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TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

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Drawing from his experience of leading startups through the dot.com implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. For years, conventional wisdom said it was a useless evolutionary holdover, but we’ve since learned that it helps strengthen the immune system.

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Global AI regulations: Beyond the U.S. and Europe

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Lastly, China’s AI regulations are focused on ensuring that AI systems do not pose any perceived threat to national security. The G7 AI code of conduct: Voluntary compliance In October 2023 the Group of Seven (G7) countries agreed to a code of conduct for organizations that develop and deploy AI systems.

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IT downtime cuts enterprise profit by 9%, says study

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For the study, titled “The Hidden Costs of Downtime,” Oxford Economics quizzed executives from Global 2000 companies about the causes and costs of downtime in IT systems. They counted any service degradation or unavailability of critical business systems due to cyberattacks as well as technical and operational failures as downtime.

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Major de-booking proves that suppliers are in the driver’s seat: Analyst

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The company announced it had de-booked a $700 million order for AI equipment due to what was described by CEO Antonio Neri as a concern with a specific customer. During the call on Thursday, chief financial officer Marie Myers said that, while revenue from AI systems orders were in-line with expectations of an estimated $1.2

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Daily Crunch: Upskilling edtech platform GOMYCODE closes $8M Series A

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Shield AI, which makes military autonomous flying systems, raised $165 million at a $2.3 We don’t want to be insensitive about layoffs, but Haje does encourage would-be employees to do their due diligence before joining a startup : They are more risky than you might think, especially when the economy does a little curtsy of despair.

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The changing face of cybersecurity threats in 2023

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government and the companies that are best prepared to provide safe-by-default solutions to uplift the whole ecosystem,” says a report published by the Homeland Security Department’s Cyber Safety Review Board. “Organizations must act now to protect themselves, and the Board identified tangible ways to do so, with the help of the U.S.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing churn rates, visa side hustles, YC S22 Demo Day faves

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If you’ve solved a problem inside your organization and are interested in sharing your solutions with an audience, please review our recently revised submission guidelines. Twitter Space: What can today’s founders learn from the 2000 dotcom bubble burst? In 2000, many high-flying internet startups turned into smoking craters.