Tag: #Startups

Don’t stop hiring people — stop hiring the wrong people, says Artisan founder

Artisan may be known for its bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign, but the reality is that every founder needs to build the right team if they want to scale. Fast-growing AI startups are developing AI employees for outbound sales and customer engagement. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen talks with Artisan co-founder and CEO […]

Report says Meta will cut 10% of its employment, or 8,000 employees.

According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or a total of 8,000 people. Meta will also not be hiring for any of the 6,000 roles currently open. Meta told employees the layoffs would begin May 20, according to an internal memo sent to employees Thursday and seen by […]

Vercel announces some of its customers’ data was stolen before recent hack

App and website hosting giant Vercel said Thursday that hackers had accessed some of its customer data before the company discovered its latest data breach, suggesting the incident may have broader security implications than originally known. Vercel said in an update to its security incident page that after expanding its initial investigation, it had identified […]

Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffers a major security incident

The story of Delve, a startup facing compliance issues, has many twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve is the compliance company that provided security certification for Context AI. Context AI is an AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident that led to a data breach at popular app and […]

Samsung labor dispute could worsen memory chip supply problems

Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics employees held a rally at South Korea’s Pyeongtaek campus on Thursday, indicating they are ready to walk off the job for an 18-day strike next month. The core of the conflict is over money. The union is calling on Samsung to remove caps on performance bonuses and direct 15% […]

Surveillance vendor caught abusing access to telecom companies to track location of people’s phones, researchers say

Security researchers have discovered two separate espionage campaigns that exploit known weaknesses in global communications infrastructure to track people’s locations. Researchers say these two campaigns are likely just part of what is believed to be a broader exploit by surveillance vendors seeking access to global phone networks. On Thursday, Citizen Lab, a digital rights organization […]

India’s app market is booming, but global platforms capture most of the profits

India’s mobile app market is experiencing record revenues, with in-app purchases exceeding $300 million in the first quarter, up 33% year-over-year, according to Sensor Tower, but much of that spending is flowing to global platforms. Non-gaming apps were the primary driver of growth in the first quarter, generating more than $200 million in in-app purchase […]