Tech’s biggest companies are worth ~$5T as 2019’s epic stock market run wraps

Tech’s biggest companies are worth ~$5T as 2019’s epic stock market run wraps

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Look, this is the last post I’m writing in 2019 and I’m tired. But I can’t let the year close without taking stock of how well tech stocks...

TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice

TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice

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The Pallone-Thrune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into...

TechCrunch Include yearly report

TechCrunch Include yearly report

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Welcome to the third annual TechCrunch Include Progress Report. Our editorial and events teams work hard throughout the year to ensure that...

How income share agreements will spark the rise of career accelerators

How income share agreements will spark the rise of career accelerators

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The income share agreement (ISA), a financing model where students pay for an education program with a certain percent of their income for...

Can a $30 pair of wireless earbuds actually be any good?

Can a $30 pair of wireless earbuds actually be any good?

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2019 was the year wireless earbuds went mainstream. The category has been around much longer, of course, and Apple really broke the whole thing...

Counting down Boston’s biggest venture rounds from 2019

Counting down Boston’s biggest venture rounds from 2019

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Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today, the last day...

InsightFinder get $2M seed to automate outage prevention

InsightFinder get $2M seed to automate outage prevention

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InsightFinder, a startup from North Carolina based on 15 years of academic research, wants to bring machine learning to system monitoring to...

Shipfix raises $4.5M seed for its dry cargo shipping platform

Shipfix raises $4.5M seed for its dry cargo shipping platform

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Shipfix, a relatively new startup aiming to drag the dry cargo shipping industry into the digital age, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding. Leading...

India’s richest man is ready to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart

India’s richest man is ready to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart

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As Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart spend billions to make a dent in India’s retail market and reel from recent regulatory hurdles, the two...

Uber and Postmates claim gig worker bill AB-5 is unconstitutional in new lawsuit

Uber and Postmates claim gig worker bill AB-5 is unconstitutional in new lawsuit

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Postmates and Uber have filed a complaint in California federal district court, alleging that a bill limiting how companies can label workers...

Huawei’s revenue hits record $122B this year despite U.S. sanctions, forecasts ‘difficult’ 2020

Huawei’s revenue hits record $122B this year despite U.S. sanctions, forecasts ‘difficult’ 2020

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Huawei reported resilient revenue for 2019 on Tuesday as the embattled Chinese technology group continues to grow despite prolonged American...

The five biggest rounds in tech in 2019 and what they mean

The five biggest rounds in tech in 2019 and what they mean

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Funding for tech startups has been on an inevitable upswing for years, a result of a virtuous circle where wildly successful tech companies...

In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment

In the shadow of Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle startups are having a moment

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Venture capital investment exploded across a number of geographies in 2019 despite the constant threat of an economic downturn. San Francisco,...

Commercial space is going mainstream in 2020

Commercial space is going mainstream in 2020

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2019 was a packed year for commercial space and space startups, but 2020 isn’t likely to see any kind of slowdown. In fact, it’s going to get...

Listen to top VCs discuss the next generation of automation startups at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI

Listen to top VCs discuss the next generation of automation startups at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI

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Robotics, AI and automation have long been one of the hottest categories for tech investments. After years and decades of talk, however, those...

Daily Crunch: VMware completes Pivotal acquisition

Daily Crunch: VMware completes Pivotal acquisition

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The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every...

Just how good was 2019 for wireless headphones? Very, very good.

Just how good was 2019 for wireless headphones? Very, very good.

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Companies sold a lot of wireless headphone in 2019. You already knew that though, right? What you probably didn’t know was precisely how many...

What’s beyond Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods in the future of food?

What’s beyond Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods in the future of food?

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The age of alternative meats is upon us.  Beyond Meat is a $5 billion public company selling burgers in Canadian McDonald’s and American...

Typeform Premium is now 25% off for Extra Crunch members

Typeform Premium is now 25% off for Extra Crunch members

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We’re excited to announce a new Extra Crunch community perk from Typeform. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can...

While other tech giants fund housing initiatives, Amazon is opening a homeless shelter — inside its HQ

While other tech giants fund housing initiatives, Amazon is opening a homeless shelter — inside its HQ

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As big tech gets bigger, industry leaders have begun making more noise about helping homeless populations, particularly in those regions where...