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Ambitious Singapore startup Delegate wants to bring its event booking platform to the US

Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11 yearold did it

AI services startup Hypergiant brings on Bill Nye as an advisor

Luminar nabs former Uber executive to lead LiDAR startups business development

3D Printed Device Developed at UW Allows Laser to Wirelessly Charge a Smartphone

Ford expands selfdriving vehicle fleet to Austin

Workrise once known as RigUp raises 300M at a 29B valuation

Security testing firm NSS Labs ceases operations citing coronavirus

Through crowdsourcing Cerberus Interactive wants to take locationbased gaming to the masses

LiveOak Venture Partners takes in 210M aimed at Texas entrepreneurs

UpEquity a digital mortgage startup that makes all cash offers secures 50M in debt and equity

Smoothie operator: UW students startup rescues food waste and blends it with entrepreneurial spirit

ICON lands 207M Series B to construct more 3Dprinted homes after seeing 400 YoY revenue growth

Alexa gives weather for Austin in Super Bowl ad and a nation speculates about Amazon HQ2 clues

Part fund part accelerator Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs

Luminar hires execs from Apple NVIDIA and Tesla

Austin founders: Pitch on the TechCrunch virtual stage

Building robotic safety inspectors nabs Gecko Robotics 40 million

Facebook investor Jim Breyer picks Austin as Breyer Capitals second home

The Shed is a startup out of Virginia trying to revive the rentalforeverything business

Bumble makes its first acquisition with deal for French Gen Z dating app Fruitz

Happening today: TechCrunch Lives free special episode in Austin Texas

8VC raises 880M in new fund that aims to fix a broken world

Sanas plan to level up SMB health care brings in 60M

UW grad launches Kickstarter to bring his smoothie mix to the masses and help reduce food waste

Facebook hires a VP of civil rights

Mark Cuban Gwyneth Paltrow Ashton Kutcher others invest in treefree toilet paper startup

Remote workers and nomads represent the next tech hub

Startups in 2022 are indeed harder Better Faster stronger

Fatal police shooting of startup founder puts Austins diversity issues in the spotlight

Austin Russell became the youngest selfmade billionaire in 2021 now he owns Forbes

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Slingshot Aerospace raises 8 million to help it expand to new verticals beyond aerospace and defense

Attend TechCrunch Lives special event in Austin Texas Its free

Waymo starts to open driverless ridehailing service to the public

Daily Crunch: 2 months after launching So Paulobased payments startup Yuno raises 10M

6 VCs talk the future of Austins exploding startup ecosystem

The direct to consumer department store Neighborhood Goods has raised 11 million

Selfdriving vehicle startup Argo AI completes 26B deal with Volkswagen expands to Europe

Announcing the TC Spotlight Austin PitchOff startups

Volvo to use Luminars lidar in production vehicles to unlock automated driving on highways

Founderpath secures 145M in debt and equity to help B2B SaaS startup founders avoid dilution

Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

From PhD to boutique software developer: An interview with Solweys Andrew Drach

Self Financial raises 50M to help the subprime consumer build credit and savings at the same time

Clerk bags new capital to improve instore grocery shopping experience

Is the Texas boom town of Austin losing its luster

Cities that didnt win HQ2 shouldnt be counted out

Mio raises 87M Series A to make enterprise messaging interoperable

Australia: New Center to Train Students in 3D Printed Medical Implants