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  TechCrunch+ Roundup: Slashing SaaS costs, FedNow’s ‘game changer,’ diverse cap tables

  TechCrunch - Walter Thompson

  Software is a company’s third-largest expense, but because it’s spread across multiple departments, it’s the CFO’s responsibility to find places to cut. In a TC+ column that includes spending benchmarks (based on employee size), CloudEagle founder and CEO Nidhi Jain shares her “cost-optimization …

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  7 hours ago

  Bootstrapping is cool once again

  TechCrunch - Dominic-Madori Davis

  Bootstrapping, or funding your own company, has long been the first route many founders take when they set out on their entrepreneurial journey. But it’s not a decision that they have any say in. Often, sources of capital only flow to those with the networks and the opportunity to get warm …

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  Kolena, a startup building tools to test AI models, raises $15M

  TechCrunch - Kyle Wiggers

  Kolena, a startup building tools to test, benchmark and validate the performance of AI models, today announced that it raised $15 million in a funding round led by Lobby Capital with participation from SignalFire and Bloomberg Beta. The new cash brings Kolena’s total raised to $21 million, and will …

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  Byju’s to cut as many as 5,000 more jobs amid business restructuring

  TechCrunch - Manish Singh

  Byju’s plans to cut as many as 5,000 jobs in the coming weeks, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Indian edtech giant looks to pare down costs amid a broad restructuring of its business. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which recently appointed a new head for its India business, is …

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  Photo-sharing app Lapse hits top of the App Store by forcing you to invite your friends

  TechCrunch - Sarah Perez

  Forget invite-only social apps, Lapse is testing a new technique to acquire its users: it forces you to invite your friends in order to get in. The reinvention of a social camera app first introduced in 2021, Lapse is now king of the U.S. App Store after having jumped from No. 118 Overall earlier …

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  Alchemist Accelerator’s latest startups range from sneakernet for energy to solar panel cleaning bots

  TechCrunch - Devin Coldewey

  This morning is Alchemist Accelerator’s demo day, and there are 22 companies making their debut across a wide range of industries. Whether you’re building a construction business, cleaning solar panels, or exploring quantum computing, there’s something for you here. Alchemist also announced a …