Hardware companies dominate a list of promising climate tech startups
What will it take for a startup to make a dent in climate change? The most promising candidates tend to be hardware startups that have spent years developing and proving…
From their experiences at Uber and PayPal, Palm founders want to make moving cash easier for big companies
At Uber, Gurjit Pannu remembers moving billions in cash across bank accounts globally, realizing almost immediately the importance of effective cash flow management. Christian Sobkowski, meanwhile, recalls his days working…
Laptop-leasing startup Fleet wants to become the IT companion for small companies
Bootstrapped companies don’t come up in startup news as often as those backed by venture capital, as the former don’t have shiny funding rounds to flaunt. Fleet is a good…
Uber cozies up to more AV companies, Canoo loses another founder and Waymo sees potential in teen riders
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The EV…
Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa
Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group. In…
Fintech shutdowns, Klarna’s move into banking and which companies are hiring
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the respective demise of Tally and Score, plus examining Klarna’s latest business move. We also have a list of fintech companies…
These fintech companies are hiring, despite a rough market in 2024
The fintech segment, which saw massive growth during the pandemic and immediately after, has had a fairly rough 2024. But while the rapid pace of funding has slowed, many fintechs…
Rippling’s Parker Conrad says founders should ‘go all the way to the ground’ to run their companies
HR startup Rippling has grown into a company valued at $13.5 billion with more than 3,200 employees. Despite that size, its founder and CEO Parker Conrad still approves every expense…
This Week in AI: Companies are growing skeptical of AI’s ROI
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, Gartner released a report suggesting that around a third of generative AI projects in the enterprise will be…
Cyabra, a startup helping companies and governments detect disinformation, plans to go public via SPAC
Cyabra, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps public and private organizations detect and fight mis- and disinformation campaigns by finding fake accounts on social media, on Tuesday announced that it…