[ad_1] We didn’t think we’d see the day. Digital mortgage lender Better.com’s proposal to combine with Aurora Acquisition Corp. via a SPAC (special purpose acquisition) has been approved by shareholders, the company confirmed today. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Better.com will combine with Aurora, or go public, “on or about August … Read more
[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, had his bail revoked ahead of his October trial, US District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan said on Friday. The decision came after allegations that Bankman-Fried leaked the diary of Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of FTX’s investment-arm Alameda Research, to the New York … Read more
[ad_1] Elon Musk says his fight with Mark Zuckerberg is definitely happening, and I’m so, so sorry I have to write these words and present them in this article. To pull back the curtain, every time Musk does something asinine and moronic, we in the media wrestle with the anguish of whether or not we … Read more
[ad_1] Tick-tock, startup fans and aficionados. Today’s the last day to score serious savings to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. In fact, you have mere hours left to grab the best deal on the early-stage startup world’s epic, three-day event. Save up to $600 on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt … Read more
[ad_1] First, the basics. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a Dungeons & Dragons game through and through, but you don’t need to be familiar with that world or those systems to enjoy it. It’s a dense roleplaying adventure that alternates between an old-school isometric view and close-up, voice-acted cut scenes, offering players a world of choice … Read more
[ad_1] Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Fri-yay indeed. We sigh, as humans spool up to take a break, while the semi-sentient machines continue writing their poetry in their air-conditioned underground data-center homes. In my column this week, I spent a bit of time thinking about … Read more
[ad_1] We love mergers and acquisitions here at TechCrunch. We even kind of like reverse mergers. But this latest development in the robotics industry sure has us excited! Delivery robots maker Serve Robotics is going public via a reverse merger with a blank-check company, and it raised $30 million just before the deal. That could … Read more
[ad_1] The Fearless Fund lawsuit highlights what the lack of funding to Black founders has always been: a civil rights issue Dominic-Madori Davis 7 hours For the last year and a half, there is only one point I’ve sought to make with my venture coverage: that the industry is not separate from sociopolitical context. That … Read more
[ad_1] TikTok appears to be working on an integration with Lemon8, another social app owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, according to new findings from product intelligence firm Watchful.ai. The apparent new partnership sees TikTok developing a feature that would allow users to sync their Lemon8 posts to TikTok, then add sounds and music … Read more
[ad_1] There are a million reasons why startups fail, and there are only a few reasons why they succeed. All successful startups share the same proof points, such as product-market fit, strong compounded growth rates and latent customer demand. They also use tested frameworks that aren’t discussed nearly as much, according to Jonathan Martinez, a … Read more