Month: April 2023
Pet influencers are hotter than ever. But how do dogs do taxes?
[ad_1] A dog-weary husky with bright pink ears lounges on the hotel’s marble floor, napping before his next meet-and-greet. All around her, the atrium rings with the click of Louboutins and businessmen chatting over expensive cocktails. The stone resting place isn’t as comfortable as the plush pet bed he’s used to, but the pup’s luxurious…
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The last batch of YC was surely a lot of ‘maybe the AI can do… this?’
[ad_1] Sitting across hundreds of startups in YC Demo Days, you’re not always sure if you’re really perceiving patterns or if your brain, like coffee fighting monotony, is making them up in a kind of pareidolia for business plans. This year, however, the theme was pretty obvious: “AI can probably do that! Maybe.” Certainly, today’s…
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Selling insurance is hard, but that’s not bad news for insurtechs
[ad_1] WWelcome to TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly newsletter of startups and markets. It is inspired by the TechCrunch+ daily column where it gets its name. Do you want it in your inbox every Saturday? Register here. I spent a lot a little time lately looking at the latest in insurtech. The good thing about zooming…
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We keep talking about Y Combinator valuations
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and co-host of Equity Natasha Mascarenhas. To receive this in your inbox, subscribe here. The new era of Y Combinator, with smaller lots, a new focus on just early-stage investing, and a new CEO, is in full swing.…
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Tragic Murder in San Francisco, Twitter Shoots Dogecoin, and Android Gets an Account Delete Option
[ad_1] It’s that time of the week, folks: Week in Review (WiR). If you’re new to WiR, it’s the newsletter where TechCrunch sums up what week in tech it was. We get it, you’re a busy person. we all are. So what better way to catch up on what happened than in the form of…
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