Tag: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Despite risks, Vinod Khosla is optimistic about AI

Vinod Khosla has no doubts that humanity’s future with AI is bright. The Sun Microsystems co-founder turned prominent investor predicts that “the need to...

Foster sisters explain why they haven’t invested in AI

Oversubscribed Ventures co-founder Sara Foster (above right) made a confession onstage on Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. “I don’t even have ChatGPT on my...

Visa Everywhere Initiative: The Ultimate Fintech Pitch Competition

Fintech startups inspire—Visa enables. Join us at the Visa Emerging Innovators (VEI) program, where we celebrate the next generation of fintech pioneers. This...

Post-Synapse meltdown, this is the state of the banking-as-a-service industry

The bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service (BaaS) fintech Synapse shows just how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech world when one key player hits...

Erin and Sara Foster from Oversubscribed Ventures talk consumer, culture and creators

Erin and Sara Foster, two of the venture industry’s most famous sisters, sit down alongside business partner Phil Schwarz at Disrupt 2024 to...

What’s driving the boom in national interest startups in Silicon Valley?

One fascinating trend these days is an area that has a number of names: national-interest startups, American Dynamism, New World. These startups are...