Have you been following our year-long Women in AI series?

Kyle Wiggers and I have been profiling the women who are helping to drive this latest AI revolution.

Keep up with all the women we profile here:

techcrunch.com/2024/03/10/the…

Who's on your 2026 IPO list for Fintech?

- Chime
- Plaid
- Klarna

Who else?

happy to have jumped on Equity today to chat with alex (tired) Kirsten Korosec and Mary Ann Azevedo about my investigation into Techstars and what might happen next

techcrunch.com/2024/05/03/ins…

Binance founder CZ has landed four months in prison.

After pleading guilty to failing to prevent money laundering on the crypto trading platform, CZ 🔶 BNB has stepped down as CEO and into a jail cell. alex (tired) breaks down what the latest crypto conviction means for the industry.

An in-depth look at what happened when an Austin accelerator went bankrupt. W/Christine Hall

techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/the…

I'm working with The New Stack to build out their contributor program. It's a fantastic site for programmers and technical writers, and I'd love to help to get you published. Read this post or DM! thenewstack.io/opinionated-yo…

I scooped when LinkedIn's move into games was being tested quietly in March. Now it's officially rolling out. tip @techmeme techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/lin…

Every Fintech company selling to banks be like...

We're enterprise now!

Love this feature on online recipes

'Like e-commerce, fintech might not have too many winners, but the ones that can win will have a huge market.' —Hans Tung tells Mary Ann Azevedo on Equity Podcast

pod.link/equity/episode…

🤣

Six days ago, the US Department of Justice had recommended that Zhao be given a 36-month prison sentence, which would have been “well above the possible 18 months laid out in his plea agreement.'

techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/bin…

Female investors — including Renegade Partners’ Renata Quintini, Wischoff Ventures’ Nichole Wischoff, Bain Capital’s Christina Melas-Kyriazi, BoxGroup’s Nimi Katragadda and former Affirm exec Silvija Martincevic — contributed 95.6% to the Series A round.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/wal…

Mäelle Gavet, CEO at Techstars is shaking things up in startup land, in a hell of a story from Dom. Bank implosions? Check. Firing galore? Yup. A 'cold war' with the big bosses? That too. Don't miss Dom's expose on TechCrunch: techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/ins… #TechStars

According to Tom Blomfield from Y Combinator, VCs care less about your pitch and more about... well, you. Investors are on the prowl for unicorns amidst a paddock of Shetland ponies. My newest on TechCrunch from #EarlyStage last week techcrunch.com/2024/04/27/you…

Sources describe Techstars under CEO Mäelle Gavet, facing departures of senior execs and corporate sponsors at times and, last year, a $7.2M loss on operations (@dominicmadori / TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/ins…

📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…
techmeme.com/240429/p26#a24…

ICYMI: Stripe’s big changes, Brazil’s newest fintech unicorn and the tale of a startup shutdown buff.ly/4dfS7jQ | Mary Ann Azevedo for @techcrunch

Incredible reporting by Dom

techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/ins…

It's amazing to build something for yourself. I worked on TechCrunch Disrupt for years and years, and it was some of my most rewarding professional experiences. But now, along with Leslie Hitchcock and Dr Tobias Stone, I'm building the next great conference series based around…