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GoStudent adds another $95M to its war chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring
GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far — has now raised another $95 million in what it calls a...
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Ford’s Q2 earnings show a thriving trucks, commercial business with EVs playing catch-up
Ford generated $45 billion in revenue in the second quarter, a 12% pop from the same period last year largely fueled by sales of gas-powered...
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Exclusive: Goodwater Capital snags $1B across two new funds, despite cooling interest in consumer tech
Goodwater , one of comparatively few firms to focus exclusively on consumer tech investments, has closed on $1 billion in capital commitments...
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Snowstorm raises seed to keep the internet free
Created to ensure open and free access to the internet, Snowflake saw a huge uptick in users during the start of the Ukraine War — and has...
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Beijing robotics firm ForwardX’s Series C hits $61 million
ForwardX this week announced an additional $30 million in funding, bringing the Beijing-based firm’s Series C up to $61 million. The funding...
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India’s Dunzo defers staff pay, to cut jobs amid funding search
Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, is postponing employee salaries for a month and plans a new wave of layoffs as the Google and...
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Maybe showing off an AI-generated fake TV episode during a writers’ strike is a bad idea
The ongoing strike of creatives in TV and film, plus the nascent threat of AI-based writing and effects, make it a complicated time to work in...
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Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN
After multiple EU-based users complained about not being able to access Instagram’s Threads app through VPN, Meta confirmed that it is blocking...
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Generative AI catch-up, bootstrapping tactics, hiring a head of growth
By the time it becomes clear that the wrong person is leading product or engineering, it might be too late to change course. The same holds true...
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Kentucky is the first state to mandate Tesla’s charging plug
Kentucky now requires that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s charging plug if they want to secure federal funds from a...
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Airmo combines space and climate tech with emissions-monitoring satellites
German startup Airmo is taking aim at climate change, with plans to launch a 12-satellite constellation to monitor greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Zoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las Vegas
Amazon subsidiary Zoox has begun testing its purpose-built, electric, autonomous robotaxis on public streets in Las Vegas, the company announced...
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Byju’s key investors confirm board exits
Prosus, Peak XV Partners and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative confirmed Friday that their representatives have resigned from the board of Byju’s,...
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Brian Armstrong thinks Coinbase could become a ‘super app’
As the crypto markets continue to face uncertainty, Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong sees greater potential for the digital asset ecosystem to...
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New European + LatAm VC fund Boost Capital Partners takes aim at startups with games-level UX
Boost Capital Partners is the name of a new European + LatAm VC fund that aims to focus on user-experience startups. The London-based VC has...
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Radio station gets part-time AI DJ based on its midday host
Live 95.5, a radio station in Portland, Oregon, announced Tuesday that its midday host Ashley Elzinga will broadcast a cloned version of her...
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EV startup Telo bets America is ready for a dreamy little pickup
Most trucks today are headed in the wrong direction, metaphorically speaking. They’re far too big and heavy, with shrinking beds and expanding...
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TrueCar lays off 102 employees, taps new CEO amid restructure
TrueCar , a platform where people can research new and used car prices and find local dealer savings, is laying off 24% of staff due to a...
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Fernride nudges yard trucks toward full autonomy with $31M in new funds
Fernride has figured out a way to launch a commercially viable autonomous, electric truck business today. The secret? Not driving on public roads....
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Why every EV charging network combined can’t compete with Tesla
It’s no secret that the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles generally sucks. There are exceptions, of course: Tesla has it pretty...
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Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human
File this one under inevitable but hilarious. Mechanical Turk is a service that from its earliest days seemed to invite shenanigans, and indeed...
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Canva introduces new developer tools and $50M investment fund
Canva has been around since 2013, and has been a tremendously successful design platform, raising over $570 million and garnering 135 million...
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Ask Sophie: How much time and money will we need for an H-1B transfer?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is...
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Sony readies PS5 game streaming for PlayStation Plus Premium members
Sony this morning announced that it has begun testing PlayStation 5 game streaming . The feature is still early days, but it will eventually be...
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Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent
Twitter owes three months’ rent to its Boulder landlord, and a judge has signed off on evicting the tech giant from its office there, court...