The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Fintech unicorns and decacorns are not immune to challenging economic and fundraising conditions. VCs unpack what’s going on.
VCs decipher the recent fintech layoffs — and why they’re happening now by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
TechCrunch Sessions: Space returns on December 6, and among our distinguished guests is Dr. Carolyn Mercer, chief technologist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, who will share the agency’s tech and science ambitions and priorities in the Artemis era. Mercer is a NASA veteran and started as a research engineer at Glenn before ascending through the […]
Hear NASA’s science and tech ambitions from Carolyn Mercer at TC Sessions: Space by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Education options during and after incarceration have never been particularly extensive, despite the best intentions of educators. Emerge Career is working on changing that, and its early success in putting formerly incarcerated folks to work is attracting investment from both VCs and government programs. It was only August when Emerge first appeared as it came […]
Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Santa Claus makes a list and checks it twice. Can your e-commerce startup make the same claim this holiday season?
TechCrunch+ roundup: TAM tough love, ‘building in public,’ 6 key SaaS metrics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Shares of Coinbase and Robinhood up? In this economy? Yes.
Why Robinhood and Coinbase gained ground after reporting earnings by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter is canceling its Chirp conference for developers amid management transition, the company said late Thursday. The conference was scheduled to take place in San Francisco on November 16. After Elon Musk took over the company last month, there have been several executive exits and directional changes in the company’s product strategy. So it is […]
Twitter cancels its Chirp conference for developers amid management transition by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Chargebee, backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India, has laid off about 10% of its staff in a “reorganization” effort due to ongoing global macroeconomic challenges and growing operational debt. The Chennai and San Francisco-headquartered startup, which offers billing, subscription, revenue and compliance management solutions, confirmed to TechCrunch that the update […]
Tiger Global-backed SaaS startup Chargebee cuts 10% jobs by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon is doubling down on a startup that is racing to bring solar modules to rooftops in India. SolarSquare said on Thursday it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon and Elevation Capital, just months after securing its seed financing. Existing backers Good Capital, Rainmatter, Better Capital […]
Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch