TC+ Roundup: Amazon is not the AI leader
Amazon has been No. 1 in the cloud for years, ever since it invented the concept in 2006. But now the company finds...
X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S states
Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app”...
Why does MasterClass work? with David Rogier from MasterClass
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups.
This week Becca and Dom are joined by David Rogier, the founder...
Twilio might actually deserve activist investor attention
Twilio by most accounts would be considered a startup success story. But after peaking at $400 a share in September 2021, when everyone...
With iMessage thanks to Beeper Mini, the OnePlus Open is my new favorite phone
Multi-platform messaging startup Beeper, founded by YC and Pebble alum Eric Migicovsky, delivered an iMessage experience for Android that doesn’t use any intermediaries...
Goldman Sachs-backed ZestMoney, once valued at $450M, to shut down
ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted many high-profile investors including...
Another blow for self-driving trucks as former industry leader abandons the U.S.
When TuSimple went public in 2021 it was flying high as the leading self-driving trucks developer in the United States. Now — after...
Today’s AI funding rush reminds me of the fintech investing hype of 2021
It turns out that the massive $642 million round that U.S.-based GPU compute provider CoreWeave just closed was a secondary transaction. I can’t...
Git platform AllSpice now curries favor with enterprises
We last wrote about AllSpice, a git platform for developers, in 2022, when it was just starting out with $3.2 million in new...
Vancouver’s Fantuan raises $40M to deliver real Chinese food at your doorstep
For those who move abroad from China, one thing they miss dearly is the convenience of food delivery apps. Fantuan, a Vancouver-based company,...