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    Panoply raises $10M for its cloud data platform – TechCrunch

    Panoply, a platform that makes it easier for businesses to set up a data warehouse and analyze that data with standard SQL queries, today...

    SpaceX and LeoLabs partner up for tracking of Starlink satellite deployments – TechCrunch

    SpaceX and orbital object tracking startup LeoLabs have announced a new commercial partnership that will see LeoLab track SpaceX’s Starlink satellites during their...

    Join Extra Crunch Live today to talk about managing portfolios during a pandemic and good storytelling with GV’s M.G. Siegler – TechCrunch

    If anyone knows early-stage investing and startups, it’s M.G. Siegler. As a general partner at GV, he’s personally invested in his fair share of...

    Google confirms post-Election Day political ad ban, partners with AP on election results – TechCrunch

    Google today announced several updates related to how it’s helping direct people to the polls, provide election results, and help people access real-time...

    TCL announces a $400 5G handset – TechCrunch

    What’s most remarkable about the push for 5G is how quickly the prices came down on handsets sporting the next-gen wireless technology. The push...

    10 favorite startups from Techstars’ October 2020 class – TechCrunch

    A few weeks back, The Exchange dug through a number of Techstars demo days and parsed a few dozen startups to find a few...

    Lightyear scores $3.7M seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement – TechCrunch

    Lightyear, a New York City startup that wants to make it easier for large companies to procure networking infrastructure like internet and SD-WAN, announced...

    Deep tech VC fund The Engine raises $230M for its second fund from MIT and new backer Harvard – TechCrunch

    Deep tech. Hard tech. Or, as The Engine dubs it, Tough Tech. Venture investing today is essentially identical to what happens on Wall Street, focused...

    Daimler Trucks partners with Waymo to build self-driving semi trucks – TechCrunch

    Two automotive giants are teaming up to bring self-driving semi-trucks to market. Under this deal, Waymo and Daimler Trucks are partnering to build...

    Spying a pivot to ghost kitchens, Softbank’s second Vision Fund pours $120 million into Ordermark – TechCrunch

    “We’re building a decentralized ghost kitchen,” is a sentence that could launch a thousand investor calls, and Alex Canter, the chief executive officer behind...

    Zoom launches end-to-end encryption for free meetings — with a catch – TechCrunch

    Zoom, the video calling company that millions turned to during the pandemic, has finally launched end-to-end encrypted video calls for free accounts. The company...

    NASA and SpaceX set November 14 target date for first operational Crew Dragon launch – TechCrunch

    The first mission to officially carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a standard crew rotation is now tentatively set for November 14....

    The Freewrite Traveler is an outstanding, but expensive, dedicated portable writing laptop – TechCrunch

    As a hardware startup, Astrohaus stands apart because of its unique offerings focused specifically on writers and writing. Its debut product, the Freewrite,...

    Lightspeed Venture Partners backs Theta Lake’s video conferencing security tech with $12.7 million – TechCrunch

    Theta Lake, a provider of compliance and security tools for conferencing software like Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Zoom and others, said it has...

    SimilarWeb raises $120M for its AI-based market intelligence platform for sites and apps – TechCrunch

    Israeli startup SimilarWeb has made a name for itself with an AI-based platform that lets sites and apps track and understand traffic not just...

    Impact America Fund closes $55M to invest in startups targeting the world’s overlooked – TechCrunch

    The entire asset class of venture capital is built atop systemic racism. The numbers don’t lie: only 2% of partner-level VCs are Black, and...