CEO update: Giving thanks and building upon our product & engineering foundation
We're looking across the calendar year and seeing how much our team has accomplished and where we need to double down on efforts in the months ahead.
Read moreDigital pharmacy startup Truepill says hackers accessed sensitive data of 2.3 million patients
Truepill, a digital health startup that provides pharmacy fulfillment services for healthcare organizations, has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of more than 2.3 million patients. In a data breach notice published on its website, the company says Postmeds, the parent company behind TruePill, experienced a “cybersecurity incident” that
Read moreTech Spark AI raises $1.4 million to create ChatGPT alternative
Tamar Huggins created the platform with her 13-year-old daughter, and hopes to target the Black Gen Z community. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreForward Health launches CarePods, a self-contained, AI-powered doctor’s office
Adrian Aoun, CEO and co-founder of Forward Health, aims to scale healthcare. It started in 2017 with the launch of tech-forward doctor’s offices that eschewed traditional medical staffing for technology solutions like body scanners, smart sensors, and algorithms that can diagnose ailments. Now, in 2023, he’s still on the same
Read moreSPAC delays $350M merger with stratospheric balloon startup World View – again
The special-purpose acquisition company poised to take stratospheric balloon startup World View public is now under official deadline as shareholders voted to again push back the deadline by which it must complete the deal. World View, which was founded a decade ago, was originally focused on using a fleet of
Read moreMeet Tanda, your friendly neighborhood savings, lending network
Tanda offers a peer-to-peer savings and lending network to small businesses as a way to retain employees, reduce turnover and minimize burnout. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreBuild vs. buy doesn’t matter. Tool adoption does.
Ben and Ryan talk to Rob Skillington, CTO and co-founder of Chronosphere. They talk about how buy vs. buy is a false choice, lessons learned from building developer tooling at Uber, and why building developer tools needs more than technical skills.
Read moreGM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused
General Motors is taking a more active role in shaping the safety culture at Cruise, following a string of incidents that prompted California regulators to suspend permits that allowed the self-driving car subsidiary to operate commercially in the state. The legacy automaker is inserting one of its own executives, who
Read moreMorpheus Space developed a space mission design platform so intuitive even I could use it
In-space propulsion developer Morpheus Space unveiled its first software product today, a mission simulation and design platform called Journey. The product has been under development for almost two years, Morpheus’ product manager Jim Gianakopoulos said in a recent interview (and a recent product walk-through). It was borne out of the
Read moreUpgraded Tesla Cyberquad for Kids back on sale after safety recall
The Tesla Cyberquad for Kids, a $1,900 mini on-road ATV inspired by the yet-to-be delivered Cybertruck, is once again available to purchase at the Tesla Shop after a previous model was recalled in 2022 due to safety concerns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said at the time that the mini
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