TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Today and tomorrow, the biotech accelerator is hosting its twice-annual demo day. Liberum: CEO Aiden Tinafar is working to disrupt what they think could be a $400 billion market opportunity: recombinant proteins. The technology could help scientists explore human cells to enhance medicine and drug discovery. New York cohort.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Potential to DISRUPT business CISOs are accustomed to constant innovation. Be prepared to tell the CISO how your solution can be deployed alongside existing technologies without causing disruptions. Be built on a well-accepted technology stack that has been standardized within the company. Your product must: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages. Overture became intrigued by Quigo’s AdSonar technology and wanted help targeting ads for their content business.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Why should you go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco on September 19–21? Five reasons to go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 1. Network, connect and collaborate You simply won’t find a better time or place to expand your network, with the right people, than at Disrupt. Let us count the reasons.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 25, 2011

I was sitting at lunch at Techcrunch Disrupt in the middle of a bunch of people. We're going to be demoing all afternoon in this location. I've been thinking about bread for the last couple of days. No, not bread. bre.ad , a new startup launching whose founder has perfected the art of the conference pitch. hopefully you can come by.".

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

One of the best parts of TechCrunch Disrupt is the Startup Battlefield competition, and one of the most important pieces of the Startup Battlefield is our lineup of expert judges — they’re the ones the founders are trying to impress. And then, of course, they choose the winner who gets to take home $100k and the Disrupt Cup.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 28, 2024

Elevating the self-care industry Boulevard Capital is the latest in a long line of company innovations aimed at disrupting the status quo, elevating the self-care industry, and empowering business owners and professionals alike to redefine the client experience. to book more than 1 million appointments every month.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

There’s no hiding from it: The metaverse is coming, and it’s on track to disrupt the world of business as we know it. Or, a sales team member could practice complex product demos in a zero-risk virtual training space. The results from metaverse-enabled L&D are likely to exceed your traditional in-person training.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

began demoing an accelerator chipset that combines “traditional compute IP” from Arm with a custom machine learning accelerator and dedicated vision accelerator, linked via a proprietary interconnect, To lay the groundwork for future growth, Sima.ai After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Disruption favors the small startup, and the pandemic has most certainly been disruptive. One such accelerator is the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator , which is graduating 11 new startups out of the program today with its Summer 2020 Demo Day. Masonry automates the process of managing multi-family property.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. It was quite the demo (see the video below). The impressive ‘Star Wars’ demonstration took the crowd by storm.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

” According to Bourgi, the country’s millennials are trying to create relations with technology companies and be served differently from the norm. With so many untapped opportunities, underrepresented regions like Francophone Africa are ripe for disruption. Image Credits: Djamo.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

She’s a technology executive with experience leading multi-billion dollar business units within public companies, and she has spent more than 20 years managing the commercialization of complex technologies. You’ve seen the company’s dog-like robot Spot in countless demos and on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4:03] Jambot demo [7:02] Human vs. AI creativity [13:37] Applying AI to design [14:31] Startups vs. incumbents Will AI replace designers? ” If you look at every technological shift or platform shift so far, it’s resulted in more things to design. I have a demo and I can show off some stuff. David: Yes, yes, yes.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. In total, Vise has raised $63 million since launching on the TC Disrupt stage in 2019. You can check out the video of their demo here.

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Jason Malki

JULY 18, 2022

Covid disrupted the social life of nearly everyone, something especially felt by single people trying to date. We believe people are ready for a way to date that pushes personal interaction and chemistry back to the forefront of dating while still benefiting from the convenience that technology provides. We call it Microdating.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. Historically, the industry has been reluctant to embrace technology, but as there have been generational shifts in leadership, that has slowly changed. trillion-dollar industry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Over the past few months the IPO market made it plain that some public investors were willing to pay more for growth-focused technology shares than private investors. Here are 10 favorites from recent Techstars demo days. This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I am super passionate about bringing disruptive technologies into real world use cases for mass adoption, especially when it involves empowering communities. Any new set of technology comes with rough edges that only early adopters are willing to suffer. What motivated you to launch your startup? link] This was very insightful.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

You are pivoting the direction of the story, you are disrupting the current status quo, and the possibilities are endless. Mainly the demo day deck, the email deck and the meeting deck. Demo Day pitch. Using a demo-day (non-self-explanatory) deck to send via email. What’s going on? How does the world operate today?

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A founder posed me a question earlier this week: Do you have any data/perspective on whether it’s worth keeping the unassisted free trial flow vs. providing only one path which leads to a demo and an assisted free trial? Salespeople can gloss over faults and holes in the product during a demo. This is a complex question.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The program contains events focused on specific topics and concludes with a final demo day with investors. There are multiple phases from September to March, including team forming, workshops, and demo days. It is typically located in Hyderabad but has moved online until further notice.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

In the fourth industrial revolution era, having succeeded as an economic powerhouse with a technological edge in manufacturing and industries led by large corporations, South Korea is now fostering disruptive innovation through startups. The top 10 teams got monetary awards worth $10,000 to $120,000 on the demo day of KSGC 2021.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We’re excited about the Apple event, and Y Combinator has its demo day. warned its community of disruptions while the district manages an ongoing ransomware attack , Carly reports. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, hey, hey!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, TechCrunch met up with Theneo to find out how they plan to get their slice of the $4.5 In short, APIs are the hidden, often unsung heroes of the modern technological era.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Often times that looks like good news, like when small scrappy startups get starter capital to take on the public giant, or well-capitalized late-stage giant, or that moment when you realize healthcare’s disruption is just at its infancy. Demo days definitely amplify a brand, but not the one you’d think. Must we explain more?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Russia invaded Ukraine last week, which, in addition to being a human rights tragedy, is going to affect industries far and wide as supply chains become even further disrupted than they were before war broke out. You can buy your pass or Early-Stage Startup Demo Package at the early-bird price and save $300 and $200, respectively.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. But while that may be a more consumer-friendly model, it doesn’t necessarily benefit the publication or the company behind the technology.

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2023

She has been a thought-leader in tech for the past 8 years, her newsletter has 25k subscribers, she was named one of Bloomberg’s 100 Influential Latinos of 2022 , and she has spoken at numerous panels including at TechCrunch Disrupt, L’Attitude, NFT NYC, and a16z’s Google’s demo day at LA Tech Week 2023. The alphaa.io

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

All the companies presented a live demo in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders serving as judges for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Cellino , a company developing a platform to automate stem cell production, combines AI technology, machine learning, hardware, software — and yes, lasers! —

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

YC Demo Day(s) happened this past week , and fellow fintech reporter and Equity Podcast co-host Natasha Mascarenhas brilliantly led editorial coverage of the event. In case you have been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to San Francisco October 18–20! Can’t we all just get along?

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

As such, the history of the MP3 gives an excellent framework to anticipate how disruptive 10x innovations impact a market, and who the winners and losers of such breakthroughs will be. I wouldn’t be able to recognize a good technology person?—?anyone The MP3 is a perfect case study of Innovator’s Dilemma.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Photomath was originally designed as a demo app for another company called MicroBlink. At the time, the team was working on text recognition technology. It planned to sell its core technology to other companies that might find it useful. In 2014, they pitched MicroBlink at TechCrunch Disrupt in London.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The company whose tech powered the sensational MyHeritage app that turned classic family photos into lifelike moving portraits is back with a new implementation of its technology: Transforming still photographs into ultra-realistic video, capable of saying whatever you want.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Microsoft, recognizing risk with a key technology partner in one of their most important markets, stabilizes its future by hiring Altman, Brockman, & others. The company has a diversified suite of models to use & is now the most stable vendor offering OpenAI technologies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The company is demoing its wares at TC Disrupt this week as part of the Battlefield 200 , and we caught up with the founders before and during the event to take a closer look at an early iteration of its product. .” ” Burnout data. Worker feedback. Image Credits: Ambr.

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