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Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow explains his troubled $30M personal loan, announces new ‘super app’ (Di, 11 Mär 2025)
Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow defended the $30M personal loan he took out from his startup, while announcing Bolt's latest launch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’ (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his thoughts on how AI technology can help small businesses outperform their competition. In short, he told the crowd that AI was not the answer, in and of itself; it’s meant to serve as an aid that can help entrepreneurs by […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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The sibling founders of Stax Payments are back with a $20M seed raise for their new fintech, Worth (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
Worth, a company focused on helping fintechs, banks, and enterprises underwrite small and medium-sized businesses more easily, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round, the startup tells TechCrunch exclusively. It’s a large seed round, especially these days when capital is harder to come by. But the founders’ history may have something to do […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
A new venture firm called Leitmotif has been on a quiet blitz for the last 16 months, funding around 20 startups broadly focused on decarbonization. Its portfolio includes EV companies, space and battery plays, and four nuclear fusion startups. But the firm has only said its funding is from “European industrial interests.” Now, Leitmotif has […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Learn what VCs want to see from founders at TechCrunch Sessions: AI (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
It’s no secret that AI has eaten the lion’s share of funding over the past couple of years, with investments into the sector surging 62% to $110 billion in 2024 alone, while startup funding overall declined 12%.  Startups may think that just adding “AI” to their company’s name might help them secure that funding. But […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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