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

TechCrunch

“The principles are basic, but it’s easy for founding teams to miss details that matter,” he says. CEO and co-founder Puneet Gupta has shared his seven-step plan for developing usage-based pricing models. 7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence

TechCrunch

He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. But when it comes to assessing investment opportunities, few venture and growth equity investors have the resources to conduct thorough technical diligence. The focus of diligence tends to be on aspects of a product that can be measured.

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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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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

CIO

In addition, CrowdStrike hired two independent software security vendors to review the Falcon sensor code, its quality control, and release processes, and also changed how its updates are released: more gradually, to increasing rings of deployment, says Adam Meyers, CrowdStrikes SVP for counter adversary operations. Trust, but verify.

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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. Adopting Operational AI Organizations looking to adopt Operational AI must consider three core implementation pillars: people, process, and technology.

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Venture capital undermines human rights

TechCrunch

The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. Europe and China, which in turn are shaping the future of technology. Despite gains, gender diversity in VC funding struggled in 2020.

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IT pros: One-third of AI projects just for show

CIO

And it’s not just an employee perception issue, says Sriram Nagaswamy, executive vice president for technology at supply chain visibility platform vendor FourKites. Launching AI projects for show can lead to doubts about the technology, even though AI has great potential in supply chain management and other areas, he adds.