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Telegram’s userbase climbs to 950M, plans to launch app store
Messaging app Telegram has reached 950 million active users, and it aims to cross the 1 billion mark…
India scraps ‘angel tax’ in boost to startups
India’s federal government has removed the controversial “angel tax” for all classes of investors, delivering a major victory…
Kakao founder arrested over alleged market manipulation
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for Brian Kim, the founder of South Korean internet giant Kakao,…
Wiz walks away from Google’s $23B acquisition offer: Read the CEO’s note to employees
Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to…
Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity
Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last…
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…
TechCrunch 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…
Fintech Fragment eases ledger problems, nabs $9M from Stripe, Jack Altman, BoxGroup, others
Ask any engineer tasked with tracking customer balances, what the experience is like, and you’ll get a deep sigh that…
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 in San Francisco is fast approaching, and we’re seeking highly motivated volunteers to support our…
The 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…
17-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…
Google’s Jigsaw open-sources Altitude to help online platforms weed out extremist content
Google’s incubator subsidiary Jigsaw has open-sourced a counterterrorism tool designed to help smaller companies address extremist content shared…
What you need to know about the CrowdStrike outage
Late last week, there was a worldwide tech outage that affected everything from airports to banks to healthcare.…
Cohere raises $500M to beat back generative AI rivals
Cohere, a generative AI startup co-founded by ex-Google researchers, has raised $500 million in new cash from investors…
India’s Swiggy turns its Minis service for small businesses into a link-in-bio landing page
Indian food delivery and quick commerce startup Swiggy is pivoting one of its smaller businesses: Swiggy Minis, its…