#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

Big tech has 2 elephants in the room: Privacy and competition - The question of how policymakers should respond to the power of big tech didn’t get a great deal of ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ekEUYP56Fgo/ #digitalregulation #dataprotection #disrupt2020 #government #antitrust #platforms #privacy #bigtech #europe #policy #gdpr

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

Conan O’Brien on how to embrace an ever-changing media landscape - “Like most of the best things in my life,” Conan O’Brien explains, with a wry smile, “the success of... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/l3jrZ3ygkps/ #entertainment #conanobrien #disrupt2020 #teamcoco

Check out this never-before-seen clip from HBO’s The Perfect Weapon - At Disrupt 2020, we got a chance to see some never-before-seen footage from HBO’s upcoming document... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tYOwsNQ75C0/ #theperfectweapon #davidsanger #disrupt2020 #hbo #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

What makes Checkout.com different from Stripe - While Checkout.com has kept a low profile for many years, the company raised $380 million within a ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DJViZNIz8s4/ #guillaumepousaz #disruptsf2020 #checkout.com #disrupt2020 #disruptsf #startups #disrupt #europe #tc

Steven Yang and Sonny Vu discuss COVID-19’s impact on tech manufacturing - Like most of the rest of the world, COVID-19 hit the manufacturing sector by surprise. That China — ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sFviqt23hPg/ #disrupt2020 #stevenyang #hardware #sonnyvu #anker #arevo

Ride-hailing was hit hard by COVID-19. Grab’s Russell Cohen on how the company adapted. - A contactless Grab delivery
Ride-hailing services around the world have been hit hard by the COVID-... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Paw4DNukSO8/ #on-demanddelivery #techcrunchdisrupt #southeastasia #disrupt2020 #ridehailing #startups #asia #grab #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

Boston Robotics delivers plan for logistics robots as early as next year - Boston Dynamics is just months away from announcing their approach to logistics, the first real ver... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-cgt1v4KdiE/ #artificialintelligence #bostondynamics #disrupt2020 #hardware #robotics #gadgets

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer say that their accelerator can help diversify Hollywood - Impact Creative Systems (formerly Imagine Impact) is bringing a startup accelerator-style approach t... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qSk_zCV8p-w/ #impactcreativesystems #entertainment #imagineimpact #tylermitchell #briangrazer #disrupt2020 #ronhoward #startups #media #tc

Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn on getting funding for crazy ideas - It’s not easy getting funding for any startup, but when Cloudflare launched at one of our early eve... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/BuRLBQXkipI/ #michellezatlyn #disrupt2020 #cloudflare #tc

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

Jennifer Doudna sees CRISPR gene-editing tech as a Swiss Army knife for COVID-19 and beyond - Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers of the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, thinks the biot... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/G3wfcOQwpvM/ #jenniferdoudna #coronavirus #disrupt2020 #covid-19 #biotech #disrupt #crispr #tc

Canix aims to ease cannabis cultivators’ regulatory bookkeeping - Growing cannabis on an industrial scale involves managing margins while continually adhering to comp... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Ws_MdbitCl0/ #battlefield #disrupt2020 #cannabis #startups #weed #tc

ClearFlame Engine Technologies takes aim at cleaning up diesel engines - Diesel engines are the workhorses of freight transportation and agriculture — and by extension keep ... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bs_YBTKdeuU/ #clearflameenginetechnologies #transportation #battlefield #disrupt2020 #automotive #startups

Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions - Crover’s robotic platform isn’t the sexiest or most exciting — particularly for a startup that bega... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PBOfD83IdUI/ #battlefield #disrupt2020 #robotics #startups #crover #tc

UrbanKisaan is betting on vertical farming to bring pesticide-free vegetables to consumers and fight India’s water crisis - Severe droughts have drained rivers and reservoirs across parts of India, and more than half a billi... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/lcwo9PKGS-Y/ #startupbattlefieldatdisrupt2020 #techcrunchdisrupt #agriculture #battlefield #disrupt2020 #startups #biotech #india #asia

Perigee infrastructure security solution from former NSA employee moves into public beta - Perigee founder Mollie Breen used to work for NSA where she built a security solution to help protec... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5WDacoGmC7w/ #battlefield #disrupt2020 #enterprise #security #perigee #cloud #iot #tc

Sophie Hill on the changing face of retail and surviving 2020 - Threads is not your average startup and, really, it’s not a startup anymore. It’s over 10 years old,... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sDmKN9priRE/ #disrupt2020 #sophiehill #threads #tc

Here’s what’s happening at Disrupt 2020 today - Rise, shine and build your business startup fans. It’s day four of Disrupt 2020, and this is your da... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/J8hhIRwp6Rs/ #disrupt2020 #startups

SmartNews’ Kaisei Hamamoto on how the app deals with media polarization - Six years ago, SmartNews took on a major challenge. After launching in Japan in 2012, the news disco... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/49FWeiVI09c/ #techcrunchdisrupt #newsdiscovery #disrupt2020 #smartnews #startups #japan #media #apps #asia #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