Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. First off, hello to all the new Startups Weekly subscribers who joined us after last week’s newsletter. I’m glad we all still resonate with a comeback […]
AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
On one hand, there are factors that could help boost the adoption of decentralized storage. On the other, it also seems at odds with other trends, such as sovereign clouds.
Decentralized storage: Tailwinds and open questions by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
While not totally immune to 2022’s market correction, biotech fundraising proved to be more resilient than other sectors.
Biotech proved a surprisingly bright spot in 2022’s startup correction by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto. For this week’s episode, I interviewed Alex Adelman, the co-founder and CEO of Lolli. Founded in 2018, Lolli is a bitcoin rewards app that lets people earn bitcoin or cash back when they […]
Bitcoin rewards and NFTs may help grow the blockchain by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
HMD Global, the Finnish phonemaker and inheritor of the Nokia mobile phone brand, has revealed plans to transition some of its manufacturing to Europe. The company said the move is designed to meet a “surge in customer demand” for locally-produced devices, due in part to security and sustainability concerns among both its corporate and consumer […]
Nokia phonemaker HMD Global to move some manufacturing to Europe by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Ashton Kutcher and others starting to pour money into AI.
Will AI receive the same celebrity-fueled hype as crypto once did? It’s complicated by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch