Flexport’s Ryan Petersen joins venture firm Founders Fund as a partner
Flexport founder Ryan Petersen has joined venture capital firm Founders Fund as a partner, as reported by Forbes earlier today. Founders Fund confirmed the move to TechCrunch, providing the following statement from General Partner Trae Stephens: “We’ve always struggled to define the quintessential Founders Fund founder. Clearly, it’s Ryan. We’re
Read MoreMax Q: Astra Spacecraft Engines, Inc.
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4. In this issue: Astra’s corporate reorganization News from Pulsar Fusion and more Astra establishes subsidiary for spacecraft engine business Astra is carving out its spacecraft engine business as a wholly owned subsidiary, a corporate restructuring that will
Read MorePropel Secures €2.5 Million in Funding to Drive Growth and Support Tech Talent Communities
Propel, an African startup headquartered in Berlin, has successfully raised €2.5 million in seed funding. As a provider of last-mile infrastructure for tech talent communities, Propel is focused on driving growth and supporting the needs of these communities. The funding round was led by Dutch venture capital firm No Such
Read MoreTwitch is launching a discovery feed and other short-form video features
Twitch is finally rolling out a Discovery Feed, after years of complaints from its creators about the lack of growth opportunities for smaller streamers. The company announced the Discovery Feed, along with a slew of other new features, during the weekend opening ceremony at TwitchCon Paris. The new features revolve
Read MoreAutomation of Tea Plucking in Kenya
Kenya Tea Development Agency will be putting in measures to enable farmers to adopt mechanization for the plucking of green leaf tea to lower production costs, according to report. Experts, farmers and processors have said there is a need for a radical shift in the production lines, both at the
Read MoreStarlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month
Starlink satellites are making thousands of avoidance maneuvers as low Earth orbit becomes more crowded, feeding worries that a catastrophic impact is inevitable. SpaceX’s orbital communication satellites performed maneuvers just over 25,000 times in the six-month period between December 1, 2022, and May 21, 2023, the company told the Federal
Read MoreYou don’t need VC to develop a consumer tech product
Tom Okman Contributor Share on Twitter Tom Okman is the co-CEO and co-founder of Nord Security, a global leader in internet privacy and security solutions and the company behind NordVPN. For the last decade, scoring a big round of venture capital funding has been the yardstick of success for startups
Read MoreVolunteer your way to attend TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 for free
It takes a small army to produce a world-class tech conference, and we’re searching for a battalion of smart, eager volunteers to lend a hand at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. If you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and help us make Disrupt an amazing
Read MoreVisualizing a determinant identity
The previous post discussed an algorithm developed by Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) for computing determinants. The key identity for proving that Dodgson’s algorithm is correct involves the Desnanot-Jacobi identity from 1841. The identity is intimidating in its symbolic form and yet easy to visualize. In algebraic form
Read MoreCar-sharing revenue could be a first step to mainstream adoption of web3 in the enterprise
As the global crypto market capitalization sits around $1.2 trillion, some industry players are looking to build upon enterprise businesses to grow the pool and potentially bring in greater adoption. The key companies, tactics and business models to bring that in is yet to be determined, but that isn’t stopping
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