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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. … Continue reading

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Invesco cuts Indian food delivery giant Swiggy’s valuation to $5.5 billion

Invesco, which led Swiggy’s previous round, has marked down the Indian food delivery giant’s valuation in its holding to about $5.5 billion, according to a filing. This revised valuation, as of January 31, 2023, represents a striking 48.6% decrease from … Continue reading

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Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to boost Snapdragon’s automotive safety technology, reportedly for $350-400M

Qualcomm’s longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology is getting a significant push today: the company announced that it is acquiring Autotalks, a fabless chipmaker out of Israel … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Holmes, left to her own devices

Critics are flaming The New York Times today for posting what they says is an overly empathetic 5,500-word profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes this morning. Nice to be a pretty white lady working your charm on a nyt reporter. … Continue reading

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3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund

Partners of 3one4 Capital, a venture capital firm in India, recently went on a road show to raise a new fund. Within two and a half months, at the height of the worsening global economy, they had secured $200 million. … Continue reading

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NFX’s James Currier: Where unicorn ideas come from and why founders ‘have to keep pivoting’

Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? NFX Founding Partner James Currier would like to save you some time: Startups that grow into billion-dollar companies have three basic forms of defensibility. Network effects: Your product becomes more valuable … Continue reading

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Space startups need to start preparing for a post-Starship world

SpaceX’s super-heavy launch system Starship is poised to fundamentally reshape the space economy. The 394-foot-tall vehicle, which took to the skies for the first time last month, is designed to carry a staggering amount of mass to low Earth orbit … Continue reading

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The fintech space continues to be competitive and drama-filled

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

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Amazon launches free channels, check marks come to Gmail and OpenAI raises more moolah

It’s that time of week again, folks — Week in Review (WiR) time. For those new to the scene, WiR is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the biggest tech stories over the past few days. There’s no better digest for … Continue reading

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This week in tech acronyms: FRB and GPT

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s been a big week for tech acronyms. I woke up on Monday … Continue reading

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