Monthly Archives: April 2023

For your pitch, last impressions count almost as much as first impressions

Your first slide is obviously important for a pitch deck; first impressions count, and having a solid introduction goes a long way. It seems that founders often forget that the last slide is just as important. There’s a simple reason … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on For your pitch, last impressions count almost as much as first impressions

Early-stage fintech startups just got a new funding source

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Early-stage fintech startups just got a new funding source

How Swytch used ‘crowdshopping’ to scale without VC money

The pandemic era taught many of us that bikes are a great way to get around cities. Doubly so if they are e-bikes, replete with batteries to help reduce the amount of sweat required to get somewhere. Swytch Technology, a … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on How Swytch used ‘crowdshopping’ to scale without VC money

Aventurine helps early-stage founders find their footing

“There’s a ton of stuff that really could be impacting the lives of everybody on Earth, that is not making it out of the lab and into practical application,” said David Van Wie, founder and chief investment officer at Aventurine … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Aventurine helps early-stage founders find their footing

Twitter restores blue tick to high profile accounts

Twitter restores the verified blue badge to accounts that insist they did not pay for a subscription.

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Twitter restores blue tick to high profile accounts

AI-generated chart toppers, Apple gets into savings, and Microsoft drops Twitter

Hello, friends, and welcome to the latest edition of Week in Review (WiR), the weekly newsletter where we recap the past several days (or so) in tech news. We’d argue that there’s no better way to get your news fix, … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on AI-generated chart toppers, Apple gets into savings, and Microsoft drops Twitter

This Week in Apps: Apple ‘sherlocks’ journaling apps, Twitter’s checkmark apocalypse, Snap summit recap

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on This Week in Apps: Apple ‘sherlocks’ journaling apps, Twitter’s checkmark apocalypse, Snap summit recap

Read the room

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, I look into cybersecurity sales, developer … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on Read the room

How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix

“Usually the best way to figure out if your crazy idea is any good is simply to try it. So that’s what we did,” Marc Randolph, Netflix’s co-founder and original CEO, That crazy idea was to send a CD through … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on How technology unlocks business models: The story of Netflix

What is Auto-GPT and why does it matter?

Silicon Valley’s quest to automate everything is unceasing, which explains its latest obsession: Auto-GPT. In essence, Auto-GPT uses the versatility of OpenAI’s latest AI models to interact with software and services online, allowing it to “autonomously” perform tasks like X … Continue reading

Posted in Tech | Tagged | Comments Off on What is Auto-GPT and why does it matter?