Podcast Episodes

How Quilt solved the heat pump’s biggest challenge

Quilt's heat pumps are built containing a suite of sensors, which have delivered mountains of data that allow its engineers to wring added performanc…

3 months, 1 week ago

LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product; plus, Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

LMArena, which started as a UC Berkeley research project, has raised about $250 million total and become a unicorn in about seven months.

Also, Artic…

3 months, 1 week ago

How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor

Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is al…

3 months, 1 week ago

Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars

The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.

Lea…

3 months, 1 week ago

Even as global crop prices fall, India’s Arya.ag is attracting investors

Arya.ag, an Indian agritech company offering storage facilities near farms and offering lending services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has dra…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential

AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors

At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. They shared with the crowd their candid view…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Investors share what to remember while raising a Series A

Investors share what founders should remember if looking to raise a Series A.

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Mill closed the deal with Amazon and Whole Foods

Matt Rogers's food waste startup will soon deploy its commercial food waste bins in grocery stores throughout the U.S. Here's how Rogers thinks about…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the tech-savvy generation; also, Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nep…

3 months, 3 weeks ago