The Accountant Shortage Is So Bad That It’s Delaying Key Reports at Companies Like Tupperware
Accountant staffing issues are becoming an operational headache with no signs of abating.
Pairing live support with accurate AI outputs
A live agent spends hours each week manually documenting routine interactions. Another combs through multiple knowledge bases to find the right solution, scrambling to piece it together while the customer waits on hold. A third types out the same response they’ve written dozens of times before. These repetitive tasks can be draining, leaving less time…
TechCrunch Space: Reusable rockets, reusable satellites
Welcome back to TechCrunch Space. This week, I sat down with Orbit Fab CEO Daniel Faber, and China adds new moon base project partners.
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As Microsoft unbundles Teams, it might not have the impact on Slack you think
One of the primary reasons that Slack joined forces with Salesforce in 2021 in a $28 billion deal was to give the communications company the clout to compete with Microsoft. For years, company co-founder Stewart Butterfield railed against Microsoft bundling Teams with Office 365, calling it anti-competitive and saying at one point that Microsoft was […]
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Footage from 2020 shows Astra rocket exploding during prelaunch testing
Footage obtained by TechCrunch shows the catastrophic ending that Astra’s Rocket 3.0 suffered during prelaunch testing in March 2020. The explosion, which occurred at Alaska’s Pacific Spaceport Complex, was simply reported as an “anomaly” at the time, an industry term for pretty much any issue that deviates from the expected outcome. “I can confirm we […]
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Decoding the S&P 500’s first quarter surge
The first quarter of 2024 has just concluded, and the S&P 500 has recorded an impressive 10% gain. This significant increase has sparked a flurry of media commentary, with many…
UPS Just Inked a Major Deal With the U.S. Postal Service — And Ended a 20-Year Relationship With FedEx
The U.S. Postal Service named UPS as its primary domestic air cargo provider.
Tesla Sales Expectations Lowered as the EV Company Looks to a Build More Affordable Vehicle
Elon Musk told investors in January of plans to build a more affordable Tesla electric car down the road.
Sam Altman gives up control of OpenAI Startup Fund, resolving unusual corporate venture structure
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has transferred formal control of the eponymously firm’s named corporate venture fund to Ian Cathaway, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The Open AI Startup Fund, launched in 2021, was initially set up with Altman as its named controller. The arrangement could have presented a major issue to the company if he had […]
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These Are the 5 Most Unaffordable U.S. States to Buy a House, According to a New Report
A new study by Bankrate sheds light on the housing affordability crisis in the U.S.
Why Trump’s digital media company is different from other money-losing startups
Former president Donald Trump’s digital media company is losing money, and lots of it. But why is that any different from other “startups,” which often struggle to post a profit for years, if they ever do? There are a couple reasons. First, as a recap: Trump Media and Technology Group recently merged with Digital World […]
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