As deal rumors fly, Alphabet and HubSpot would be a strange pairing
Reuters reported on Thursday that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is exploring the possibility of buying Boston-based HubSpot, a CRM and marketing automation company with a market cap of over $33 billion – a number that has been climbing on those reports. If such a deal were to happen, the cost
Read moreFacebook’s Oculus acquisition turns 10
Every year, Time Magazine issues a list of the 200 best inventions of the past 12 months. Frankly, I don’t know how the editors do it. The dirty secret of this job is that true, game-changing inventions rarely cross your desk. In fact, you’re extraordinarily lucky if you average one
Read moreAgainst games industry doldrums, Bitkraft Ventures raises $275M to back studios and platforms
Bitkraft Ventures — a games investor based out of Denver, Colorado, but with European founders — has raised its third fund, coming in at $275 million. The fund will make seed and Series A investments in gaming studios, and platforms to support game production. The moves comes at a time
Read moreFord delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality
Ford is unusual in that it performs best when thinking like a startup, something it appears to have taken to heart recently, EV delays notwithstanding. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreYC’s latest Demo Day shows fascinating wagers on healthcare, chip design, AI and more
As we did on Wednesday, a number of the TechCrunch crew watched the entire run of presentations, picking out a handful of favorites to highlight. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMeet the startup pitch finalists at TC Early Stage 2024: ChargeBay, GovGPT, Ti¢ker
TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 is gearing up to showcase the next wave of innovation. Among the standout finalists for the highly anticipated “So You Think You Can Pitch” segment are three groundbreaking startups ready to make their mark. These finalists represent diverse sectors, from social media to civic tech to
Read moreX warns that you might lose followers as it does another bot sweep
X is warning users they may see a reduction in their follower counts as the company attempts to clear the network of some spammers and bots in a large sweep. Via an announcement published by X’s Safety account, the company on Thursday will begin a “significant, proactive initiative” to eliminate
Read moreOpenStack improves support for AI workloads
OpenStack allows enterprises to manage their own AWS-like private clouds on-premises. Even after 29 releases, it’s still among the most active open-source projects in the world and this week, the OpenInfra Foundation that shepherds the project announced the launch of version 29 of OpenStack. Dubbed ‘Caracal,’ this new release emphasizes
Read moreNet neutrality won’t survive a Trump presidency
Net neutrality’s long trip toward (then away from, then toward again, then away, and now once more toward) federal protections against broadband meddling may be entering its final chapter, either to die forever or be enshrined in law — dependin, like so many things, on the outcome of the election
Read moreFintech funding slows to the lowest level since 2017
CB Insights released its Q1 2024 State of Venture Report, revealing that fintech funding slid by 16% during the three-month period. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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