Zoom’s Eric Yuan and Emergence’s Santi Subotovsky on navigating the second act at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Emergence Capital General Partner Santi Subotovsky will join the Going Public Stage at Disrupt 2025 in a session called "What Comes After Breakout Success?." Join 10,000+ tech and VC leaders from October 27-29 in San Francisco.
Read moreYouTube Marks 20th Anniversary with YouTube Works Awards in Johannesburg
As part of their 20th Anniversary celebrations, YouTube hosted the YouTube Works Awards in partnership with Kantar, which recognizes brands and agencies that have used YouTube to deliver exceptional storytelling and drive tangible business results. Launched earlier in the year, a panel of industry leaders was convened to judge entries
Read moreUS, China reach ‘framework’ deal for TikTok
The "framework" deal with China is "between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon," CNBC quoted Bessent as saying on the sidelines of a meeting between the two countries in Madrid on Monday.
Read moreSpotify will now let free users pick and play tracks
Spotify is adding new features for free customers that let them pick and play tracks.
Read moreYellow Card Enhances Cross-Border Transactions Through Fireblocks Partnership
Yellow Card is thrilled to announce a massive leap in that mission by officially joining the groundbreaking Fireblocks Network for Payments, bringing emerging markets expertise and proven African infrastructure to a revolutionary global ecosystem. For businesses operating across Africa, the landscape of cross-border payments has long been a complex puzzle
Read moreVisa & Onafriq Unveil “Visa Pay” in the DRC
Onafriq announced a strategic partnership with Visa to launch Visa Pay, a cloud-native Payments-as-a-Service platform designed to expand digital financial access across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Through this partnership, consumers in the DRC will be able to conveniently fund their Visa Pay wallets directly from mobile money channels,
Read moreHarvard Law to AI: MarqVision lands $48M to combat brand abuse
How a Harvard Law grad turned YC founder raised $48M to fight brand abuse in the AI era
Read moreModernizing How to Make Smarter Technology and AI Investments
Organizations need to reevaluate their technology and AI investment processes to avoid slow consensus or impulsive procurement. CIOs should focus on outcomes over features, ensuring alignment with business goals and security. Streamlining evaluation and procurement phases will aid effective technology selections, supporting agile testing and integration for transformative results. The
Read moreOpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we’re in an AI bubble (but that’s okay)
Like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bret Taylor thinks we're in an AI bubble — but he doesn't sound too worried about it.
Read moreVibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it
TechCrunch spoke to experienced coders about their time using AI-generated code about what they see as the future of vibe coding.
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