Fluid Truck’s board ousted its sibling co-founders amid allegations of mismanaging funds
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Fluid Truck’s board ousted its sibling co-founders amid allegations of mismanaging funds

Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders – CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder – according to sources familiar with the matter. The shakeup, which employees have described as a hostile takeover, was led by two minority investors on the […]

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Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry, has ousted its sibling co-founders – CEO James Eberhard and chief legal counsel Jenifer Snyder – according to sources familiar with the matter. The shakeup, which employees have described as a hostile takeover, was led by two minority investors on the
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Polestar is getting a new CEO amid EV sales slump
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Polestar is getting a new CEO amid EV sales slump

Just weeks ago, during an interview with TechCrunch, Thomas Ingenlath laid out his plan to turn Polestar into a self-sustaining company. Now, he’s out.  Polestar said Tuesday Ingenlath has resigned as CEO, a position he has held since the EV startup spun out of Volvo in 2017. He will be replaced by Michael Lohscheller, who was […]

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Just weeks ago, during an interview with TechCrunch, Thomas Ingenlath laid out his plan to turn Polestar into a self-sustaining company. Now, he’s out.  Polestar said Tuesday Ingenlath has resigned as CEO, a position he has held since the EV startup spun out of Volvo in 2017. He will be replaced by Michael Lohscheller, who was
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VCs and founders talk finding (and keeping) product-market fit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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VCs and founders talk finding (and keeping) product-market fit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

You’ve got the product — now how do you find customers? And once you find those customers, how do you keep them coming back for more? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place October 28-30 in San Francisco, we’re bringing Spenser Skates, April Underwood and Tamar Yehoshua to the Builders Stage to discuss how startups can […]

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You’ve got the product — now how do you find customers? And once you find those customers, how do you keep them coming back for more? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place October 28-30 in San Francisco, we’re bringing Spenser Skates, April Underwood and Tamar Yehoshua to the Builders Stage to discuss how startups can
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Born from San Francisco’s AI hackathons, Agency lets you see what your AI agents do
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Born from San Francisco’s AI hackathons, Agency lets you see what your AI agents do

After a long week of coding, you might assume San Francisco’s builders would retreat into the Bay Area’s mountains, beaches or vibrant clubbing scene. But in reality, when the week stops, the AI hackathons begin. In the last few years, San Francisco has exploded with AI hackathons. On any given Saturday or Sunday, technologists give […]

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After a long week of coding, you might assume San Francisco’s builders would retreat into the Bay Area’s mountains, beaches or vibrant clubbing scene. But in reality, when the week stops, the AI hackathons begin. In the last few years, San Francisco has exploded with AI hackathons. On any given Saturday or Sunday, technologists give
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Pylon lands $17M investment to build a full service B2B customer service platform
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Pylon lands $17M investment to build a full service B2B customer service platform

Marty Kausas, Pylon’s CEO and co-founder, says they quickly learned that the omnichannel approach the company originally took was just a first step, and customers were clamoring for more.

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Marty Kausas, Pylon’s CEO and co-founder, says they quickly learned that the omnichannel approach the company originally took was just a first step, and customers were clamoring for more.
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Fast-growing immigrant-focused neobank Comun has secured $21.5M in new funding just months after its last raise
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Fast-growing immigrant-focused neobank Comun has secured $21.5M in new funding just months after its last raise

Comun, a digital bank focused on serving immigrants in the United States, has raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round less than nine months after announcing a $4.5 million raise, TechCrunch is the first to report. This is a crowded space, filled with a number of startups, including Tanda, Bloom Money, Majority, Welcome […]

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Comun, a digital bank focused on serving immigrants in the United States, has raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round less than nine months after announcing a $4.5 million raise, TechCrunch is the first to report. This is a crowded space, filled with a number of startups, including Tanda, Bloom Money, Majority, Welcome
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India’s VerSe buys Valueleaf to boost digital marketing
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India’s VerSe buys Valueleaf to boost digital marketing

VerSe Innovation, India’s content tech startup, has acquired digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group to bolster its presence in the Indian digital ad space.

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VerSe Innovation, India’s content tech startup, has acquired digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group to bolster its presence in the Indian digital ad space.
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How Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAM startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed
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How Techstars, Meta helped profitable LatAM startup Mercately raise a $2.6M seed

In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to buy things online. It was even the ecommerce platform of choice in the region during the pandemic. But WhatsApp is designed to be a messaging platform, not an e-commerce site. A startup called Mercately is […]

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In Latin American countries like Brazil and Chile, messaging platform WhatsApp has become one of the most popular apps to buy things online. It was even the ecommerce platform of choice in the region during the pandemic. But WhatsApp is designed to be a messaging platform, not an e-commerce site. A startup called Mercately is
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Eric Ly from KarmaCheck shares his entrepreneurial lessons after decades in the industry
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Eric Ly from KarmaCheck shares his entrepreneurial lessons after decades in the industry

Eric Ly has a storied career: he started as an engineering intern at IBM, and twenty years later found himself co-starting and serving as the founding CTO of LinkedIn. After that, he went on to start a slew of companies, including his most recent one, KarmaCheck, which uses AI-driven technology to make background checks easier. […]

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Eric Ly has a storied career: he started as an engineering intern at IBM, and twenty years later found himself co-starting and serving as the founding CTO of LinkedIn. After that, he went on to start a slew of companies, including his most recent one, KarmaCheck, which uses AI-driven technology to make background checks easier.
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Is open source AI possible, let alone the future? Find out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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Is open source AI possible, let alone the future? Find out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Some believe open source AI is a way to break out of the familiar proprietary software quagmire that the technology has predictably fallen into. Hugging Face’s Irene Solaiman and AI2’s Ali Farhadi will discuss this complex issue on a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 — taking place in San Francisco from October 28-30. AI may […]

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Some believe open source AI is a way to break out of the familiar proprietary software quagmire that the technology has predictably fallen into. Hugging Face’s Irene Solaiman and AI2’s Ali Farhadi will discuss this complex issue on a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 — taking place in San Francisco from October 28-30. AI may
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