This morning Kanye West announced he’s buying Parler, the annoyingly-named so-called “free speech” platform that ignores the proper French pronunciation of its moniker in service of a poor pun. The deal terms aren’t out there yet, but the startup has so far raised $56 million and I bet it has a tidy little exit on […]
Kanye West and Elon Musk provide a new exit path: the billionaire tantrum by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
The companies with the best talent, products and positioning will command capital at normalized market prices, and everyone else will experience a depressed market.
2023 VC predictions: Finding an exit from the ‘messy middle’ by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
More tech antitrust activity: Spain’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into potential anti-competitive behavior by the Dutch online travel agency giant, Booking.com, following a couple of complaints lodged by the Spanish Association of Hotel Managers and the Regional Hotel Association of Madrid. The national competition regulator said today that it will look into whether […]
Online travel giant Booking.com faces antitrust probe in Spain by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
PayPal is taking a step away from the Honey brand, the $4 billion shopping rewards acquisition it made in 2019, with today’s launch of PayPal Rewards. The new program will replace “Honey Gold” — the rewards program for Honey browser extension users, which allows customers to redeem their points for cash, gift cards or PayPal […]
PayPal debuts a new rewards program that combines Honey’s discounts with other ways to earn by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
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Driverless in Phoenix and GM takes its EV offensive beyond vehicles by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Ambi Robotics, a startup developing supply chain automation hardware, today announced that it raised $32 million in additional funding led by Tiger Global and Bow Capital, with participation from Ahren and logistics firm Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is a strategic investor in Ambi, having recently inked a $23 million deal with the company to deploy […]
Ambi Robotics secures $32M infusion to deploy its item-sorting robots in warehouses by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Kanye West, the rapper who also also goes by the name Ye, has reached an agreement to buy “uncancelable free speech platform” Parler, the two said in a statement Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. West, who has accused Meta of censoring him in recent weeks, said in a statement: “In a world […]
Kanye West to acquire ‘uncancelable’ social media platform Parler by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch