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Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Jun 7, 2024 • 9min
Whizz wants to own the delivery e-bike subscription space, starting with NYC
New York City, home to over 60,000 gig delivery workers, has been cracking down on cheap, uncertified e-bikes that have resulted in battery fires across the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 6, 2024 • 5min
Insurance provider Understory gets into renewable energy following $15M Series A
After growing 500% year-over-year in the past year, Understory is now launching a product focused on the renewable energy sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 6, 2024 • 4min
Eko Health scores $41M to detect heart disease earlier and more accurately
In 1816, French physician René Laennec invented an instrument that allowed doctors to listen to human hearts and lungs. That device — a stethoscope — eventually evolved from a simple wooden tube to a lightweight two-earpiece version most doctors today wear on their necks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2024 • 5min
‘Star Wars’ lasers and waterfalls of molten salt: How Xcimer plans to make fusion power happen
The startup has been pursuing a ground-up redesign of a well-understood technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 5, 2024 • 3min
Raspberry Pi partners with Hailo for its AI extension kit
The Raspberry Pi 5, the small-but-mighty computer that has become quite popular with tech hobbyists and industrial companies, is now also an AI computer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 4, 2024 • 8min
Iyris makes fresh produce easier to grow in difficult climates, raises $16M
2023 was the hottest year on record, it doesn’t look like we’re cooling down anytime soon. Rising temperatures have made farming increasingly difficult in areas that were once prime agricultural resources where heat and drought have severely impacted crops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 4, 2024 • 5min
Ashby injects recruiting with a dose of AI
Ashby consolidates existing talent acquisition tools and leans heavily on AI to automate the more repetitive steps in the recruitment pipeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 3, 2024 • 6min
Former teen model co-created app Frich to help Gen Z be more realistic about finances
As a teen model, Katrin Kaurov became financially independent at a young age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 3, 2024 • 8min
YoLa Fresh, a GrubMarket for Morocco, digs up $7M to connect farmers with food sellers
YoLa Fresh works with over a thousand retailers across Morocco and records up to $1 million in gross merchandise volume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 1, 2024 • 5min
OneScreen.ai brings startup ads to billboards and NYC’s subway
When Alex Ewing was a kid growing up in Purcell, Oklahoma, he knew how close he was to home based on which billboards he could see out the car window. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
