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It ’s the most marvelous tiiiiiiime of the yeaaaaaaar … That ’s good , we ’re back with all the you - can’t - missy companies from the current batch of Y Combinator startups . AI was , not shockingly , the with child theme , with 86 out of 247 company yell themselves an AI startup , but we ’re reaching bubble territory given that 187 mention AI in their pitches . We have a couple of roundup for you , including the 18 most interesting , and theTechCrunch staff favorites .
Meanwhile , I wrote up an in - astuteness interview with the beginner of Ember , the raging - mug company , about ( among other thing ) howhe split his party in halfto be capable to solicit MedTech and animation sciences investors .
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Startups turn a loss money is nothing new , but this week , Devin summarizes whyTrump ’s Truth Socialis dissimilar in a few primal ways . In a nutshell , the whole thing is playing out like a unfit reality telecasting show , where the plot of land revolves around hemorrhaging money and the suspense is whether it ’ll run out of hard currency before viewers shift the channel . With a introduction on Nasdaq as $ DJT , thanks to a merger with the despair ducky of the finance public , a SPAC , Trump Media & Technology Group ’s ( TMTG ) financial lifting of the veil reveals a $ 58 million release on a meager $ 4 million in revenue . This is n’t your typical Silicon Valley “ cauterise immediate payment now , profit later ” saga ; it ’s more of a “ burn cash now , and that ’s it ” form of story . Unlike inauguration that flourish on VC life sentence support while disrupting industries , TMTG ’s lifeline are fray , with no volatile drug user development , no VC refined sugar papa , and the awkward position of being publically accountable while endeavor to juggle a business modelling that seems to repulse advertiser like it ’s made of antimatter . As thestock flopsaround lacklusterly , the reality sets in that TMTG ’s chronicle might be less about pioneering digital media and more about how to misplace friends and alienate advertisers , all while the credit cast on what could be the most expensive instalment of “ The Apprentice ” ever produced .
Chaos in automotive startup land
Stormy weather condition keep to be the musical theme for the mover and shakers of the startup humanity : Transportation .
Canoo ’s 2023 earnings report translate like a seriocomedy . The whiz of the show ? CEO Tony Aquila ’s private jet , which be the company double over its entire tax income for the year . In a year where Canoo managed to rake in a meager $ 890,000 by give birth just 22 vehicles , it simultaneouslyshelled out $ 1.7 millionto see to it Aquila could jet - countersink in style . I opine in the fast - paced world of electrical vehicles , nothing says “ fiscal responsibility ” quite like a private spurt tab that overshadows your sales , even as the society beak clean the os of itsfailed competitors .
Meanwhile , in the land of Fisker , the company momentarilymisplaced millionsin client payment amid a frantic scramble to reconstitute its business model . This financial game of skin - and - seek , which diverted crucial resource from sales to sleuthing , highlights the company ’s rather casual approach to tracking transactions , include , in some instances , handing over fomite on the honor system . Fisker ’s attempt to play taking into custody - up with paperwork not only strained its family relationship with PwC during annual report readiness but also leave the company clueless about its genuine gross , all while teetering on the sharpness of bankruptcy . So , if you ’ve ever matte bad about losing your machine keys , at least take solacement know you did n’t misplace the equivalent of a whole SUV overeat full of clam bills , or get yourself into an investigation aboutwhy the doors on the automobile you invent wo n’t open .
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