WhatsApp is preparing to roll out third-party chat support
With a month away from the Digital Markets Act (DMA) deadline, WhatsApp is preparing to allow other messaging networks in...
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Medium news, startups: If you start generating cash, you can sell for 4x ARR
Everbridge's deal shows that startups shouldn't expect their valuations to be salvaged that much by cash generation if their growth...
EV startup Arrival looks to sell off assets, intellectual property of UK division
Commercial EV startup Arrival’s business continues to unravel. Arrival announced Monday in a regulatory filing that its U.K. division is...
Motional loses a backer, another micromobility bankruptcy and a mobility startup unicorn is born
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Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now involve AI
Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime...
Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear shut down
The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of...
Sample Series A pitch deck: PhageLab’s $11M deck
As a species, we have a problem. Bacteria are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. Makes sense: Antibiotics kill...
Amazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app
Amazon announced today the launch of an AI-powered shopping assistant it’s calling Rufus that’s been trained on the e-commerce giant’s...
Media startup The Messenger disintegrates, leaving staff nothing
They say don’t shoot the messenger, but what if The Messenger shoots itself? Media startup The Messenger burst on the...
Wattpad, a storytelling platform, conducts another layoff round
Wattpad, a Toronto-based storytelling platform owned by Naver’s Webtoon Entertainment, conducted another round of layoffs earlier this month. Wattpad has cut...