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CrowdStrike’s fallout, Harris’s stance on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes

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On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the world, causing disruptions in air travel, banking, hospitals, media outlets, federal agencies and businesses of all kinds. The outage began when CrowdStrike, a cloud security giant, sent out a defective software […]

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CrowdStrike’s fallout, Harris’s stance on tech and Yandex’s rise from the ashes

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On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan did a deep dive into the CrowdStrike outage that affected around 8.5 million Windows devices around the world, causing disruptions in air travel, banking, hospitals, media outlets, federal agencies and businesses of all kinds. The outage began when CrowdStrike, a cloud security giant, sent out a defective software

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Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC

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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and added that deal discussions could last into next week. If this deal does end up getting done, it would be Alphabet’s largest acquisition yet. It

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Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC

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It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in his bid to return to the presidency. Given the collision course of tech and Trump, when Leda Health founder Madison Campbell asked me if I’d care to buy an extra ticket to the Republican National Convention from

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These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs

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Windows users around the globe woke up on Friday morning to “blue screens of death” thanks to a faulty software update from CrowdStrike. The bug caused outages around the world, bringing airlines, boats, hospitals, and banks to a grinding halt. But some see opportunity in the rubble. The global outage is a perfect reminder how

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Fandango founder dies in fall from Manhattan skyscraper

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J. Michael Cline, the co-founder of Fandango and multiple other startups over his multi-decade career, died after falling from a Manhattan hotel, New York’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information tells TechCrunch. The New York Police Department responded to 911 calls from the Kimberly Hotel, a 30-story hotel on 50th street in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday

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Why it made sense for an online community college to raise venture capital

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When Tade Oyerinde first set out to fundraise for his startup, Campus, a fully-accredited online community college, it was incredibly difficult. VCs have backed for-profit education companies in the past, including Coursera and Udacity, but backing a more traditional two-year college is different. Plus, he was looking for funds a few years ago when higher

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If the music stops, what startup gets a chair? Renegade Partners’ co-founders are finding out

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Renegade Partners co-founders Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek have seen it all in their careers — notably over the past four years when they launched their first fund as the COVID pandemic took hold and navigated the economic roller coaster that followed.  Now, with a second $128 million fund — and a plan to write

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VC David Sacks delivers a fire-and-brimstone speech at the Republican National Convention

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On the first night of the Republican National Convention, venture capitalist David Sacks took the stage to warn Republicans of “a world on fire.”  In his six-minute speech, the Craft Ventures founder largely focused on foreign policy — a common talking point for him on the All-In Podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow investors Chamath

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