Reddit at $5B seems eminently reasonable
Reddit's feeling out its own IPO valuation is crucial, especially given that hightened regulatory scrutiny is restricting M&A as an exit avenue for unicorns. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreChris’ Corner: More Like Celebrating Style Skills
It’s January and we’re seeing a little round of CSS wishlists make the rounds. Tyler Sticka is mostly hoping for better support on stuff that already is starting to cook, like View Transitions, anchor positioning, balanced text, and scroll-driven animations. But he’s got his own new wishes and has done
Read MoreAny growth is good, but sustainable growth is the key to success
What worked for PayPal is a good example of how your startup can start looking for its best routes to market, too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreVisible wants to track your illness, more than your fitness
There’s no shortage of health and fitness trackers — the list of suppliers is as long as my arm, ranging from the mainstream (Apple, Google, Samsung, Fitbit, Withings) to the more esoteric and specialized (Polar, Suunto, Garmin). The assumption underpinning each of those devices is that you’re more or less
Read MoreCap VC wants to be the AI-powered ‘operating system’ for VCs
Cap VC is launching a tool for VC firms, and is planning to expand its offering to startups raising money. The idea is to make better investment decisions, faster, using the power of AI. VC is a people-business above all, but as AIs are getting closer and closer to being
Read MoreHearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law to start today
Work on the second plank of the Liberal government’s cybersecurity and privacy strategy starts this afternoon. That’s when the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security opens hearings on Bill C-26, which amends legislation governing telecommunications companies and creates the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (CCSPA).
Read MoreShortwave email client will show AI-powered summaries automatically
Shortwave email client, built by former Google engineers, is launching new AI-powered features such as instant summaries that will show up atop an email, a writing assistant to echo your writing, and extending its AI assistant function to iOS and Android, and multi-select AI actions. The startup introduced AI-powered summaries
Read MoreMeta will share data with researchers studying online well-being
Ahead of a major Congressional hearing about children’s online safety, Meta has announced a collaboration with the Center for Open Science, a non-profit dedicated to transparency in academic research. As part of this pilot program, Meta says it will share “privacy-preserving social media data” with select academic researchers who study
Read MoreInstagram head confirms test of ‘Flipside,’ a feature that turns ‘finstas’ into an official product
Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is testing a feature called Flipside — an experiment that would essentially turn users’ “finstas” — their separate, private, and more personal accounts — into a new product feature. Flipside was first spotted in development last year, but Instagram said it was only
Read MoreHow a browser startup is taking on Google search
Today, we're talking about Arc's new mobile app vs. Google search; why Reddit's IPO might finally happen; why Meta :heart: Apple; and... what Garry said. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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