TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Sep 23, 2024 • 6min
FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations
A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 23, 2024 • 3min
Health insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with new $193M funding round
Belfius is leading Alan’s Series F funding round of €173 million (around $193 million at current exchange rates). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2024 • 5min
Tidal Metals sees seawater as the solution to a critical mineral shortage
The startup, previously known as GreenBlu, was working on desalination when it realized there was more value in the minerals that were left behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2024 • 6min
Brightband sees a bright (and open-source) future for AI-powered weather forecasting
With an explosion of weather and climate data that the last generation of tools can’t handle, is AI the future of forecasting? Research certainly suggests so, and a newly funded startup called Brightband is taking a shot at turning machine learning forecast models into both a business and open source standard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 19, 2024 • 5min
Nurture wants to teach kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment
Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games to capture their interest. The company’s mission is to equip children with critical life skills such as socializing, basic financial understanding, mindfulness, fitness, nutrition, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 19, 2024 • 5min
Neuralink’s ‘breakthrough device’ clearance from FDA does not mean they have cured blindness
Neuralink, the Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company, has received “breakthrough device” clearance from the FDA. But this does not mean they have developed a cure for blindness, whatever Musk might say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 18, 2024 • 5min
Quick-commerce startup Flink raises another $150M at a valuation of nearly $1B
Flink, a quick-commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target of Gorillas, Getir, Amazon, and Gopuff, is spelling out how it plans to go forth on its own. TechCrunch has exclusively learned that the company has raised $150 million, which it will use to double down on business in Germany and the Netherlands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 18, 2024 • 4min
Greenlite, founded by an ex-Gopuff exec, automates construction permitting
Construction permitting often involves drafting lengthy applications, leading to unpredictable timelines for developers and businesses. There are tens of thousands of jurisdictions — each with their own different forms and application processes for building permits. Ben Allen knows a thing or two about permitting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 17, 2024 • 6min
AI coding assistant Supermaven raises cash from OpenAI and Perplexity co-founders
Jacob Jackson, co-founder of Tab9 and Supermaven, shares insights from his journey in AI development. He discusses how Supermaven, an AI coding assistant, secured $12 million in funding from notable figures at OpenAI and Perplexity. The conversation dives into the evolution of AI in developer tools, highlighting the ethical implications and the transformative power of advanced models like Babel. Jackson emphasizes the importance of making coding more efficient for developers in an ever-evolving tech landscape.
Sep 17, 2024 • 4min
Life360’s Tile introduces its first new Bluetooth trackers since its acquisition
It’s been three years since Life360’s $205 million acquisition of AirTag competitor Tile. The company announced Monday its new lineup of lost-item Bluetooth trackers, featuring a sleeker redesign in new colors—aqua blue, green, navy blue, and pink Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
