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Why ORNG’s founder pivoted from college food ordering to real-time money transfer

Why ORNG’s founder pivoted from college food ordering to...

Alex Parmley has been thinking about building his latest company, ORNG, since he...

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OpenAI could shake up its nonprofit structure next year

OpenAI could shake up its nonprofit structure next year

It’s looking increasingly likely that OpenAI will soon alter its complex corporate...

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Every fusion startup that has raised over $300M

Every fusion startup that has raised over $300M

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going...

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These two friends built a simple tool to transfer playlists between Apple Music and Spotify, and it works great

These two friends built a simple tool to transfer playlists...

Soundiiz is a free third-party tool that builds portability tools through existing...

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TechCrunch Minute: Meta acknowledges it’s scraping all public posts for AI training

TechCrunch Minute: Meta acknowledges it’s scraping all...

If you’re wondering if your Facebook and Instagram posts have been used to train...

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Telegram CEO Durov’s arrest hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for its TON blockchain

Telegram CEO Durov’s arrest hasn’t dampened enthusiasm...

Telegram has had a tough few weeks. The messaging app’s founder, Pavel Durov, was...

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Shrinking teams, warped views, and risk aversion in this week’s startup news

Shrinking teams, warped views, and risk aversion in this...

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from...

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Y Combinator expanding to four cohorts a year in 2025

Y Combinator expanding to four cohorts a year in 2025

Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator will expand the number of cohorts...

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First impressions of OpenAI o1: An AI designed to overthink it

First impressions of OpenAI o1: An AI designed to overthink...

OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first...

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Investors rebel as TuSimple pivots from self-driving trucks to AI gaming

Investors rebel as TuSimple pivots from self-driving trucks...

TuSimple, once a buzzy startup considered a leader in self-driving trucks, is trying...

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Fintech Bolt is buying out the investor suing over Ryan Breslow’s $30M loan

Fintech Bolt is buying out the investor suing over Ryan...

Bolt says it has settled its long-standing lawsuit with its investor Activant Capital....

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Dave and Varo Bank execs are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Dave and Varo Bank execs are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt...

The rise of neobanks has been fascinating to witness, as a number of companies in...

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This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now

This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now

In early 2018, VC Mike Moritz wrote in the FT that “Silicon Valley would be wise...

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Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs comes out of stealth with $230M in funding

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs comes out of stealth with $230M...

Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford professor many deem the “Godmother of AI,” has raised $230...