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\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHeya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch\u2019s newsletter recapping the noteworthy happenings in tech over the past several days (and change).<\/p>\n
Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator had its Demo Days, and the venture desk took it all in with an appropriately skeptical eye. You can read their day one<\/a> and day two<\/a> coverage, along with an AI roundup<\/a> from yours truly and analysis<\/a> pieces<\/a> from the rest of the dogged edit team.<\/p>\n But the world didn\u2019t stop turning for YC. Also this week, Microsoft and Quantinuum, a quantum computing startup, made a scientific breakthrough<\/a> \u2014 or so they claim. The companies say that they were able to run thousands of experiments on a quantum computer without a single error, a feat that\u2019s long eluded the industry.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Apple could be getting into home robots. Reportedly, the company \u2014 fresh off its decision to cancel its long-in-the-works autonomous EV \u2014 has put Apple Home and AI execs on some form of robotics project for households, although many of the details have yet to be finalized.<\/p>\n Lots else happened. We recap it all in this edition of WiR \u2014 but first, a reminder to sign up<\/a>\u00a0to receive the WiR newsletter in your inbox every Saturday.<\/p>\n Canoo paid for its CEO\u2019s jet:<\/a> <\/strong>Kirsten reports that EV startup Canoo paid the rent for the CEO\u2019s private jet \u2014 $1.7 million\u2014 in 2023. That\u2019s double the amount of revenue the company generated that year.<\/p>\n AT&T leak:<\/strong><\/a> Phone giant AT&T has reset millions of account passcodes after a huge cache of data containing customer records was dumped online earlier this month, Zack reports.<\/p>\n No ChatGPT account required:<\/strong><\/a> OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI, ChatGPT, accessible to everyone \u2014 even people who haven\u2019t bothered making an account. But it won\u2019t be quite the same experience. Devin has the story.<\/p>\n Microsoft unbundles:<\/a> <\/strong>Microsoft has introduced new versions of its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription services that exclude Teams, its business collaboration chat offering, following scrutiny from European Union regulators and complaints from rival Slack.<\/p>\n Ghost ghosts:<\/a> <\/strong>Ghost Autonomy, a startup working on autonomous driving software for automaker partners, has shut down after raising nearly $220 million.<\/p>\n Alphabet and HubSpot: <\/strong><\/a>Reuters\u00a0reported<\/a> on Thursday that Google\u2019s parent company, Alphabet, is exploring the possibility of buying Boston-based HubSpot, a CRM and marketing automation company with a market cap of over $33 billion. Ron explains why that\u2019d make for strange bedfellows.<\/p>\n This week on Equity<\/a><\/strong>, Alex chatted about BlaBlaCar\u2019s new credit facility (and how it managed to land it), and he discusses how PipeDreams could be onto a clever model of startup construction, GoStudent\u2019s rebound and profitability, Hailo\u2019s chip business and the two new brands that GGV calls home as it divvies up its operations on opposite sides of the Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n And over on Found<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Nick Green, the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, was the featured guest. Thrive is a membership-based online grocery store that focuses on natural and organic food and household products. Green spoke about how Thrive isn\u2019t just focused on offering healthy options, but also wants to ensure that everyone has access to them \u2014 including those with SNAP and EBT benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNews<\/h2>\n
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