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What will this year bring in VC? We asked a few investors

A new year brings with it hope for a better tomorrow — kind of, at least. In the world of venture capital, nothing is quite predictable. The number of firms in the U.S. has taken a sharp dip as risk-averse … Continue reading

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New ship, new year: SpaceX to deploy model Starlink satellites on next Starship launch

SpaceX is significantly upping the ante of its Starship test flight program, with the next rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time.  The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in … Continue reading

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora’s board

Dara Khosrowshahi is resigning from the board of autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation, citing a desire to focus on his ongoing responsibilities as CEO of Uber and reduce external board commitments, according to a Friday regulatory filing. Khosrowshahi’s resignation … Continue reading

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Inside the wild fall and last-minute revival of Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that imploded over the holidays

Friday, December 27, was supposed to be the start of a relaxing holiday weekend. But it was chaos for thousands of small business owners who use Bench, an accounting and tax startup based in Canada that raised $113 million from … Continue reading

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Microsoft to spend $80 billion in FY’25 on data centers for AI

Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to build data centers designed to handle artificial intelligence workloads, according to a company blog post. Specifically,  the tech giant plans to build out AI-enabled datacenters “to train AI models and deploy … Continue reading

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Turo CEO: Attackers had clean records, so background checks wouldn’t have stopped them

Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military veteran driving a Ford F-150 Lightning drove into a crowd of people, killing at least 15. … Continue reading

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FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined accessiBe, a startup that claims to make websites more compatible with the screen readers blind people rely on to access the internet, for false advertising and compensating reviewers without disclosing that it sponsored … Continue reading

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Turo taps national security and counterterrorism experts after Cybertruck explosion

Two individuals rented cars from Turo, a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform, and used them to perform acts of violence earlier this week. First, a military veteran driving a Ford F-150 Lightning drove into a crowd of people, killing at least 15. … Continue reading

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Hydrogen tax credit rules give startups clarity while boosting nuclear and carbon capture

Hydrogen startups are widely seen as a promising way to eliminate fossil fuels from heavy industry and long-haul transportation. But they have been stuck in limbo for the last couple years, waiting for official guidance from the U.S. Treasury on … Continue reading

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Venture fund founder sues PayPal, alleging racial discrimination

Andav Capital’s founder claims PayPal’s program was discriminatory as it sought to exclusively focus on Black and Hispanic-led enterprises. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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