Over the past two weeks, two of the year's five biggest publicly reported sales of the year to date were posted with both ringing the 7-figure bell with a combined total of more than $3 million. The hits just kept on coming with a pair of 6-figure sales posted as well. Both of those came [...]
Home services in India — whether it is cleaning, dishwashing, or laundry — have traditionally been offline and informally run. This has often resulted in delays and uncertainties for consumers, as well as inconsistent pay and job insecurity for workers. Recently, however, startups have begun viewing this area as ripe for transformation, leveraging technology to [...]
Jeff Gabriel of Saw.com sent out an email to sellers at Saw.com celebrating his 16th year in the domain business. I thought Jeff’s thoughts on it’s never too late to get in the business was spot on. As he said, “It’s never too late to get in. The domain world is resilient, and the next [...]
Many domain investors go out and find buyers or they get someone who contacts them through email or X. Those domain investors are also seeking to pay a lower commission while processing the transaction. Heck they found or brought the buyer to a specific platform and want to pay as little as possible. Namepros member [...]
A familiar problem is facing new entrants in the AI industry: How do you break through when the incumbents are so entrenched? That’s just one of the questions we’re tackling at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. We’re not just offering answers — we’re bringing insights from top experts like [...]
TechCrunch Sessions: AI takes over UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall in just one week — join us June 5 for a full day of networking, learning sessions, satellite events, and more. And we’re adding another excellent speaker to our already packed lineup: Tkxel founder and CEO Umair Javed, who will be exploring the potency and potential [...]
All Thibault Launay and his wife, Simi, wanted nearly five years ago was to build a dream home in Portugal, where they both now live. But what they encountered instead was a broken system. “Fourteen months of delays, 20% budget overruns, and endless stress managing over 10 subcontractors,” Thibault recalled. They bought the land in [...]
Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA led the round, according to two people familiar with the deal. One person said that [...]
Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karat’s banking product is a natural extension of its credit card offering with Visa. “Six years in, the problem we’re solving is still the same,” co-founder and co-CEO Eric Wei told TechCrunch. [...]
“Startup culture may be great for putting out a new app or building a successful company, but not for distributing tens of millions of people’s benefits. Real people with real interests are at stake,” says Daniel Weiner, director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Elections and Government Program. In other words, when it comes to [...]