Monarch Tractor CEO says $133M raise will help it escape ‘quite a challenging time’
Monarch Tractor was in a tricky spot late last year as the autonomous electric tractor startup juggled growth and an uncertain fundraising environment. Now, with $133 million in new funds, CEO Praveen Penmetsa tells TechCrunch that the startup is plowing ahead into greener pastures. The $133 million Series C funding
Read MoreCrowdStrike CEO to testify about massive outage that halted flights and hospitals
Image: The Verge CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz was called to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee over the major outage affecting Windows PCs spurred by a faulty update that brought flights, hospital procedures, and broadcasters to a halt on Friday, The Washington Post reported. “Recognizing that Americans will undoubtedly
Read MoreTechCrunch Space: SpaceX’s big plans to bring the ISS back to Earth
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Before we begin, a quick note: I write this newsletter on Friday and it gets delivered to you on Monday. So if I neglect to mention a world-historical event that happens over the weekend — like, say, the attempted assassination of a former
Read MoreSolvability of linear systems over finite fields
If you have n equations in n unknowns over a finite field with q elements, how likely is it that the system of equations has a solution? The number of possible n × n matrices with entries from a field of size q is qn². The set of invertible n ×
Read More17-year-old Eric Zhu’s startup was built in a high school bathroom — now it’s raised $2.3M and is emerging from stealth
Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very typical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old’s startup is emerging from stealth with $2.3 million in venture funding. Aviato tracks funding rounds and headcount, similar to competitors
Read MoreThe Scene’s new app helps New Yorkers find dining and nightlife spots
Choosing between New York City’s nearly 25,000 restaurants can be overwhelming. The pressure is especially high when you’re trying to impress a first date (or investor) or entertain family from out of town. A new app launched over the weekend to address precisely that. The Scene, an iOS-only “pocket concierge
Read MoreGoogle’s Jigsaw open sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content
Nine months on, and Jigsaw is now formally handing Altitude over to Tech Against Terrorism, which will continue its development and maintenance. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreTechCrunch Minute: What caused last week’s major tech outage?
Late last week, there was a worldwide tech outage that affected everything from airports to banks to healthcare. Flights were grounded across the United States. So, what actually happened? The source of all those problems seems to be a popular cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike and its flagship software product Falcon
Read MoreOracle’s Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner
Infobip, a global cloud communications platform and a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has strengthened its collaboration with Oracle by becoming an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) with access to Oracle Integration Cloud. Now, businesses using any Oracle solution can leverage Infobip’s omnichannel platform through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace (OCM).
Read MoreBe a TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 volunteer
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is fast approaching, and we’re seeking highly motivated volunteers to support our events team. If you dream of becoming a startup founder, marketer, or event coordinator, this experience offers an invaluable glimpse into the inner workings of a top-tier tech startup conference. Volunteer tasks
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