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Startups Weekly: Let’s see what those Y Combinator kids have been up to this time Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to receive the Startups Weekly newsletter in your inboxes. It’s the most wonderful ...

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Startups Weekly: Let's see what those Y Combinator kids have been up to this time | TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to receive the Startups W...

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Amazon quietly launches Bazaar to sell fast-fashion and lifestyle products in India Amazon has quietly introduced a “special store” called Bazaar in India, featuring affordable and trendy fashion and lifestyle products, as it ramps up efforts against Walmart-owned Flipkart and Relian...

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Amazon takes on India rivals with low-cost fashion store | TechCrunch

Amazon has quietly introduced Bazaar, a "special store" in India that features affordable and "trendy" fashion and lifestyle products.

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Sundar Pichai on the challenge of innovating in a huge company and what he’s excited about this year It was a notable appearance because Pichai's been having a bit of a rough go lately. Google is widely perceived to have gotten a late start on generative AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. F...

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Sundar Pichai on the challenge of innovating in a huge company and what he's excited about this year | TechCrunch

It was a notable appearance because Pichai's been having a bit of a rough go lately. Google is widely perceived to have gotten a late start on...

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Meta broadens its policies to label more deepfakes and add context to ‘high risk’ manipulated media Meta has announced changes to its rules on AI-generated content and manipulated media, following criticism from its Oversight Board. Starting next month it said it will label a wider range of such con...

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Meta's new AI deepfake playbook: More labels, fewer takedowns | TechCrunch

Meta has announced changes to its rules on AI-generated content and manipulated media following criticism from its Oversight Board. Starting next m...

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Tesla reportedly drops plan to build $25,000 EV Tesla is reportedly abandoning its plan to build a lower-cost EV thought to cost around $25,000, according to Reuters, despite that vehicle’s status as a pivotal product for the company’s overall grow...

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Tesla reportedly drops plan to build $25K EV | TechCrunch

The company is instead supposedly focusing on its robotaxi project. Musk said Reuters is "lying" but didn't dispute the story's specifics.

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Spotify reuses its live audio tech through Listening Party feature Spotify’s live audio app is no longer active, but the company has been using the tech to connect fans and artists better with the “Listening Party” feature. The feature lets high-engaging fans join ev...

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Spotify reuses its live audio tech through Listening Party feature | TechCrunch

Spotify's live audio app is no longer active, but the company has been using the tech to connect fans and artists better with the "Listening P...

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Disrupt 2024 Call For Speaker Closes In 3 Weeks Get ready to ignite the tech world with your passion and expertise! TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is set to electrify San Francisco from October 28–30, and we’re searching for vibrant speakers like you to e...

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Disrupt 2024 call for speakers closes in 3 weeks | TechCrunch

Get ready to ignite the tech world with your passion and expertise! TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is set to electrify San Francisco from October 28–30,...

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TechCrunch Minute: YC’s Demo Day highlights our AI startup bubble Well-known startup accelerator Y Combinator held one of its two yearly demo day events this week, showcasing hundreds of startups that recently went through its program. Judging from our coverage of t...

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TechCrunch Minute: YC Demo Day's biggest showcases | TechCrunch

Well-known startup accelerator Y Combinator held one of its two yearly Demo Day events this week, showcasing hundreds of startups that recently went

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Queerie’s $300K pre-seed deck This week we look at Queerie, a dating app aimed specifically at LGBTQIA+ folks. It's a very early-stage company that's raising just $300,000. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Queerie's $300K pre-seed deck | TechCrunch

This week we look at Queerie, a dating app aimed specifically at LGBTQIA+ folks. It's a very early-stage company that's raising just $300...

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Is it just me, or was that an earthquake? For just a brief moment, this was the internet at its best. I stared at a vase of dried out Trader Joe’s flowers, rumbling on my table for maybe thirty seconds, but I was too shocked to even process w...

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Is it just me, or was that an earthquake? | TechCrunch

For just a brief moment, this was the internet at its best. I stared at a vase of dried out Trader Joe's flowers, rumbling on my table for may...

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Apple lays off over 600 employees in California after abandoning electric car project Apple is laying off 614 employees in California after abandoning its electric car project. According to the WARN notice posted by California, Apple notified the affected employees on March 28 and the ...

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Apple lays off over 600 employees in California after abandoning electric car project | TechCrunch

Apple is laying off 614 employees in California in its first major round of job cuts post-pandemic, according to a WARN notice.

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Varda Space’s orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. The company’s $90 million Series B round marks an inflection p...

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Varda Space's orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding | TechCrunch

Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. The compa...

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From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator cohort’s launch was far from the only big story in startup-land. Today on TechCrunch’s E... https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/from-yc-to-ipo-winter-2024-demo-day-rubrik-and-ibotta/

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Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000 Tesla is dropping prices of unsold Model Y SUVs in the U.S. by thousands of dollars in an attempt to clear out an unprecedented backlog of inventory. Many long-range and performance Model Ys are now s...

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Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000 | TechCrunch

The cuts come as Tesla has accumulated a large backlog, at a time when EV sales growth has cooled from record highs.

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Rubrik’s IPO filing reveals an AI governance committee. Get used to it. Rubrik, the data management company that filed for IPO this week, has an AI governance committee, per its IPO filing. The detail is worth noting because it could soon be the new normal. © 2024 TechCr...

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Rubrik’s IPO filing reveals an AI governance committee. Get used to it. | TechCrunch

Rubrik, the data management company that filed for IPO this week, has an AI governance committee, per its IPO filing. The detail is worth noting be...

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Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort Cross-border is hot right now, so it’s no surprise that one of the trends among Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch of nearly 30 fintech startups is how to more easily move money globally. © 2024 TechCr...

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Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort | TechCrunch

One of the trends among Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch of nearly 30 fintech startups is how to more easily move money globally.

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The Complete Side Events Lineup At TC Early Stage 2024 Get ready to amplify your Early Stage 2024 experience with the electrifying lineup of Side Events taking Boston by storm during the week of April 22–28. As the countdown to TechCrunch Early Stage begi... https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/05/the-complete-side-events-lineup-at-tc-early-stage-2024/

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Belgian computer vision startup Robovision eyes U.S. expansion to address labor shortages Robovision has raised $42M to industrialize deep learning tools and make them more accessible to businesses that are not tech companies at their core. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...

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Belgian computer vision startup Robovision eyes US expansion to address labor shortages | TechCrunch

Robovision has raised $42M to industrialize deep learning tools and make them more accessible to businesses that are not tech companies at their core.

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Meet the powerhouse pitch judges at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 Get ready for an electrifying showdown as the “So You Think You Can Pitch” startup pitch competition at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is set to be judged by an esteemed panel of industry experts. We’ve ...

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Meet the powerhouse pitch judges at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 | TechCrunch

Get ready for an electrifying showdown as the "So You Think You Can Pitch" startup pitch competition at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is set to be ju...

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US and EU commit to links aimed at boosting AI safety and risk research The European Union and United States put out a joint statement Friday affirming a desire to increase cooperation over artificial intelligence — including in relation to AI safety and governance — as w...

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US and EU commit to links aimed at boosting AI safety and risk research | TechCrunch

The European Union and United States put out a joint statement Friday affirming a desire to increase cooperation over artificial intelligence. The ...