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• Welcome to our inner circle of Swiss cheese: Amanda It has a PSA: “Don’t post your darkest secrets on Twitter.” There’s a bug (yes, another one) that causes those tweets to go out to people who aren’t in your “circle of trust.”
• All the benefits, none of the ads.: YouTube Premium, the 11.99-a-month version of the platform, now has some new features, including Apple SharePlay support, high-quality video, and ways to manage your queue. Sarah It has more.
• I knew the way you know about good melons.Rob Salomon, former GoFundMe chairman and president Keith, is finding the next big thing in digital business, starting with investment firms Juxtapose and Blackstone. The companies have committed $200 million to the new effort, which will invest in high-potential digital-first consumer products brands; Christine Reports.

Startups and VCs

Many insurers deal with insurance distribution and policy management. Instead, Axle provides real-time insurance information, automatic insurance verification and ongoing coverage tracking to help customers, such as rental car companies, reduce operating costs. Christine Reports.

Things were a little slow over the holiday weekend, but here are a few more things to feast your eyes on:

• AI can do that, maybeDevin sat in on the Y Combinator Demo Day and the latest is sure to be a lot of “maybe AI can do this…?” He explained.
• Who is a good boy?Pet influencers are hotter than ever. But how do dogs work? Amanda He wonders, and then he finds it and shares it with us.
• As a website for you earsDon’t miss today’s episode of the Equity Podcast where the team dives into crypto price stability, Uber’s sale of Careem and reviews for YC.
• A long, slow journeyOn TC+, Ron It examines what happens when your startup fails.
• We are fine, thank youAlso on TC+, Anna Wondering, what if Scandinavian startups don’t need Y Combinator?

In the new normal for VC, builders win

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Big VC firms secure access to deals through complex strategy, research and relationship building, but looking deeply into each founder’s vision and motivation is the only way forward, says Will Robbins, general partner at Contary Capital.

With more capital readily available, “we’re not going back to a time when venture capital firms won by being the only time table at the table,” Robbins said, gathering deal flow to build a technology stack, and productivity “for LPs for decades to come.”

Three more from the TC+ team:

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Big Tech Inc.

Please extend a big TechCrunch welcome to our newest writers, Morgan Sung. Today, get your first story verified by Meta, which will give you a little blue check next to your name. However, to get that check, you have to use your legal name, a policy that’s causing concerns among sex work circles.

Meanwhile, Uber Super App sold its stake in Careem to Emirates Telecommunications for $400 million. Kirsten Careem in the year He wrote that it was founded in 2012 as a ride-hailing competitor to Uber and has since added other delivery features, including food and packages, bus services and credit transfers. Following the closing of the sale, it will be divided into two companies.

And we have five more for you:

• Put them on the clock: Ron He writes that UK regulators may be right about the barriers to cloud mobility.
• I hugged him and called him GeorgeIf you want your own chatbot, you can make one now. Sarah It reports on Poe’s AI chatbot app, which lets you run your bots using questions.
• How did you get that cock on your head?Basic fantasy backgrounds are very 2021. A chicken on your head or a hug from a koala is great, thanks to Snapchat lenses, which can be accessed during Microsoft Teams meetings. Aisha It has more.
• Where have all the PCs gone?: Brian Reportedly, global PC shipments fell by a third in Q1, which by the way is the fourth consecutive decline.
• If you haven’t had enough tweets above…: We’ve got a lot here. Are those official Russian accounts gone? Don’t worry, you can find them again in search results. Ivan Reports. Oh, and there was that whole thing about how Twitter won’t let you retweet, like or respond to links like Substack. Amanda It has more.