Netflix vs. Hulu: Which offers better value?
As streaming services continue to hike their prices, cord-cutters have found it harder to manage their growing subscription bills. Hulu was the most recent to announce a price increase, along…
What to look for in a term sheet as a first-time founder
Securing funding is a stressful endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be. We recently sat down with three VCs to figure out the best way to go about spinning up…
Daily Crunch: To take the friction out of consumer messaging, more companies are entering the Matrix
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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers
Generative AI is coming for videos. A new website, QuickVid, combines several generative AI systems into a single tool for automatically creating short-form YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat videos. Given as…
5 tips for dealing with Day 2 Kubernetes operational challenges
Lukas Gentele Contributor Kubernetes is a wonderful but complex software that can present significant “Day Two” challenges when put into production. Developers who are new to Kubernetes — and most…
Despite myriad flaws, US remains top spot for Black startup founders seeking VC dollars
Despite, well, everything, the U.S. is still the best place in the world for Black startup founders to raise money. The check sizes are bigger, the market more mature, the…
5 promising fusion startups that aren’t unicorns — yet
The biggest news last week wasn’t another of Elon Musk’s Twitter tantrums, but the announcement that scientists had finally cracked one of fusion power’s biggest challenges — successfully getting more…
2022’s best and worst dinner guests: Elon Musk and SBF
‘You’ll never be bored but you’ll also be glad when they leave.’ Theresa Loconsolo 10 hours What. A. Year. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of…
Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition
In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal…
Is Instacart a forerunner of bad news?
The grocery delivery company reportedly suffered a 75% valuation cut compared to its $39B peak Anna Heim 14 hours As much as we like to end the year with some…
Daily Crunch: 2 weeks after extended system failure, Alibaba CEO takes over company’s cloud division
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What to expect at CES 2023
Taking a deep breath as I write these words: Next week, TechCrunch will return to our first in-person CES in three years. Phew. It felt good to finally get that…
Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era
Blair Silverberg Contributor Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital, a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by this contributor The right…
Recall.ai helps companies make the most of virtual meeting data
For organizations that do a good chunk of their work through virtual meetings, simply hitting record or taking notes isn’t enough to capture everything that’s said. Some build their own…
Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub
Spotify has launched a New Year’s Hub to help its users ring in 2023, the streaming service announced on Thursday. The company says the one-stop destination gives users access to…
How to protect your IP during fundraising so you don’t get ripped off
Alison Miller Contributor The most important asset early-stage companies possess is their intellectual property. But IP can be difficult to protect during fundraising, because venture firms reviewing confidential pitch materials…
How to spin up an investing network from scratch as a first-time founder
Building an investor network from scratch sounds daunting. This is true particularly if, like many founders, you don’t happen to be part of a social or economic circle where striking…
Hot takes: How TechCrunch+ covered climate tech in 2022
Climate became an increasingly popular topic in 2021, perhaps best showcased in pieces like this interview with Eric Dean Wilson on why air conditioning, one of the greatest inventions of…
The rise of platform engineering, an opportunity for startups
The promise of increasing developer efficiency, not headcount Anna Heim 14 hours More than half of professional developers have CI/CD, DevOps and automated testing tools and services available at their…
Daily Crunch: Startup says it has received $1M in preorders for its $60K hydrofoiling personal watercraft
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The best TechCrunch+ investor surveys of 2022
In horse racing, the most reliable tips about which horse will likely win often come from the stable boys, since they’re the ones closest to the source. So when we…
Ample’s founder explains what it takes to scale EV battery swapping
The conversation around widespread electric vehicle adoption has been inherently linked with charging: Are the chargers plentiful? Will they charge my car fast enough? Are they plugged into a grid…
Dear Sophie: Do employees have to stop working until they get their EAD?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur…
Some good news from this year in tech
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