Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023
Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion, double the amount secured over a similar period the previous year. However, the VC market correction caught up with the continent in the back half of last year, when ticket sizes fell and fewer […]
ChatSonic: A Chatbot like ChatGPT but with Superpowers – Analytics Insight
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SQL vs. MQL: What They Are and How They Differ
Most organizations have a process of passing a lead from the marketing team to the sales team. Typically, this is when a lead goes from being a marketing qualified lead (MQL) to a sales qualified lead (SQL). Passing a lead from marketing to sales is kind of like baton racing, just without the physical activity […]
Three more questions
Pronouncements are more common than ever. It might be an insurgent announcing a way to change the government, a CEO with a bold new plan or an entrepreneur seeking funds. Or perhaps it’s a pundit or a critic, hard at work. Pronouncements are bold, definitive and dramatic, but they also seem to defy common sense. […]
Microsoft's $10B OpenAI investment would be unprecedented – PitchBook News & Analysis
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Frank-ly, the Kardashian method won’t work for SBF
Without further ado, our show touched on a lot this week: We’ll end with a reminder that the TechCrunch podcast network is now a machine that produces content, daily, from the most diverse slate of hosts in the tech pod world. Proud of our fellow co-hosts, and for those of you who may be starting […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 stock options report, pivot to SaaS, crypto investor survey
We spend a lot of time praising tech investors and entrepreneurs for their risk appetite. But why don’t we put startup workers on the same pedestal? Who’s taking on more risk: A Stanford grad who leveraged their network to raise a seed round or an immigrant worker who relocates to an expensive city for a […]
Kenya’s Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access – TechCrunch
Africa is seen as the next trade frontier, following the coming into force of The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which created the single largest unrestricted trade region in the world. However, while trade liberalization is meant to spur intra-regional commerce, its take-off is dependent on key infrastructure investments to ensure supply chain efficiency. […]
ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and the collapse of the creative process – The Conversation
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Greenlight, kids-focused fintech startup, lays off 104 employees to optimize expenses – Yahoo News UK
Plus Air New Zealand pokes fun at the Sussexes and the Met Office warns of snowGreenlight, a fintech startup offering debit cards to kids, has laid off 104 employees — or over 21% of its total headcount of 485 employees — to "better align with ongoing operating expenses" amid the economic slowdown.TechCrunch learned about the […]