#disrupt2020 — Public Fediverse posts

Tech’s role in the COVID-19 response: Assist, don’t reinvent - The pandemic has affected just about every business in the world, but tech has also geared up to fig... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EVEp_ZAB4zo/ #bostondynamics #jenniferdoudna #carbonhealth #othmanlaraki #coronavirus #disrupt2020 #hardware #covid-19 #erenbali #biotech #science #health #crispr #color

Scaling to $100 million ARR: 3 founders share their insights - Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt, Alex Wilhelm hosted a panel titled “Getting to $100 million ARR” on... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/AhWAiIwei50/ #disrupt2020 #$100marr #covid-19 #kaltura #egnyte #gitlab #tc

Edtech investors are panning for gold - The spotlight on edtech grows brighter and harsher: On one end, remote-learning startups are attract... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/c3xiHGvfUiw/ #lightspeedventurepartners #jennifercarolan #jomayrahererra #mercedesbent #reachcapital #disrupt2020 #owlventures #education #startups #cowboyvc #ianchiu #edtech #tc

Despite slowdowns, pandemic accelerates shifts in hardware manufacturing - The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t hit every factory in China at once.
The initial impact to China’s elect... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Pf4nvIIlDSw/ #ericmigicovsky #katewhitcomb #disrupt2020 #ycombinator #automation #robplayter #stevenyang #hardware #robotics #sonnyvu #health #anker #asia

Senate’s encryption backdoor bill is ‘dangerous for Americans,’ says Rep. Lofgren - A Senate bill that would compel tech companies to build backdoors to allow law enforcement access to... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/k_KCXdG1hME/ #computersecurity #attorneygeneral #lawenforcement #cryptography #unitedstates #disrupt2020 #williambarr #government #cryptowars #encryption #zoelofgren #security #congress #senate #apple

How FaZe Clan is continuing to lead the esports world - The esports world is evolving quickly and so are the professional organizations that drive it. FaZe ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/y_Amv2yJCaY/ #disrupt2020 #troycarter #nickmercs #fazeclan #leetrink #esports #tc

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 is… Canix - We started this competition with 20 impressive startups. After four days of fierce pitching in a who... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/e3NfwzI5YIo/ #battlefield #disrupt2020 #startups #matidor #canix #tc

How the NSA is disrupting foreign hackers targeting COVID-19 vaccine research - The headlines aren’t always kind to the National Security Agency, a spy agency that operates almost... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/n7pccn1yVkU/ #nationalsecurityagency #computersecurity #masssurveillance #microsoftwindows #u.s.government #anneneuberger #cyberwarfare #cyberattack #disrupt2020 #government #microsoft #security #privacy

Outschool, newly profitable, raises a $45M Series B for virtual small group classes - Outschool, which started in 2015 as a platform for homeschooled students to bolster their extracurri... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5QEni0E2NGE/ #lightspeedventurepartners #recentfunding #coronavirus #disrupt2020 #education #outschool #startups #covid-19 #tc

Meet the five startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2020 - TechCrunch hosted an unusual Startup Battlefield this week — the founders, judges, audience and mode... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bGvAz6foE_A/ #firehawkaerospace #battlefield #disrupt2020 #startups #hacware #matidor #canix #jefa

Fabletics eyes what’s next for its activewear empire - Like plenty of other modern direct-to-consumer companies, influencer marketing has been an essential... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Cz2o3PtOGBM/ #subscriptionservices #influencermarketing #disrupt2020 #jordancrook #ambassador #e-commerce #katehudson #techcrunch #fabletics #kevinhart #lululemon #marketing #clothing #comedian #actress #brand #coceo #tc

Blume Ventures’ Karthik Reddy on Indian startup ecosystem, geo-political tension with China and coronavirus - Despite the coronavirus outbreak, which has slowed down deal-making across the world, dozens of star... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/GgOm2mBFiN4/ #techcrunchdisrupt #venturecapital #blumeventures #alibabagroup #karthikreddy #disrupt2020 #unacademy #startups #disrupt #zomato #china #india #asia

The art of pivoting with Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Jessica Matthews - Building and growing a startup is hard, but pivoting said startup into something new and then achiev... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/76QeIrRikns/ #phaedraellis-lamkins #techcrunchinclude #criminaljustice #jessicamatthews #unchartedpower #disrupt2020 #promisepay #startups #tc

Facebook addresses political controversy in India, monetization opportunities, startup investments - At the beginning of the previous decade, Facebook had a tiny presence in India. It had just started... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sphuedXFe4I/ #techcrunchdisrupt #venturecapital #facebookindia #disrupt2020 #whatsapppay #ajitmohan #unacademy #facebook #whatsapp #disrupt #hotstar #social #meesho #apps #asia

Roelof Botha shares what Sequoia’s Black Swan memo got wrong - In March, famed investment firm Sequoia Capital published the Black Swan Memo, warning founders abo... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ZghstGX6UAg/ #sequoiacapital #disrupt2020 #roelofbotha #startups #zoom #tc

LanzaTech eyes two more spinoff companies - Just three months after LanzaTech announced a spinout aimed at selling sustainable aviation fuel, t... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dk53a69KCIk/ #disrupt2020 #greentech #lanzatech #tc

Latent AI makes edge AI workloads more efficient - Latent AI, a startup that was spun out of SRI International, makes it easier to run AI workloads at ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xVK8bflNY8w/ #artificialintelligence #autotechventures #sriinternational #cloudcomputing #futureventures #stevejurvetson #analogdevices #deltaairlines #edgecomputing #battlefield #disrupt2020 #enterprise #javascript #articles #startups #airbus #cto #tc #5g

LanzaTech is developing a small-scale waste biomass gasifier for ethanol production in India - As part of the continuing global rollout of LanzaTech’s technology to capture carbon dioxide emissio... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/YSSoBhyrSM0/ #renewableenergy #carbondioxide #disrupt2020 #chemicals #lanzatech #biofuels #biomass #biogas #india #food #tc

Indian decacorn Byju’s CEO talks about future acquisitions, coronavirus, and international expansion - Since India enforced a lockdown across the country in late March, shutting schools and other public ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JcdgV_uxg58/ #disrupt2020 #education #disrupt #edtech #byjus #india #apps #asia #byju

Carbon Health and Color founders see power in bringing healthcare to the edge - When COVID-19 spread to the United States, the pandemic exposed two conflicting realities: a healthc... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/A-5RakDC4tg/ #carbonhealth #disrupt2020 #healthtech #covid-19 #startups #health #color

Airtable’s Howie Liu has no interest in exiting, even as the company’s valuation soars - In the middle of a pandemic, Airtable, the low-code startup, has actually had an excellent year. Jus... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/aXSQSAfAwOE/ #nocodedevelopment #disrupt2020 #enterprise #developer #startups #airtable #howieliu #unicorns #tc

Bumble will exist as long as women do, CEO says - Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wants to build a truly timeless company.
“You can never disrupt the n... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/B6KS-MjUDQY/ #whitneywolfeherd #disrupt2020 #datingapps #bumble #tc

Firehawk Aerospace aims to revolutionize rocketry with safe, cost-effective hybrid engines - While SpaceX and its ilk in the commercial rocket launch market have changed the economics of space... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/vezadtXLC5M/ #additivemanufacturing #rocketpropulsion #recentfunding #battlefield #disrupt2020 #spaceflight #3dprinting #aerospace #rocketlab #startups #rocketry #science #rocket #spacex #space #navy #tc

Matidor is building an all-in-one geospatial project collaboration platform - It’s a big world out there, but the software that allows professionals to take a closer look at geos... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ntQgALdhBeE/ #battlefield #disrupt2020 #startups #matidor #tc

FaZe Clan’s Lee Trink, Troy Carter and Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff are coming to Disrupt 2020 - Esports, an already booming industry, have taken on an even greater significance in the wake of the ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tbp4ojTTdVs/ #disrupt2020 #troycarter #nickmercs #startups #fazeclan #tc

Interswitch CEO Mitchell Elegbe to discuss African fintech at TechCrunch Disrupt - The CEO of Pan-African fintech unicorn, Mitchell Elegbe, is set to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/BwCZ02hCyOU/ #heliosinvestmentpartners #financialtechnology #entrepreneurship #africanbusiness #mitchellelegbe #startupcompany #venturecapital #privateequity #sanfrancisco #techinafrica #africantech #disrupt2020 #interswitch #bangalore #safaricom #worldbank

Learn how to raise your first dollars at Disrupt 2020 - Deciding how to go about getting your initial funding is always a tricky subject, as the wrong move ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tS_26Rko5Yk/ #alexavontobel #disrupt2020 #hunterwalk #tedwang #tc

Black founders can get tactical advice at Disrupt - In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and widespread protests for racial justice, a number of ven... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/a1ednjUSD-4/ #michaelseibel #disrupt2020 #rehamfagiri #ycombinator #songelaron #aptdeco #squire #tc

The founders of Blavity and The Shade Room are coming to Disrupt 2020 - Although the media industry is currently in the midst of a long-overdue reckoning over diversity, re... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/3JPTIkSNX_w/ #morgandebaun #theshaderoom #angienwandu #disrupt2020 #blavity #events #media

Airtable’s Howie Liu to join us at Disrupt 2020 - Collaborative enterprise software is absolutely booming, and Airtable is riding that wave in a very ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/gw2Ow7tBnlE/ #disrupt2020 #enterprise #startups #airtable #howieliu #events #tc

Exhibit for free at Disrupt 2020: Apply to TC Top Picks - Looking for a way to get your early-stage startup the massive attention it deserves? Of course, you ... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/i4jU2_99JDo/ #artificialintelligence #socialmediaplatforms #machinelearning #startupcompany #verizonmedia #crunchmatch #disrupt2020 #e-commerce #healthtech #techcrunch #techmedia #startups #articles #websites #economy

72 hours left to apply to Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 - Want to launch your early-stage startup in front of the largest Disrupt audience in history? The opp... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/KulNeSimR3c/ #startupbattlefieldatdisruptsf2020 #artificialintelligence #startupcompany #verizonmedia #crunchmatch #disrupt2020 #techcrunch #getaround #startups #articles #websites #dropbox #economy #fitbit #yammer #vurb