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A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source’s funding problem, permanently A group of well-known open source programmers and a VC have launched the Open Source…
Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years…
X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creative assets from other platforms X has launched an expanded set of aspect ratio support for both image and video ads, so…
eBay to lay off 800 staff The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years. The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce…
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Trace raises $3M to solve the AI agent adoption problem in enterprise Trace is launching with $3 million in seed funding, including investment from Y Combinator, Zeno Ventures, Transpose Platform…
Figma partners with OpenAI to bake in support for Codex Figma is integrating OpenAI's coding assistant Codex a week after it announced a similar integration with Anthropic's Claude Code. Figma…
Exhibit in Boston’s startup ecosystem at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 On June 9, 1,000+ founders, investors, and decision-makers will gather for TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. This isn’t just foot traffic.…
Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding. Jest, a…
How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong…