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Serenity takes a full-home radar approach to fall detection

Serenity, the result of a fruitful partnership with Alarm.com, is an innovative fall-detection system that does away with traditional wearables. It is showing off its product for the first time at CES in Las Vegas. “You just plug it in, … Continue reading

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Want to build a startup off OpenAI? Start here

OpenAI’s impressive technology stack led to a wave of startups building on top of its models and offerings. This is a popular topic on TechCrunch+, where columnists spend considerable time discussing how startups can take advantage of OpenAI. The following … Continue reading

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CES 2024: Everything revealed so far, from Nvidia and AI to Samsung’s Ballie robot

One of the year’s biggest tech events has kicked off in Las Vegas, and we’re here to bring all the reveals before the show floor opens. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Carta’s growth story is being overshadowed by its stock trading snafu

Is Carta a bad business without a secondary-market trading arm? Can it scale on its other revenue sources to the size it needs to take its large private-market valuation live? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Startup founders often make these legal mistakes

Early-stage founders face many challenges. Some of the trickiest and most foreign are legal because the legal world is unfamiliar and ever changing. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Parallel gets new funding for its teletherapy platform for kids with special needs

Schools in the United States are already struggling with a teacher shortage. For students with thinking and learning differences, it’s even harder to find teachers and other specialists that are equipped to work with them. Parallel Learning is solving that … Continue reading

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Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce

Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. This time, around 1,800 employees will lose their job in the coming weeks as the company is trying to improve its financial … Continue reading

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When should you hire a CFO?

When is the right time to hire a CFO, and is a full-time CFO even necessary in this age of C-level-as-a-service? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Conta Simples grabs another $41.5M for its expense management approach in Brazil

Conta Simples ended the year reaching breakeven and obtained a license from the Brazilian Central Bank) to operate as an Direct Credit Society. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big

Burro has been on our radar since early  2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its … Continue reading

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