Good morning, and welcome to the end of another week! In an overall quiet year, the last few months have been pretty spicy when it comes to M&A activity: Atlassian bought Loom; Cisco bought Splunk; and Microsoft finally closed on its bid to buy Activision. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.Use discount code … Read more
Crysencio Summerville’s double capped a stunning fightback from Leeds as they came back from two goals down to beat Norwich 3-2 as Daniel Farke made a triumphant return to Carrow Road. Shane Duffy gave the Canaries an early lead before Gabriel Sara made it 2-0 at half-time, but the visitors pulled one back after the … Read more
Good morning, and welcome to Friday! Atlassian’s purchase of Loom last week raised eyebrows, and not just because it missed unicorn status by a hair. But overall, it makes sense that Atlassian bought it. “Teaming and collaboration is moving to async video, and that was the one big piece missing for Atlassian,” Constellation Research’s Ray … Read more
Follow-on financing is harder to raise these days, which means founders must watch their spending like hawks while keeping the peace with their investors like sweet, cooing doves. Which proofs are investors looking for before they’ll commit to additional funding, what’s an acceptable burn rate, and how much runway do you need before raising more? … Read more
Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt (recaps coming soon), I spent less time than usual in the green room where staff and speakers work behind the scenes, and spent hours walking around Moscone Center. More than 10,000 people passed through the conference hall over three days: I moderated three investor panels and a Q&A, but I … Read more
Wales suffered a heavy 5-1 Women’s Nations League defeat by Denmark as Pernille Harder struck a Cardiff hat-trick. Bayern Munich striker Harder, once the world’s most expensive female player after moving from Wolfsburg to Chelsea in 2020, left Wales with a mountain to climb after scoring twice inside the opening 11 minutes. Although Jess Fishlock … Read more
Software is a company’s third-largest expense, but because it’s spread across multiple departments, it’s the CFO’s responsibility to find places to cut. In a TC+ column that includes spending benchmarks (based on employee size), CloudEagle founder and CEO Nidhi Jain shares her “cost-optimization playbook” for SaaS startups. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.Use … Read more
Few VCs are experts in machine learning or building deep learning frameworks, but most of them are pretty good with unit economics. Which is why they’re laser-focused on generative AI’s tech stack. Whether it’s infrastructure, middleware, applications or something else, investors are looking for founders who can dig defensible moats and dominate. Full TechCrunch+ articles … Read more
Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel secured an important level for his crew within the closing moments of their Champions League Group E match in opposition to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday when he headed within the equaliser, giving his crew a 1-1 draw. 5 minutes into stoppage time, the goalkeeper, after venturing up the pitch for a … Read more
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The RTX 4060 isn’t a horrible card by any means. Some individuals will in all probability say it’s, however throughout our benchmark suite, it was universally quicker than the earlier era RTX 3060 at each setting that mattered (which means, not counting 4K extremely efficiency, the place neither card delivered acceptable efficiency). There will likely … Read more