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Welcome back to Week in Review ! We ’ve got tons of tidings for you this workweek : ticket EVs spotted in the state of nature ; Airbnb pricing updates ; a hack at Blue Shield ; and much more . allow ’s go !
Get a clue : Cluely is an AI - based shaft thathelps multitude cheaton test , sales calls , and even problem interview . Though one of the co - founders was kick out of Columbia over a standardised tool , and one of thecompany ’s advertizement strike short , Cluely boasts a $ 5.3 million monthly ARR . Guess cheaters do come through sometimes ?
I ’m interested : EV manufacturer Slate has mesh in comparative secrecy until TechCrunch published a write up give away Bezos ’ fiscal involvement , as well as its plan to price its EV at around $ 25,000 . Now the company isplanting concept carsaround LA to garner interest .
look red : Tesla had its Q1 earnings call on Tuesday , and we got a looking at at how the company is doing . In short , it ’s not doing well : Tesla ’s net income reflects a 71 % drop-off from the same quarter last twelvemonth , and it was the bad quarter for Tesla delivery in more than two years .
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News
No more out of sight fees : Airbnb will now automatically showthe full monetary value for a given belongings , include all rush , when the great unwashed search for dimension .
Just vibing : adaptative Computer’s“vibe gull ” platformmakes it easier for non - software engineer to build up apps , just using text prompts . The company recently announced a $ 7 million seeded player round , lead by Pebblebed .
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It ’s still bad , though : While the government try on to pass legislating drive to change teenager ’ experience online , a Modern work from Pew Research shows thatsome teenager find social sensitive to be a positive influence : According to the sketch , 74 % of U.S. teens said societal media pretend them feel more connected to their admirer , and 63 % said that online platforms give them a place to utter their creativity .
dandy , awesome : Blue Shield of Californianotified customers this week of a data point breach . The insurance policy giant read it used Google Analytics to chase after how its customer used its websites , but a misconfiguration had allowed for personal and health information to be gather up as well .
Down risky : Blueskywent down for usersThursday dark , making us wonder how a decentralized connection could even go down in the first place . On Friday , Bluesky corroborate that it had been hit by a DDoS tone-beginning .
Checkmate!Chess.com boast that itnow has 200 million member . Albert Cheng , chief growth officer at Chess.com , credit the company ’s continued intersection innovation as one of the reasons it has seen strong and sustained growth .
Go with the Flow : Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann ’s proptech troupe , Flow , hassecured over $ 100 million in funding , bringing its valuation to approximately $ 2.5 billion . This certainly raised eyebrows , cave in the elusive history of WeWork .
Analysis
Tesla troubles : rebound against Elon Musk has arise to such a stratum that Tesla ’s lawyer feelthe need to warn investorsit could damage the troupe ’s brand and business . While risk factors are typically written to be broad and overly cautious , sometimes new ( or removal of old ) language can signal what issue or developments are most of import to a company like Tesla and , crucially , its sound team , Sean O’Kane writes .
