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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Dec 12, 2023 • 5min
Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January
AtomicJar was seemingly a high flying early stage startup with a hefty (by today’s standards) $25 million Series A last January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 12, 2023 • 5min
Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round
French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 11, 2023 • 9min
Is the Texas boom town of Austin losing its luster?
Texas has been historically known for its oil booms. Today the state is perhaps better known as a magnet for tech companies and tech talent, especially in its capital city of Austin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 11, 2023 • 7min
Simply Homes nabs $22M, leverages AI to tackle affordable housing crisis
The United States has long had an affordable housing crisis, but it’s been exacerbated as of late by a surge in mortgage interest rates and low inventory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 8, 2023 • 7min
Mammoth, an X and Threads competitor, embraces news, curation, and more in latest release
Mammoth, an app from the Mozilla-backed startup focused on building a more consumer-friendly entry point to the world of decentralized social media, is out today with its next big upgrade: Mammoth 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 8, 2023 • 5min
Pimento turns creative briefs into visual mood boards using generative AI
Pimento is a new French startup that is using generative AI in an interesting way as the company focuses on the first step of creative processes — ideation, brainstorming and moodboarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 7, 2023 • 6min
OurSky lands $9.5M seed to build out developer platform for space data
A developer platform for the…sky? That’s the vision of OurSky, a startup founded last year that’s aiming to make space observational data more accessible via a software platform and global telescope network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 7, 2023 • 4min
Discord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features
Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of small improvements that users have been asking for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 6, 2023 • 3min
Twitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees
Twitch is shutting down in South Korea due to prohibitively expensive network fees, causing legal battles over costly internet fees in the country.
Dec 6, 2023 • 5min
EnCharge raises $22.6M to commercialize its AI-accerating chips
TechCrunch discusses EnCharge's $22.6M funding round to commercialize their AI-accelerating chips for affordable and sustainable AI solutions.
