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Leveraging resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow. This is good news: We need more companies attacking cancer from novel…

Y Combinator wants 100 times more MRI scans
AI Safety by design
10:00 am PST • February 10, 2024

Tech’s ability to reinvent the wheel can mean ignoring truths that others have learned. But new founders are sometimes figuring it out for themselves faster than predecessors.

Safety by design

Kai Kloepfer started biometric “smart” gun startup Biofire as a science fair project after the Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting in 2012 brought the U.S.’s gun violence problem close to home.…

Deal Dive: VCs are no longer gunshy about firearm startups

The NFT space has lost a lot of its sparkle over the past few years, but that hasn’t stopped some founders, investors and projects from trucking along in hopes of…

OpenSea takes the long view by focusing on its UX even as NFT sales remain low

It appears emerging price points for AI-powered software products will boost the total addressable market for technology products and help reaccelerate growth at tech companies big and small.

AI is going to save software companies’ dreams of growth

Many of Latin America’s SaaS businesses outperform others at efficiency metrics, but capital scarcity also puts a limit to innovation, although AI could change that.

Why Latin American SaaS startups are different from their US peers

Everbridge’s deal shows that startups shouldn’t expect their valuations to be salvaged that much by cash generation if their growth is all but zero.

Medium news, startups: If you start generating cash, you can sell for 4x ARR

VCs have long supported fast-fashion companies but the controversies and lawsuits they draw makes them riskier investments.

Deal Dive: It’s time for VCs to break up with fast fashion

Even though the two sectors are reaching different levels of mainstream adoption, they are also facing challenges that the other could potentially help alleviate.

AI and blockchains might need one another to evolve, according to new report

It’s not hard to spot the human pain in the market today.

Tech layoffs scale to three-quarter high

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Ethereum developer interest hit new all-time highs in 2023 despite a bear market

Last year, 2023, was especially a home run for Ethereum, which saw SDK installs increase 31% year-over year.

8:00 am PST • January 31, 2024
Ethereum developer interest hit new all-time highs in 2023 despite a bear market

Pitch competitions are a bright spot for underrepresented founders but not without burdens that regular funding doesn’t have.

Pitch competitions help level the playing field for underrepresented founders, but it isn’t enough

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Why there’s no clear winning pricing strategy in B2B SaaS

New data from Maxio indicates that both consumption and subscription pricing have their advantages when it comes to growth, but not at the same time.

12:09 pm PST • January 30, 2024
Why there’s no clear winning pricing strategy in B2B SaaS

Reddit’s feeling out its own IPO valuation is crucial, especially given that hightened regulatory scrutiny is restricting M&A as an exit avenue for unicorns.

Reddit at $5B seems eminently reasonable

Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts. But other researchers aren’t convinced.

Latest room-temperature claims met with heaps of skepticism
AI Can AI do ugly?
10:00 am PST • January 27, 2024

Some thoughts on AI aesthetics, the challenge of uninsurability, and how to pitch a biotech startup to non-experts.

Can AI do ugly?

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Was HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition a wise move?

As you’ll see, the companies think the numbers look pretty good, and they really do match up well (so long as HPE doesn’t mess it up).

12:30 pm PST • January 26, 2024
Was HPE’s $14B Juniper acquisition a wise move?

January has thus far seen 23,670 known tech layoffs, sourced from 85 known reductions, and hitting tech shops big and small.

Yes, the tech layoff surge you are feeling is real

Allianz Direct, a digital-first German subsidiary of the insurance giant, has acquired the French home insurance business of ailing insurtech Luko for €4.3 million (around $4.65 million).

Luko’s acquisition won’t make everyone happy, but the insurtech will live on

Which startups are drawing the most praise from venture folks? A new list compiled by GGV US provides some hints.

VCs are not done betting on fintech

Data from various surveys show that there’s an exodus in academia where it concerns top AI talent — and where they end up.

There’s an AI ‘brain drain’ in academia

Despite all the enthusiasm, there’s a niggling detail that deserves our attention: AI startups often have worse economics than most software startups.

AI startups’ margin profile could ding their long-term worth

Like a tenacious balloon, no matter how hard crypto gets knocked down, it tends to float back up again. But the current crypto bust looks a bit different.

Can crypto’s recent wins resurrect venture interest?

The oil supermajor filed a lawsuit in federal court asking for permission to ignore a shareholder resolution, sidestepping the SEC.

Exxon throws a fit over shareholders exercising their rights

Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.

Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech
AI The two faces of AI
10:00 am PST • January 20, 2024

We all make mistakes. But sometimes we forget that technology does, too — especially when it comes to AI, which is still in its early days in many respects.

The two faces of AI

Startups are in a difficult spot. But the good news is that some untraveled and overgrown exit paths have a chance of opening up this year.

Private equity could be the last resort for startups struggling to exit

Let’s make one thing clear: Reddit going public in the first quarter is not going to throw the IPO window wide open for other private tech companies.

Counting down to the Reddit IPO (again)

Cowboy Ventures predicts that “given the hard shift to enterprise,” we can “hope and expect more exciting consumer unicorns will be born in coming years.”

Consumer tech is bound for a comeback among unicorns, but maybe not just yet

The German automaker previously wavered on EVs. But after posting strong EV sales in 2023, it’s appears to have made up its mind.

BMW’s future growth depends on EVs, and it’s finally going all in