Chandu Gopalakrishnan “There is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords… they just don’t meet the challenge...

Tage Kene-Okafor Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing has started operations in South Africa today, according to Reuters. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/didi-chuxing-expands-to-south-africa-to-take-on-bolt-and-uber/

Brian Heater Boston Dynamics’ transition from a decades-long research robotics firm to a company that productizes and sells hardware has been a fascinating one to watch. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/29/this-is-boston-dynamics-next-commercial-robot/

Ingrid Lunden Cazoo, the UK used-car sales portal that has been on a major fundraising tear in the last year, will be next company to...

Jonathan Shieber Last week the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the national government’s plan to tax carbon emissions was legal in a decision that could have significant...

Catherine Shu Ajaib, the Indonesian investment app, has added $65 million to its Series A, bringing the round’s new total to $90 million. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/28/ajaib-raises-65m-series-a-extension-led-by-ribbit-capital-increasing-the-rounds-total-to-90m/

Jonathan Shieber Who knew building a vertical software as a service toolkit focused on home heating and cooling could be worth $8.3 billion? https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/27/with-an-arr-topping-250-million-las-vertical-saas-superstar-servicetitan-is-now-worth-8-3-billion/

Mary Ann Azevedo One of the biggest pain points for startups and small businesses is keeping up with back office tasks such as bookkeeping and...

Brendan Nyhan, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek YouTube is widely viewed as an engine of radicalization for users on the platform, but Brendan Nyhan, a professor of...

Christoph Ungerer While e-commerce giants such as Amazon dominate the headlines in the COVID-19 economy, the news can be deceiving. In much of the world,...

Connie Loizos John Ruffolo isn’t as famous as some investors but he’s very well-known in Canadian business circles. The longtime head of Arthur Andersen’s tech,...

Ron Miller Last October as Slack was preparing for its virtual Frontiers conference, the company began thinking about different ways people could communicate on the platform. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/slack-wants-to-be-more-than-a-text-based-messaging-platform/

Anthony Ha “Headless commerce” is a phrase that gets thrown around lot (I’ve typed it several times today already), but Vue Storefront CEO Patrick Friday has an especially vivid...

Harris Lummis In October 2019, The New York Times reported that 1.5 million packages were delivered in New York City every single day. Though convenient for customers...

Rebecca Bellan Woven Capital, the investment arm of Toyota’s innovation-focused subsidiary Woven Planet, has announced an investment into Silicon Valley-based autonomous delivery vehicle company Nuro. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/woven-capital-kicks-off-portfolio-with-investment-in-autonomous-delivery-company-nuro/

Mary Ann Azevedo Hub, a productivity platform for technical pre-sales, has formally launched with $1 million in seed funding. https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/26/hub-a-productivity-platform-for-technical-sales-professionals-launches-with-1m-in-funding/