Calendar apps are essential for productivity but it is hard to differentiate enough to have sustained growth from just the core usage. Y Combinator-backed Superpowered, which is an […]
Y Combinator-backed Ole delivers luxury fashion items in 50 minutes
Ole (pronounced “o-lay”), an on-demand fashion app that promises to deliver designer clothing to you in less than an hour, recently closed a $1.5 million funding round, the […]
Proptech startup Zeus Living, which was backed by Airbnb, reportedly shuts down
Startup Zeus Living is the latest casualty in the proptech world. The Airbnb-backed startup is reportedly “winding down operations,” as reported by The Information. TechCrunch has reached out […]
Coperniq raises $4M seed round to bring SaaS to solar installers
How do you know when a market has matured? Often, you can simply look at the usual metrics: revenue, market capitalization, customer numbers, margins, and the like. But […]
5 AI-powered tech gifts that are actually fun — and productive
As the holiday season approaches, I, like everyone else with the means and mental bandwidth, am brainstorming what to get the loved ones in my life. Or rather, […]
Wholesale marketplace Faire, which raised at a $12.6B valuation last year, lays off 20% of its staff
Wholesale marketplace Faire has laid off 20% of its staff, or about 250 people, as part of a restructuring, according to multiple reports. Business Insider broke the news, […]
Govly wants to make it easier for companies to spot federal contract opportunities
The U.S. government signs more than 11 million contracts a year worth a combined hundreds of billions of dollars, a veritable goldmine for vendors. But federal contracting is […]
Charm offensive: Google’s Gradient backs this startup to bring more pizzazz to the command line
A young startup is setting out to transform the command line interface (CLI) into something a little more fitting for the modern age — something a little more […]
Alexis Ohanian says he’s a ‘techno optimist,’ despite social media’s impact on society
Does Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have regrets over his creation? The entrepreneur and founder of venture fund Seven Seven Six, speaking at an event at the University of […]
Web Summit names ex-Wikimedia CEO, Katherine Maher, to take over in wake of Cosgrave controversy
Web Summit has named a new CEO: Katherine Maher — previously CEO and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation (between 2019 and 2021). Maher is also chair of the […]