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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for November 18, 2021. Today we are talking about how audio turns into a written word and how to stop watching certain video content if you can't, um, turn it off. But first, don't forget that TechCrunch Sessions: Space is just a few weeks away! – Alexis
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Sweetgreen's IPO turns out to be quite nice: Whatever you think of Sweetgreen's financial performance, she is making her public debut pretty well. After setting a price of $ 28 per share, above its target range, the company's stock price rose today to almost double its starting value. Sure, you could argue that the company undervalued its public debut, but I doubt the company is crying.
Paytm's IPO does not: But as Sweetgreen rolls in the clover, Indian fintech giant Paytm has had a pretty gruesome first day as a public company, with shares dropping around 27% in regular trading. The SoftBank and Alibaba-backed unicorn raised $ 2.5 billion in its public market debut, so it at least locked in funds before it saw its valuation plummet.
Spotify is finally rolling out live lyrics around the world: If, like me, you live on Spotify but are bored of using your web browser to search song lyrics, good news! Now you don't have to! The lyrics are live in the music service and they look like this:
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Today we have a few things to dig into in startups, but first, Grammarly. The company just raised $ 200 million for a valuation of $ 13 billion. This makes the company, in various ways, a decacorne Where dragon Where Company that should go public. Either way, the old billion dollar mark-up that distinguished startups has lost all meaning. The $ 10 billion mark, however, appears to be the new requirement for being a truly remarkable startup today.
TechCrunch Transportation Bureau Notes: Cars of the Future
Electric tuk tuk for the American market: This is the game that Biliti says will be important. Tuk tuks are three-wheeled, open-cab vehicles that are akin to a cross between a delivery van and a moped. They are popular in a number of global markets and even in the United States. But with more and more people living in cities over time, and more and more of us expecting goods to be delivered to our homes, the tuk tuk time may be nigh on. United States
Solar power: I don't know how well this will work in nature, but Sono Group just released their idea for a solar powered car. The idea is that the car can suck enough juice from the sky to commute. Which means no charging cables, although the car probably wouldn't get you too far without other forms of electrical input. Still, the idea is very nice and we hope that all EVs will eventually have a solar component.
Standalone Apple: Do you remember the Apple car? Aside from the never quite there Apple TV, the Apple Car is my favorite tech from the consumer electronics giant that we haven't seen yet. But reports say we might see the autonomous vehicle in 2025. It's just far enough away that we forget the date.
And speaking of autonomous driving, Baidu's autonomous taxis could be present in 100 cities by 2030. By 2030, that number had better be over 100, honestly.
And now, a sample of the rest of the startup news:
What if TikTok, but also gaming? This is the idea behind Snax, which intends to bring together short videos and interactive elements. It could be very cool, or not, probably depending on whether Snax is able to let the crowds contribute content or whether he decides to do all of that work himself.
Party Round is launching its own Party Round: The idea behind Party Round is that fundraising is painful and founders need better tools. The service wants to simplify fundraising and also allow founders to accept smaller checks. So that they can create their own party tricks. Funding events with many small attendees was once considered a bad idea for founders. So much for this old logic. Party Round just added $ 7 million to their accounts using their own service.
Get used to reading about MLOps: Today's news that machine learning operations startup Comet closed a $ 50 million Series B just months after its Series A closed may seem like just another example of a start-up that collects a lot of money, very quickly. But remember Weights & Biases raised $ 135 million for their own MLOps work the other week. This is a category that is now perhaps seen as inevitable and therefore a lucrative long term bet. Expect to see more of these investments.
Doorvest Raises $ 14 Million to Help People Buy and Manage Rental Properties: If you want to get into real estate investing, your options today are limited to your ability to start a small real estate company or invest in REITs. Doorvest wants to make the first option easier for people and to cut corners in the process.
Automating workflows is big business: If you take the pulse of Appian CEO Matt Calkins, it's not hard to get into the subject of workflows. Workflows are what RPA and other automation tools automate. And that's a big enough job for Appian to attend a startup competition. Formstack just raised $ 425 million for a no-code approach to workflow automation, for example.
MDM is catnip for investors: The news today that Kandji has raised $ 100million at a valuation of $ 800million for his Apple device management business might not raise your eyebrows, but remember Apple itself is. launches in the game and that Jamf, another competitor, has already gone public. Perhaps Apple's corporate footprint is just bigger than we thought.
This startup wants to help you stop watching porn: If you've been spending too much time online lately, you've at least heard of some movement among digital people to quit pornography. Now that pornography is free and easily accessible, as opposed to expensive and served in physical formats, some people are abusing it. Enter Remojo, who wants to help men leave the media variety altogether.
And finally, accessibility:
Dear Sophie: Do you have any advice on visa matters for new recruits?
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Dear Sophie,
I lead the operations of a start-up startup, and have been responsible for hiring and other HR responsibilities. I feel overwhelmed with hiring and trying to resolve visa issues for potential hires.
Do you have any advice?
– Double up in Daly City
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Now you can literally clench your fist on Instagram: The next time you have an issue with Instagram, you can shake your phone to generate a prompt to report an error. I want to dip into it, but I actually like it. Instagram also adds "the ability to remove unique elements from a carousel post with at least three images or videos," TechCrunch reports.
Want to look like a huge dweeb this Christmas? Some brands should have merch. Equity, our podcast, for example, should have some merch. But should Hulu have merch? He thinks so. Netflix was the first to enter the niche, we report.
And today in companies that let us down: California Pizza Kitchen has disclosed over 100,000 Social Security numbers. This raises two points. First, why are we still so dependent on social security numbers as a society. And, second, that the food chain would have to pay a fine about the size of one of its restaurants built entirely with $ 100 bills. This kind of offense should be punished with a Utah-sized hammer. Bad!
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