It’s been an eventful year for both investors and founders. Just when the 2021 venture capital boom seemed to be slowing down, the startup and VC world turned on its axis virtually overnight, creating a new dynamic of ‘grow at…

Eugene Rocco I had the idea for Mastodon and built it about six years ago when Twitter plummeted again. A developer already interested in and working with open source software, he got the idea for his Mastodon from a federated…

curl sloppy Contributor curl sloppy COO and co-founder of Founder Shield, a commercial insurance broker. Often high-growth companies Set important goals with the full understanding that the “overnight success” idea is for storybooks. But there’s no better time to plan…

As a fairly commercially successful author once wrote, “The night is dark and terrifying; the day is bright and beautiful and hopeful.” This is a good image for AI, which, like all technologies, has its strengths and weaknesses. Art generation…

Indian fintech Money View raised $75 million in a new funding round for the second time this year despite a market downturn as it seeks to expand its core credit business and build more products in South Asian markets on…

Twitter in crisis This day. Under new owner Elon Musk, the service has lost more than half of its staff through layoffs and retirements, has shown shaky moves in its product and platform strategy, and is facing reports about its…

We made it! Another year (nearly!) complete. Go team! The end of the year means many things — holidays, food, family, reflection, etc. Around these parts, it also means it’s time for the TechCrunch Favorite Things list. Each year Team TechCrunch…

The year is coming to an end. With that, we continue our annual tradition of writing ax words about the x-piece. This year means trying to cram 2022 into his 2,022 words. As you can imagine, it’s a lot. I…

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If you are a parent of young children, you will often hear the phrase “Where is Santa now?” on Christmas Eve.When tracking tools like NORAD Santa Tracker When Google’s Santa Trackereveryone will know when Father’s Christmas is coming. Here’s how…