AfroTech Conference Heads To Austin For First In-person Event Since 2019
The AfroTech Conference, one of the nation’s most prominent Black tech gatherings, will touch down in Austin on November 13 for its first in-person event...
Is the modern data stack just old wine in a new bottle?
Ashish Kakran Contributor Share on Twitter Ashish Kakran, principal at Thomvest Ventures, is a product manager/engineer turned investor who enjoys supporting founders with a balance...
Meet Budibase, a low-code open-source web app builder with automations
While there are differing perspectives on the degree to which no-code and low-code development tools could eventually supplant human software developers, it’s clear that any...
After Stripe and Square, Venmo and PayPal are Set to Support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones
PayPal announced Thursday that it will soon support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones. The company said in its Q3 2022 earnings report that both...
Amazon exec confirms corporate hiring freeze through end of year
Given the on-going economic headwinds and the company’s expensive belt-tightening under CEO Andy Jassy, it ought not come as a surprise that Amazon has instituted...
I reviewed 1,000+ pitch decks. These are the most common mistakes
Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in...
Startups Join Pitch Contest in Hopes of Bringing Solutions to Life in the Silicon Orchard
La French Tech Atlanta – a French government supported ecosystem of startups, investors, decision-makers, and community builders – hosted an incredible evening last month as...
10 Startups Could Receive $1M From OpenAI And Early System Access
OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital...
Gmail To Add A New Package Tracking Feature Ahead Of Holiday Shopping Season
Google announced today a small but useful update to Gmail that will allow users to soon be able to track their upcoming package deliveries directly...
Opendoor Lays Off About 550 Employees, Or 18% Of Its Workforce
Opendoor is letting go of about 550 people, or 18% of the company, across all functions, its co-founder and CEO Eric Wu announced in a...