Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Jordan talk with Scott Gravelle, the CEO and co-founder of Attabotics, a robotics company that specializes in distribution and supply chain. Scott talks about how he was inspired by the Cutter Ants to design a vertical warehouse and create […]
Making robots that make robots to take over the world by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch
Corporate spend management startup Brex has laid off 136 people, or 11% of its staff, across all departments as part of a restructuring, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. After the layoffs, Brex has just over 1,150 employees. It’s been a tumultuous year for Brex, which announced in April that it was leaning into the […]
Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier this year, lays off 11% of staff as part of restructuring by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
At Meta Connect 2022, the company’s annual developer conference for its VR efforts and Oculus hardware platform, the company announced a lot of stuff — but what it communicated more effectively than anything else was just how incredibly thirsty — one might even say desperate — Mark Zuckerberg is for his metaverse bet to pay […]
It’s painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
Meta didn’t hold back with their announcements at Meta Connect this year. As Facebook has done every year or so, the company is shaking up their avatar products. This year as Meta focuses more heavily on the metaverse, the company made a big addition to their updated higher-detail avatars: legs. The announcement that the avatars, […]
Meta announces legs by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch
Tech giants and news organisations sparring over news reporting isn’t new. Companies often complain to journalists about getting nuances wrong and usually air their dismay “off the record.” Journalists usually agree to include the rebuttals provided the companies can offer the same assertions on-record. The companies don’t follow through and the conversation typically ends there […]
Meta and news outlet’s spar deepens India’s trust deficit by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Meta today announced a partnership with Microsoft to bring new content, including Windows apps and Teams tie-ins, to Meta’s metaverse hardware efforts. During Meta’s Connect conference this morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft Teams will integrate with Quest devices and that Microsoft will provide a way to stream Windows apps to Meta’s headsets. […]
Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Windows apps, and games to Quest devices by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Even the best PLG products don’t propel their own viral popularity forever. All companies eventually face a similar challenge: To keep growing, sales teams must be hired, and a pipeline must be built.
How to go from popular to profitable during a downturn by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Huge news for, like, five people: you can take videos on Horizon Worlds and share them to Facebook and Instagram Reels, Meta’s TikTok clone. At today’s Meta Connect event, the company formerly known as Facebook announced this new way to share content from Horizon Worlds, Meta’s flagship social VR app. Despite launching about a year […]
No one asked for this, but you can share Horizon Worlds videos to Instagram Reels by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Earlier this year, when we covered the news that Meta had signed on fast food giant McDonald’s as a customer for Workplace, the B2B service that was originally conceived as a Facebook for enterprises, we noted that Workplace the product had, curiously, been moved into a larger “Reality Labs” division to bring it closer to […]
Meta’s next enterprise push is into the metaverse by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch