Bending Spoons acquires file transfer service WeTransfer
Italy-based company Bending Spoons, which owns apps such as Evernote and Meetup, said today it has acquired file transfer service WeTranfer. WeTransfer CEO, Alexandar Vassilev, said that in the last decade the platform development resulted into 600,000 subscribers and 80 million monthly active users. “Nnurturing creative communities and amplifying their
Read moreSynctera, Unit, and Treasury Prime execs discuss the future of BaaS at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
The serious, long-term negative impact of the bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service (BaaS) fintech Synapse will be significant “on all of fintech, especially consumer-facing services,” one observer has said. In the wake of that company’s collapse, other startups in the space are working hard to prove that not all BaaS are created
Read moreTravel startup Mindtrip’s new feature lets you build an itinerary from a screenshot, YouTube or TikTok video
You can even upload a screenshot of a ticket, or a list of cities you are visiting and ask Mindtrip's assistant to suggest places to visit, bars and restaurants. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreCheckly tests software by mimicking the way people use it
Checkly helps devs get signals about an app's performance and downtime, offering a set of subscription-based synthetic monitoring tools. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEnterprise 2024.5: Encouraging and growing community contributions
The latest Stack Overflow for Teams release makes it easier to encourage and grow contributions to your community through the use of flexible bounties, more user search options, Slack thread summarization, and more.
Read moreApplied Carbon’s farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2
The startup has raised $21.5 million to build more of its machines and deploy them throughout the U.S. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreLightrun launches its AI debugger to help developers fix their production code
Lightrun also on Wednesday disclosed an $18 million SAFE round it raised last year, bringing Lightrun's total funding to date to $45 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThreads now highlights relevant trending topics above posts
Threads users in the U.S. can now see a label that highlights related trending topics above posts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters, researchers say
Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge and Hily all had the same flaw that could have helped a malicious user to identify the near-exact location of another user. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTiger Global partner Alex Cook to leave firm, sources say
Alex Cook, a partner at Tiger Global who oversaw some of its largest fintech investments, is departing the firm after a tenure of nearly seven years, three people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Cook has briefed multiple people around him about his departure news in recent days, although he
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