Rent the Runway cofounder Jennifer Fleiss on why cofounder relationships are critical for mental wellness in the startup game
Before Jennifer Fleiss joined the boards of Yale Ventures, luxury behemoth Lanvin and photo service Shutterfly, she was a Harvard…
Sequoia bets big on Stripe, LatAm fintechs clean up and one African startup’s outsized Series A
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at Sequoia Capital’s effort to give its LPs liquidity on the firm’s…
Female-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year but that’s not really good news
Funding to women-founded companies overall (including mixed-gender teams) has declined in the first half of 2024 compared to the first…
This Viral AI Chatbot Will Lie and Say It’s Human
In late April a video ad for a new AI company went viral on X. A person stands before a…
Not David vs. Goliath: Japan and Korea are making startups work with large conglomerates in a twist on the Silicon Valley model
We all know how things work in Silicon Valley. Brilliant individuals with great ideas disrupt whole industries: Uber and public…
Amazon doubling value of credits for startups to build on AWS cloud
Amazon will double the value of credits it offers some startups to use its cloud infrastructure, CNBC has learned, as…
French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the Election
“Then on the other extreme, have been so vocal about all the taxation measures they want to bring back that…
Deepfakes Are Evolving. This Company Wants to Catch Them All
Some Fortune 500 companies have begun testing software that can spot a deepfake of a real person in a live…
Why is Financial Analysis Important for Startups? – Insights Success
Financial analysis is not about only calculating numbers; it acts as a guide for startup businesses in their unstable early…
See a year in the life of San Francisco’s AI start-ups fueling the boom
In an opulent ballroom on a Saturday night, the classic pump-up anthem “Eye of the Tiger” blared as artificial intelligence…