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Amira Yahyaoui wants Mos to be a ‘radical’ fintech startup

TechCrunch

We don’t want to be elitist, we don’t want to do this for a very small category of people because we really want to become the incumbent bank in the U.S.,” The round, led by Tiger Global with participation from Sequoia, Lux Capital, Emerson Collective, Plural VC and more, came together in less than 24 hours, Yahyaoui noted.

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These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

TechCrunch

In any case, it’s a reasonably compelling sales pitch. But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. Plus, while RPA VC funding has fallen from the heights it hit in 2018, it remains a large tranche. Only time will tell.

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Breaking Down a Typical VC/Startup Diligence Process

Tomasz Tunguz

What kinds of moves are the incumbents making and how they change the market? Pitch-it-myself test : I stop a few partners in the office and give them the pitch to test their reactions. How might a startup disrupt this market? I do the same with my wife. After the term sheet: After the term sheet is signed, the lawyers step in.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. Moussouris, who runs consultancy firm Luta Security, now advises companies and governments on how to talk to hackers and what they need to do to build and improve their vulnerability disclosure programs. Image Credits: Ureeka.

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