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Extra Crunch roundup: Square buys Afterpay, paid search basics, career advice for devs

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Dana Stalder, a partner at Matrix Partners and Afterpay’s only institutional investor, describes the deal as part of a recurring “critical innovation cycle” in fintech that “determines the winners and losers” for decades to come. Image Credits: jayk7 (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. In the U.S.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

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“Declining a bad meeting should never be taboo, and you should reiterate your trust in the team and challenge them to spend their and others’ time with more intention,” Phillips says. “Help them feel empowered to decline a bad meeting.” And we’re really focused on building the team.”.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

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Thanks to hard work from the entire TechCrunch team, authoritative guest contributors and a very engaged reader base, we’ve tripled our membership in the last 12 months. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck

TechCrunch

Just flicking through the deck leaves me really confused in general, but I’ll get to why that’s a bad thing in a bit. “What makes us stand out” — USP slide. . “True AR SDK” — Third-party app developer slide. Cover slide — “WayRay Overview” WayRay TeamTeam slide 1.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Klaviyo EC-1, micromobility’s second wave, UiPath CFO interview, more

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Image Credits: slowcentury (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. This in-depth industry analysis shows how increased regulation on the local level and changing consumer habits are pushing micromobility providers to adapt and innovate. Image Credits: ra2studio (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The Klaviyo EC-1.

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The Good and the Bad of Android App Development

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If only 100 people lived on Earth, 76 of them would be using Android and 20 – iOS (let’s ignore those 4 eccentric individuals with Windows and Blackberry smartphones). But, when it comes to native development, you usually have to start with one. Android development starter pack. Software Development Kit.

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Advanced RAG patterns on Amazon SageMaker

AWS Machine Learning - AI

This post discusses RAG patterns to improve response accuracy using LangChain and tools such as the parent document retriever in addition to techniques like contextual compression in order to enable developers to improve existing generative AI applications. One example of this is their investment in chip development.