Author Archives: Techme101

Forerunner’s long game: As startups stall before IPO, all options are on the table

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Techme101

Thirteen years ago, Forerunner Ventures began helping to usher in a new era of consumer startups, including Warby Parker, Bonobos, and Glossier. None has gone through a traditional IPO process. Warby Parker was taken public through a special purpose acquisition … Continue reading →

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Meta adds former Trump advisor to its board

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Dina Powell McCormick’s husband is a Republican senator who received Trump’s endorsement, and she served in Trump’s first administration.

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Meta’s vanilla Maverick AI model ranks below rivals on a popular chat benchmark

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Earlier this week, Meta landed in hot water for using an experimental, unreleased version of its Llama 4 Maverick model to achieve a high score on a crowdsourced benchmark, LM Arena. The incident prompted the maintainers of LM Arena to … Continue reading →

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The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Google Cloud announced a long list of impressive AI startups as customers during its Cloud Next conference this week

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Meta adds Stripe CEO Patrick Collison and Dina Powell McCormick to its board

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Banking executive and former presidential advisor Dina Powell McCormick and Stripe co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison are joining the board of Meta, according to a report from Axios. Powell McCormick spent 16 years in several leadership roles at Goldman Sachs. … Continue reading →

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38 consumer startup founders lobby over Trump tariffs: One faces a surprise $200K bill

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Small businesses could be crushed under President Trump’s increased tariffs, according to an open letter by 38 female consumer product founders. While Trump paused his tariff increases for 90 days for various countries — setting the rate at 10% for … Continue reading →

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TechCrunch Mobility: Jeff Bezos backs a secretive EV startup and Lucid snaps up Nikola’s assets 

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. If there is one certainty in this uncertain moment, … Continue reading →

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Nikola founder Trevor Milton accused of trying to derail bankruptcy case

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

A court hearing on the sale of bankrupt electric truck startup Nikola’s assets to Lucid Motors was going smoothly on Friday. No objections had been filed to the transaction, and Delaware bankruptcy Judge Thomas Horan verbally approved it without hesitation. … Continue reading →

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The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply—and who will enforce them.

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What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Techme101

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can best navigate this new normal.

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