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Why AI startups’ economics will likely improve over time

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.If you can recall February, we dug into the question of AI startup gross margins.

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Equity Monday: Hunting for green shoots amidst the startup data

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week.Before we jump into today’s show, don’t forget that the long-form Equity

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This Week in Apps: Zoom has issues, Pinterest founder’s new COVID-19 research app, record Q1 spending

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry saw a record 204 billi

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How bad will SaaS churn get in the downturn?

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re talking about churn — the bane of software-as-a-service (

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Venture capital isn’t escaping the downward spiral of the global economy

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re looking at what venture capitalists got up to in the firs

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The second wave of unicorn layoffs is brutal

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.There’s a quote from one great American financial panic that I can’t f

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This Week in Apps: Apple launches a COVID-19 app, the outbreak’s impact on social and video apps and more

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry saw a record 204 billi

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Extra Crunch members get 20% off premium plans from calendar app Woven

Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new community perk from cross-platform calendar tool, Woven. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 20% off premium plans from Wo

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Lime’s valuation, variable costs and diverging categories of on-demand companies

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.We’re wrapping the week with Lime, scooters and the divergence between Uber

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Slack’s slowing growth turns around as remote work booms

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re taking a look at Slack’s customer growth in the cur

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Terracotta warriors meet visitors again two months after coronavirus outbreak

Two world-renown cultural sites, the Mausoleum of Qinshihuang and Pingyao ancient city, reopened on Wednesday after they a two-month closure due to the novel coronaviru

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UN envoy lauds appointment of Chinese as new deputy SRSG in South Sudan

The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) David Shearer on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of China's Cong Guang as the new deputy special representative of the secretary-general (SRS

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Startup valuations drop as exits are delayed and the stock market reprices tech

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.The public markets are in turmoil as the economic impact of COVID-19 comes into fo

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EU top diplomat slams use of terms like "Chinese virus," welcomes China's support

The European Union (EU)'s top diplomat said on Monday that it is not the time for countries to blame one another with terms like "Chinese virus," and Chinese help to Italy and Europe is welcome. "

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$100M rounds are down but not out in 2020

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re taking a look at mega-rounds: funding events of $100 mill

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Equity Monday: What’s going on with $100M rounds?

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week.Equity was busy last week, so catch up if you missed anything. We interviewed the CE

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This Week in Apps: Coronavirus special coverage, Apple tries to save AR with lidar and more

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, wit