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The Expensify EC-1

Let’s make it clear from the outset that this story is about an expense management SaaS business called Expensify. As you’d expect, yes, this is about the expense management market and how

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4 lessons I learned about getting into Y Combinator (after 13 applications)

For many founders, Y Combinator is a coveted milestone on the entrepreneurial road. As of January 2021, the accelerator has helped create 60,000 jobs, has 125 companies valued over $150 million, and h

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UK local elections - what do results mean for United Kingdom's future?

Scotland's victorious First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon wants Scots to vote on whether they should stay inside the United Kingdom. Andy Buchanan / AFP Re

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Three Chinese telcos to be delisted by NYSE after appeals rejected

The logos of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom displayed on mobile phones. /VCG Three Chinese telecommunications companies' American Depositary Shares (ADSs) will be delisted by the

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Tesla refutes Elon Musk’s timeline on ‘full self-driving’

What Tesla CEO Elon Musk says publicly about the company’s progress on a fully autonomous driving system doesn’t match up with “engineering reality,” according to a memo that s

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The West should watch and learn from India's COVID-19 tragedy

People wait in front of a government hospital for the COVID-19 test, in Kolkata, India, May 6, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Ashish Kaushal is the founder of Consciously Unbiased, a grassroots mo

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Nordic analysis calls out propaganda nature of U.S. report on Xinjiang

A passenger walks on the platform of a metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, October 11, 2019. /Xinhua A Swedish report has seriously questioned a controversial U.S.-led report on northwest Chin

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NYC files lawsuit to halt Citi Bike rival JOCO’s ebike operations

The City of New York has filed a lawsuit against JOCO, the docked electric bike share service, just weeks after the company launched operations in the city.The city alleges JOCO is operating illegally

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Hamburgers and hot rods

I’m going to be honest with you: It was kind of a slow week for robotics news. Honestly, that’s the first time I can say that since I started doing this thing weekly (happy 10 weeks to us, by the way)

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Expressable launches with millions for scalable speech therapy

Speaking isn’t simple for at least 40 million Americans, so a new Austin-based startup is scaling a solution. Expressable is a digital speech therapy company that conne

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Zhang Yimou: My way to commemorate secretive heroes

One of China's most renowned directors, Zhang Yimou, said that the reason why he made his new film Cliff Walkers is to commemorate China's secret martyrs who traded their lives for today's

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Thai ruling thwarts opposition bid to disqualify minister over drugs link

Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a prominent politician should keep his cabinet post, thwarting opposition moves to disqualify him over news repo

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No. 2 House Republican backs Cheney ouster over Trump barbs

The No. 2 House Republican publicly called Wednesday for the removal of Rep. Liz Cheney from the party’s leadership, adding momentum to the drive to topple her after sh

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High-tech hunt for scarce COVID-19 vaccines in India raises fear for fairness

Indian tech experts have written software code and designed websites to help people book scarce COVID-19 vaccinations online, raising concern about an unfair advantage

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Text Blaze raises $3.3M for its speed-writing automation service

Text Blaze, which was a part of the recent Winter 2021 Y Combinator accelerator batch, announced that it has closed a $3.3 million seed round. The company’s investment was led by Two Sigma Ventu

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EU backtracks after trade chief says China deal ratification suspended

The European Union is reportedly backtracking from comments made by a senior official about the suspension of ratification of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).On Tuesday, AFP

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The morality and efficacy of going public earlier

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex and Chris dug into the world