Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Meet Castelion News from Amazon and more a16z-backed Castelion wants to mass-produce defense hardware, starting with hypersonics One builds weapons in the hope that they are not used. Thus goes the central premise of deterrence theory, which says it is the credible threat of aggression…
Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million, according to two investor sources familiar with the situation. “The fast fashion brand that you have come to love is no longer available,” Virgio says on its website.…
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! After a bit of a quiet period, things in the world of fintech picked up in a big way this…
Brave Software, the maker of Brave Browser and Search, confirmed that it has laid off 9% of its staff across departments. The company didn’t specify how many people were affected, but it corroborated the development and said the decision was driven by the tough economic climate. “Brave eliminated some positions as part of our cost…
[A version of this post appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] The last time I’d spoken with the NVIDIA at any length about robotics was also the last time we featured Claire Delaunay on stage at our Sessions event. That was a while ago. She left the company last July to work with…
Hiya, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s digest of the past week in tech news. It’s TC’s column that highlights the major stories over the past few days, and — we humbly submit — it’s a darn useful resource for folks on the go. This week, we cover Sam Altman backing a…
Discussions about what the future of social media might look like have become increasingly common over the last year. Elon Musk’s acquisition — and gutting — of Twitter, a slew of new social media startups, and Meta’s launch of Threads have made it clear that the next five years won’t look like the last. But…
Follow-on financing is harder to raise these days, which means founders must watch their spending like hawks while keeping the peace with their investors like sweet, cooing doves. Which proofs are investors looking for before they’ll commit to additional funding, what’s an acceptable burn rate, and how much runway do you need before raising more?…
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. As I sat down to write this week’s Startups Weekly, I do what I do every week: Read every story on TechCrunch. This week, that meant reading 212 stories on the site, and you know what I’m left with? An…
But you have a very short window to get this deal…





