Cloud infrastructure startup Render raised a $100M Series C extension led by Georgian Partners at a $1.5B valuation, and says 4.5M+ developers use its tools
Venture capitalists are doubling down on Render, a startup offering easy-to-use cloud infrastructure.
a16z releases a report, citing Mercury data, on the top 50 AI companies that startups pay; OpenAI leads, followed by Anthropic, Replit, Freepik, and ElevenLabs
On Thursday, Andreessen Horowitz released its first AI Spending Report in partnership with the fintech firm Mercury.
Opendoor names Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian as its CEO, following Carrie Wheeler's ouster, and appoints co-founder Keith Rabois as its chairman; OPEN jumps 50%+
Stock Soars The Real Deal : Opendoor names Shopify exec as CEO Emily Jarvie / Proactive : Opendoor Technologies stock surges as it names Shopify's Kaz Nejatian as CEO Michael Groth...
Twitter lays off about half its staff, sending a “Your Role at Twitter” email to their company account for those staying and personal account for those leaving
which was maybe ~80-100 people — is down to just two people after layoffs today.... Will Oremus / @willoremus : Here's the first official communication from Twitter's new leadershi...
Sources describe Twitter after mass layoffs: key teams gutted, severance packages account for WARN Act, ad hoc directories of remaining workers in Google Docs
I. The Snap — The email went out at 5:21 PT PT on Thursday. — For a full week, Twitter employees had waited in hopes …
In a memo, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a hiring freeze and other cost-cutting efforts; VP of product Jay Sullivan will take over as head of product
By tweeting that his Twitter deal is “on hold”, Musk yet again commits “lite securities fraud” while laying the groundwork to walk away or renegotiate the price
Musk's Deal On Hold Politique Republic : Elon Musk is Paying Too Much for Twitter Chandraveer Mathur / iPhone Hacks : Elon Musk Says the $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is ‘on Hold’ Owen ...
Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” pending a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but he is “still committed to acquisition”; stock drops 5%+
Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .
Home buying startup Opendoor announces it's going public by merging with Chamath Palihapitiya's SPAC
AI-based accounts payable platform Tipalti raises $76M Series D led by Zeev Ventures and joined by Dick Costolo and Adam Bain's 01 Advisors, among others
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Tweets: @ingridlunden and @adambain Tweets: Ingrid / @ingridlunden : I can't say accounting makes my heart beat faster (well, I guess it does if I'm o...