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@Techmeme shared
On Feb 22, 2023
Artifact, the personalized news reader created by Instagram's co-founders, opens to the public, with new features and no sign-up required, on Android and iOS (@sarahintampa / TechCrunch) https://t.co/hAw2FVPuhr https://t.co/qy98gSpu6h
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Instagram’s co-founders’ personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features

Instagram’s co-founders’ personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features

Artifact is dropping its waitlist and phone number requirements, introducing the app's first social feature and adding feedback controls.

@KateClarkTweets shared
On Feb 24, 2023
RT @mvpeers: If you want the real scoop on Josh Kushner and Thrive Capital, now a major force in VC, you have to read this excellent profile by @abebrown716 & @KateClarkTweets https://t.co/KKSpz2e1G8
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Josh Kushner’s Budding Empire

Josh Kushner’s Budding Empire

As summer turned to fall last year, Josh Kushner and his Thrive Capital offered a shiny new perk to some of the firm’s portfolio companies: How about a one-on-one meeting with Bob Iger, the ...

@Jessicalessin shared
On Feb 24, 2023
This is an interesting story and more interesting, in my opinion, that Sequoia leaked it (which is my professional opinion based on knowing how these things work). That firm is under major pressure to show the U.S. government it will get in line. https://t.co/HTiUraIyDb
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Sequoia Pares Back China Tech Investments as U.S. National-Security Concerns Grow

Sequoia Pares Back China Tech Investments as U.S. National-Security Concerns Grow

The venture-capital firm has started screening its China arm’s investments as Washington prepares to limit U.S. capital going to some Chinese tech companies.

@davemcclure shared
On Feb 22, 2023
RT @Techmeme: A profile of Alexis Ohanian, a Reddit co-founder, Serena Williams' husband, and early investor in Coinbase and ETH, who owns 700+ NFTs and raised $500M in 2022 (@delrayman / Forbes) https://t.co/MiPOcxGovb https://t.co/WHnl1PQosJ
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Reddit Co-Founder’s Quest For Unseizable Property

Reddit Co-Founder’s Quest For Unseizable Property

Alexis Ohanian’s ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized. That generational trauma is a big reason why he’s betting heavily on NFTs and future social ...

@TechCrunch shared
On Feb 23, 2023
RT @ChristineMHall: Call all early-stage founders: @TechCrunch is looking for 200 of you to feature in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt in SF this September. Applications are open for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 https://t.co/68EuUsFPdB via @techcrunch
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Applications are open for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200

Applications are open for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200

TechCrunch is set to feature 200 early-stage founders as a part of Startup Battlefield, TC's startup launch competition. Founders, apply now!

@TechCrunch shared
On Feb 21, 2023
RT @bayareawriter: Fractional real estate investing is a hot space and startup @Nestment_ is tackling it from a different angle than others have in the past. Read more about its efforts to bring more equality to home ownership and its $3.5M pre-seed raise here. 👇👇 https://t.co/PY4kM6qgmn
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Nestment raises $3.5M to help friends and family buy homes together

Nestment raises $3.5M to help friends and family buy homes together

By allowing people to pool their money, Nestment is out to redesign the concept of traditional homeownership.

@owenthomas shared
On Feb 24, 2023
SF's embrace of the weird, the optimistic, and the weirdly optimistic might just be its secret to regaining its startup buzz. My latest for the @sfexaminer: https://t.co/5tSiH0dBW3
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SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches

SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches

Once the home of freeway ramps, SF's Hayes Valley is now seen as the road to AI riches

@TechCrunch shared
On Feb 21, 2023
Soylent acquired by Starco Brands as nutrition company shifts into its 'natural next stage' https://t.co/AW9cPiLXr1 by @christinemhall
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Soylent acquired by Starco Brands as nutrition company shifts into its ‘natural next stage’

Soylent acquired by Starco Brands as nutrition company shifts into its ‘natural next stage’

Soylent, which is profitable and had been growing over the past few years, is Starco Brands' third acquisition in six months.