money View at $1 billion valuation despite market slump

October 27, 2022

India’s Money View is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a unicorn valuation, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in a boost to the local fintech community that has been rattled by the central bank’s stringent guidelines and funding crunch in recent months. Apis Partners is deliberating leading a […]

Apis in talks to back fintech Money View at $1 billion valuation despite market slump by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

GenZero’s Frederick Teo on “limitless” opportunities in climate tech

October 27, 2022

2050 is an important year for climate tech, with the Paris Agreement calling for emissions to reach net zero by then. In a conversation with GenZero’s Frederick Teo for SOSV’s Climate Tech Summit, we talked about realistic paths to hitting that goal and how startups can tackle what Teo called one of the most existentialist […]

GenZero’s Frederick Teo on “limitless” opportunities in climate tech by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Y’all really made Mark Zuckerberg defend himself to investors because of your memes

October 27, 2022

On today’s quarterly earnings call, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was on the defensive when it comes to the company’s investment in the metaverse. Once again, the company lost more than $3 billion dollars to its Reality Labs division this quarter, and Meta’s net income took a big hit. Since rebranding from Facebook to […]

Y’all really made Mark Zuckerberg defend himself to investors because of your memes by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Meta will release a new consumer-grade VR headset next year

October 27, 2022

A follow-up to the Quest 2, Meta is launching another consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year. The company announced this during today’s Q3 earnings call, in which the company marked yet another $3 billion quarterly loss to its metaverse investments. But CFO David Wehner says that some of this continued cost can be explained via […]

Meta will release a new consumer-grade VR headset next year by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Ford takes $2.7B hit on Argo shutdown, shifts its bet to driver assist tech

October 27, 2022

As the third-quarter earnings drumbeat continues, we learned more about the state of global supply chains, global consumer appetite for big-ticket items and the future of self-driving technology. After the bell this afternoon, Ford beat Wall Street analyst revenue estimates of $36.25 billion, per Yahoo Finance, with automotive Q3 2022 top line of $37.2 billion, […]

Ford takes $2.7B hit on Argo shutdown, shifts its bet to driver assist tech by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Meta posts another revenue decline as investors voice metaverse concerns

October 27, 2022

Earlier this year, Meta posted its first quarterly revenue decline. Once again, Meta’s financials aren’t inspiring much faith in its investors this quarter. Meta’s revenue declined 4% year over year to hit $27.7 billion; but Meta CFO David Wehner pointed out on the earnings call today that some of this decline is owed to inflation. […]

Meta posts another revenue decline as investors voice metaverse concerns by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: the mortality issue, and America’s new favorite shopping app

October 26, 2022
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. Introducing: The Mortality Issue From the moment you’re born, the one thing you can be completely certain of is that you will die. But what if aging isn’t inevitable, after all? And if…