SignalFire’s State of Talent report 2023
Heather Doshay Contributor Share on Twitter Heather Doshay is partner, People + Talent, at early-stage venture firm SignalFire, where she leads recruiting programs for the portfolio and advises founders on applying the firm's Beacon AI for hiring. She's spent 15+ years as a people and talent executive at Webflow, RainforestQA
Read moreUnicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake
Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So, after raising more than $200 million in venture capital, IRL
Read moreTelegram is adding Stories next month
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced today that the messaging app is adding Stories in early July. Durov says users have been asking for the feature for years, noting that more than half of all feature requests that Telegram receives are related to Stories. The company was initially against adding Stories
Read moreCoinbase execs: As global crypto policy grows, US has urgent need for legislation
Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges globally, has been around for 10 years. And while the company has grown its offerings, products and services, its policy talking points haven’t changed dramatically, Kara Calvert, head of U.S. policy at Coinbase told TechCrunch+. But what has changed, she said, is the
Read moreRussian hacking device on track to make $80 million worth of sales
You may have stumbled across the Flipper Zero hacking device that’s been doing the rounds. The Russia-based company claims it is on track to sell $80 million worth of ’em this year after selling almost $5 million worth as Kickstarter preorders — and it claims it sold $25 million worth
Read moreDon’t wait to identify your startup’s ideal customer personas
Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor The 3 stages of building world-class growth funnels Paid acquisition: The #1 way to find product-market fit
Read moreCanadians very trusting of generative AI despite threats to consumer safety and security: Capgemini
Six months ago, OpenAI’s ChatGPT captured the interests of experts and amateurs globally for its endless, growing capabilities but also for its many peculiar faux pas. Canadians, however, remain highly enthusiastic about the host of generative AI tools seeing the light of day at a breathtaking pace. A new Capgemini
Read moreSchwank’s Portable Infrared Grill will massively elevate your cook-out game
Perhaps you think yourself a talented grillmaster, maybe someone who has mastered a propane, charcoal or even wood-fired BBQ. You’ll be surprised to learn that for a huge percentage of outdoor cooking, there’s an even better way to do things, based on how pro steakhouses make their customers happy, and
Read moreLynk connects Palau’s off-grid islands with satellite texting
Satellite-to-phone connectivity provider Lynk has made its debut in Palau, where the nation’s hundreds of islands make traditional cell coverage difficult to achieve. The company’s “cell towers in space” now cover the entire country — intermittently, but that’s a lot better than nothing, and service will improve as more satellites
Read moreThoughtSpot acquires Mode Analytics, a BI platform, for $200M in cash and stock
ThoughtSpot, an AI-powered analytics startup, today announced that it’s entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mode Analytics, a business intelligence platform, for $200 million in cash and stock. The deal, ThoughtSpot CEO Sudheesh Nair says, will bolster ThoughtSpot’s generative AI capabilities while doubling the company’s customer base and growing
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