Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January 2023; Tan will step away from his role at his firm Initialized Capital
YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. https://www.forbes.com/... @initialized : News alert: Congratulations to @jenhwolf & @brettdg, our new managing partners. Jen & Brett joi...
ClassDojo, a school communications app for teachers, students and families, raises $30M, says it became profitable in 2019, and tripled its revenue in 2020
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch : Tweets: @nmasc_ , @nmasc_ , @toddg777 , @akumar , and @joshbuckley . Thanks: @joshconstine Tweets: Natasha / @nmasc_ : New: @ClassDojo's first eight years didn't in...
Clubhouse raises Series B led by a16z, says it has 180+ investors, and will test options for paying creators and begin work on an Android app soon
When I first met Paul Davison, it took about 10 seconds to realize … Tae Kim / Bloomberg : Forget TikTok. Clubhouse Is Social Media's Next Star. Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Clubhouse announces ...
Spontaneous social apps that let users join video, voice, and chat rooms on a whim have become popular under lockdowns, like exclusive voice chat app Clubhouse
Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That's the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised … Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @bdsams , @ericbahn , @julialipton , @db , @thek...
Superhuman says it is removing location tracking, deleting location data, turning read statuses off by default, and building an option to disable remote images
or even an easy opt-out. Anil Dash / @anildash : Notably, this response is far more measured and reasonable than many responses from investors — including investors who have not (apparently) invested ...