Volkswagen shakes up software arm Cariad — again

May 8, 2023

VW Group has switched up the leadership at Cariad once again, just three years since the automaker created the software unit. On Monday, Cariad’s board replaced its CEO Dirk Hilgenberg with Peter Bosch, who was previously responsible for manufacturing at VW’s Bentley brand. Hilgenberg had been at Cariad since 2020. Bosch is taking over the […]

Volkswagen shakes up software arm Cariad — again by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May

May 8, 2023

Virgin Galactic will return to the skies later this month, in a crewed mission that the company hopes will bring to an end the nearly three-year gap since its first and only crewed flight in July 2021. The space tourism company said Monday it will send a crew of four to space in late May. […]

Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Hear how Sensi.AI is building AI for remote patient monitoring

May 8, 2023

Remotely monitoring patients without violating their privacy is a challenging task. But one co-founder believes that he’s cracked the code. I’m excited to announce I’m speaking with Romi Gubes, the CEO of Sensi.AI, a startup developing audio-based algorithmic software to detect abnormalities that could indicate possible maltreatment of an impaired patient. We’ll be joined on […]

Hear how Sensi.AI is building AI for remote patient monitoring by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype

May 8, 2023

Navin Chaddha, the storied investor running Mayfield Fund, doesn’t want to be running a billion-dollar fund like many of his peers. “Everyone wants to be Sequoia or A16z,” he said, in an interview with TechCrunch. “We want to be who we are: just copying somebody else is strategy for disaster, strategy for failure.” “We could […]

Mayfield raised just shy of $1B to avoid unicorn hype by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Shrinking unicorns and the embarrassment of meme coins

May 8, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today, we are talking about meme coins, unicorns and the latest from India! […]

Shrinking unicorns and the embarrassment of meme coins by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

NextGen Healthcare says hackers accessed personal data of more than 1 million patients

May 8, 2023

NextGen Healthcare, a U.S.-based provider of electronic health record software, admitted that hackers breached its systems and stole the personal data of more than 1 million patients. In a data breach notification filed with the Maine attorney general’s office, NextGen Healthcare confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of 1.05 million patients, including approximately 4,000 […]

NextGen Healthcare says hackers accessed personal data of more than 1 million patients by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear

May 8, 2023

When mHub opened its doors in Chicago seven years ago, the vision was to create a traditional incubator for people making things. It would involve a prototyping lab, offices, shared workspaces, meeting rooms and classrooms. In those seven years, the accelerator says it has supported more than 500 startups, 200 manufacturers, been awarded around 450 […]

mHub opens much bigger facility to kick Chicago startups into high gear by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch