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

TechCrunch

Founder and CEO Don Vultaggio says he plans to keep the price where it’s been since he launched the company 30 years ago. Unlike soft drinks, startups are not a volume business, and early-stage companies must revisit their pricing models regularly. How your company can adopt a usage-based business model like AWS.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO

Last summer, a faulty CrowdStrike software update took down millions of computers, caused billions in damages, and underscored that companies are still not able to manage third-party risks, or respond quickly and efficiently to disruptions. For companies who had been using CrowdStrike, switching vendors might seem like an obvious solution.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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The key to operational AI: Modern data architecture

CIO

From customer service chatbots to marketing teams analyzing call center data, the majority of enterprises—about 90% according to recent data —have begun exploring AI. For companies investing in data science, realizing the return on these investments requires embedding AI deeply into business processes.

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Proving voicemail doesn’t have to be wack, the Slack-backed startup Yac raises $7.5 million

TechCrunch

The company’s service has garnered enough attention to pick up a pretty sizable new round from investors led by GGV Capital and a return investment from the Slack Fund. Throughout their negotiations last year, the teams used Yac to conduct due diligence, according to Mitchell. million in a new round of funding.

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Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

TechCrunch

A founder recently told TechCrunch+ that it’s hard to think about ethics when innovation is so rapid: People build systems, then break them, and then edit. Some investors said they tackle this by doing due diligence on a founder’s ethics to help determine whether they’ll continue to make decisions the firm can support.

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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

TechCrunch

“Most of the companies we have seen have an AI component to support the discovery or development processes,” Francisco Dopazo, a general partner at Humboldt Fund told TechCrunch recently. When evaluating ‘AI for drug discovery companies,’ I view AI as a tool,” Shaq Vayda, principal at Lux Capital, told TechCrunch.

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