FTX, Uniswap and Visa talk blockchain economy and opportunity at Disrupt

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Whether you’re bullish or bearish, web3-native or web3-naive, you have to admit nothing remains the same for long in the growing blockchain, crypto, NFT and web3 universe. And the entirety of the rapidly evolving space is under increasing scrutiny — both public and regulatory. This constant change, combined with plenty of controversy, are just two … Read more

The case for US venture capital outperformance

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John Zic Contributor Share on Twitter John Zic is a partner and founding team member at EQUIAM. He spends most of his time wrestling with fragmented and imperfect private market data in a never-ending effort to derive market-beating investment signals. Shachi Shah Contributor Shachi Shah is director of business operations at EQUIAM. She is passionate … Read more

Large-scale revenue forecasting at Bosch with Amazon Forecast and Amazon SageMaker custom models

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This post is co-written by Goktug Cinar, Michael Binder, and Adrian Horvath from Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI). Revenue forecasting is a challenging yet crucial task for strategic business decisions and fiscal planning in most organizations. Often, revenue forecasting is manually performed by financial analysts and is both time consuming and subjective. Such manual … Read more

TechCrunch+ roundup: LatAm startup strength, global chip shortage, Visa Bulletin update

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“You had one job” might be funny when a birthday cake decoration goes wrong, but if we’re talking about executives who don’t show up for board meetings, the stakes are much higher. “Disengaged or dysfunctional boards aren’t just bad for CEOs and LPs; they’re bad for everyone,” writes Matt Blumberg, co-founder and CEO of Bolster, … Read more

How to unpair an Apple Watch

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Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’re lucky enough to be unboxing a new Apple Watch this week, you might be wondering how to disconnect your old one from your iPhone. Unless you plan on using two watches — it’s a thing — you’ll want to unpair it so you can hand it … Read more

Declining VC investment into LatAm startups could throttle digital growth

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This column is fascinated by Latin America, a region of the world rich in history, culture and, recently, a massive boom in technology company formation and financing. The period of rapidly accreting venture capital activity, however, is slowing. Fast. The declines in capital availability, as far as TechCrunch can see, will not prove lethal. However, … Read more

Volkswagen and Belgian utility giant partner on vehicle-to-grid energy storage

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Volkswagen is partnering with a Belgian network operator to integrate electric vehicles into the power grid, as more EVs take to the road amid rising energy costs. Volkswagen’s charging unit Elli and re.alto, a startup owned by Brussels-based Elia, signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to collaborate on ways to integrate EVs into the … Read more