[[{“value”:” Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn’t have a credit card. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Healthy growth helps B2B food e-commerce startup Pepper nab $30 million led by ICONIQ Growth
[[{“value”:” Co-founder and CEO Bowie Cheung, who previously worked at Uber Eats, said the company now has 200 customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Vote for your Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice favs
[[{“value”:” We received countless submissions to speak at this year’s Disrupt 2024. After carefully sifting through all the applications, we’ve narrowed it down to 19 session finalists. Now we need your help to choose who will actually speak at the conference! Vote for the sessions you most want to see at Disrupt in October. You can […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Booking.com latest to fall under EU market power rules
[[{“value”:” Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the EU’s DMA, meaning the firm will be regulated under the bloc’s market fairness framework. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
‘Got that boomer!’: How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts
[[{“value”:” Estate is an invite-only website that has helped hundreds of attackers make thousands of phone calls aimed at stealing account passcodes, according to its leaked database. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Permira is taking Squarespace private in a $6.9 billion deal
[[{“value”:” Squarespace is being taken private in an all-cash deal that values the company on an equity basis at $6.6 billion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Buy Me a Coffee’s founder has built an AI-powered voice note app
[[{“value”:” AI-powered tools like OpenAI’s Whisper have enabled many apps to make transcription an integral part of their feature set for personal note-taking, and the space has quickly flourished as a result. Apps like AudioPen, Cleft Notes and TalkNotes have proliferated across app stores and the internet, but most offer a pretty limited feature set: They […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and GenAI products to Indian businesses
[[{“value”:” Airtel, India’s second-largest telco, is partnering with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and GenAI solutions to Indian businesses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Women in AI: Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
[[{“value”:” To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’re publishing these pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
[[{“value”:” We took the pulse of emerging fund managers about what it’s been like for them during these post-ZERP, venture-capital-winter years. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]