Treasure Financial has laid off 14 employees, the fintech startup confirmed to TechCrunch today. The layoffs took place in December. The move affected some 60% to 70% of the company, according to multiple sources familiar with internal operations. Sam Strasser, founder and CEO of Treasure […]
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Match Group promotes Faye Iosotaluno to Tinder CEO
Dating app behemoth Match Group has named Faye Iosotaluno as the new Tinder CEO, two years after the previous CEO Renate Nyborg left the company in August 2022. During that time, Match Group CEO Bernard Kim held the position. Iosotaluno has been working at the […]
The SEC’s X account was hijacked to post a fake approval of Bitcoin ETFs
Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge The Securities and Exchange Commission’s official social media account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a notice on Tuesday evening falsely claiming it had approved listings for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, which has since been deleted. Moments later, SEC […]
Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce
Just a few weeks after its most recent round of layoffs, Unity is once again reducing its workforce. This time, around 1,800 employees will lose their job in the coming weeks as the company is trying to improve its financial performance after a difficult year. […]
What Babbel co-founder has learned over 20 years in the language learning industry
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Markus Witte, the co-founder of the language learning platform Babbel. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
NordVPN two-year plans are up to 67 percent off right now
NordVPN’s latest limited-time sale knocks up to 67 percent off its subscription plans. The Ultimate plan, which includes malware protection and ad blockers on top of VPN access, typically costs $476 for a two-year period. This new year’s deal will bring down the cost of […]
Why Writer’s Palmyra LLM is the little AI model that could for enterprises
New results from Stanford’s HELM show that Writer’s Palmyra LLM may well be the little AI model that could for enterprise use cases.
The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big
Burro has been on our radar since early 2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it’s really the last few years that have seen its agtech offering really take off. […]
Nanoleaf does smart outdoor lights now
Nanoleaf, the company best known for its modular wall lighting tiles, is now moving outside your house. As part of CES 2024’s avalanche of smart home news, the company unveiled its first exterior lights designed to bring extra visibility to your home. It also announced […]
NASA delays its first crewed Artemis mission until September 2025
NASA is delaying its return to the Moon with the Artemis program. “To give Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges with first-time developments, operation and integration, we’re gonna give more time on Artemis 2 and 3,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told reporters […]