Connie Loizos
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gm and editor-in-chief, @techcrunch; founder @strictlyvc, cohost of "strictlyvc download" podcast, panini press enthusiast. tips to [email protected]
San Francisco
Joined September 2006
Disrupt is a celebration of founders, investors, and the wider startup community, but it’s also a celebration of San Francisco, as San Francisco Mayor @DanielLurie notes backstage.
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How DeepSeek changed the AI landscape for Silicon Valley
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Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025. Here's what it could mean for American AI policy.
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hi, all, an opinion piece that ran on our site yesterday did not go through our standard review process and was unfair to both our readers and our staff. that post has since been updated to reflect our standards, and we'll ensure that this doesn't happen again in the future.
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eek. data giant snowflake is at the center of a recent spate of alleged data thefts. scoop by techcrunch's zack whittaker
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Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA.
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After raising $100M, AI fintech LoanSnap is being sued, fined, evicted https://t.co/SHgRCwOFQL via @techcrunch
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The company has been sued by at least seven creditors, including Wells Fargo.
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On Tuesday, @TechCrunch returned to London with a @StrictlyVC event which had two highlights for me. First, @ingridlunden had a great chat with @vriparbelli about AI video in the enterprise, OpenAI and the future of LLMs: https://t.co/T3qXPf4UBp
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1000 x this. know she is v appreciative of the support
Hey folks, I'm sure a lot of you on here know @SarahPerezTC, an amazing writer, single mother and human. She suffered a total loss house fire this morning. She and her daughter are safe but if you can help at all please do so.
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!! i phoned julie on my very first day as eic and i'm *so* pumped to call her a colleague at long last.
Thrilled that I’ve joined @TechCrunch as editor of the Startups/VC desk working with some of the best startups reporters in the business! @alex @rebecca_szkutak @DominicMadori @bayareawriter @jacqmelinek @ChristineMHall; all under the fab @Cookie; & I’m reunited with @MattRosoff
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Shortly after Fisker board member Wendy Greuel took delivery of her Ocean SUV, the vehicle lost power on a public road. This was not a completely uncommon occurrence, according to internal documents, lawsuits, and NHTSA complaints. https://t.co/Xl8NA3C3wn via @techcrunch @sokane1
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Internal documents viewed by TechCrunch show a series of problems with the Fisker Ocean SUV including sudden power loss and brake problems.
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Lowercarbon founder Chris Sacca (@sacca) is investing more than $1 billion in climate tech startups. Join him and TechCrunch's Connie Loizos (@Cookie) for an epic conversation on climate, startups, and the future. #SOSVClimateTech
https://t.co/8BvbxDnABy
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yikes.
VCs look the other way as they give $205M more to Verkada, whose tech has been abused repeatedly by @TechCrunch @Cookie
https://t.co/jf6PYNLUCP here's more examples 🧵
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I talked with @theryanking Friday about his move from CEO to executive chair of Bolt. "The operating and scaling headspace is very different than the creative headspace. I've played both until now. This allows me to stay in the creative headspace."
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Ryan Breslow, who founded the "one-click" checkout tech company Bolt as a Stanford student and dropped out of college to build it, is stepping away as the
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Please note that if you received an email purportedly from us about a voicemail or otherwise looking for information, it was not us (which you probably figured out but in case not) and you should definitely delete this. 🎉🎉
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.@Cookie: "People love a good comeback story." @parkerconrad sat down with @StrictlyVC to discuss the future of @Rippling and why it makes sense to build a compound startup https://t.co/64cWaCjM4x
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Excited to partner w/ @StrictlyVC for its only in-person event of 2021 on 11/11 at 5 pm in SF. Great time to reconnect live + hear insights from guests incl. a16z’s @katie_haun, NYT's @eringriffith & @lorakolodny. Limited seating, so get your tickets now
strictlyvcinsf.splashthat.com
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"It only takes 12-15 entrepreneurs to solve the climate crisis" Join @vkhosla in a talk with Connie Loizos @Cookie (@TechCrunch) about the ongoing climate issues and ways to address them #SOSVClimateTech Summit by @SOSV on Oct 20-21. Register for free @ https://t.co/VDlUzNYmBF
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Had lots of fun talking with @Cookie about building an intelligence business and cyber threats. To be clear :) - I don't think the Ransomware threat is overestimated #EncryptACountry
This whole interview with @cahlberg is great, but I especially like this point about crossover between ransomware gangs and Russian intelligence services. https://t.co/BUuYvPsU7h via @techcrunch
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How Robert Reffkin went from being a C-average student to the founder of Compass https://t.co/ZQ4qWzTEIA via @techcrunch
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friends/strangers, just an fyi if you're online and have kids or are a magic fan. we just watched an hour-long zoom show hosted by @Justin_Willman and it was a sheer joy. highly recommend. next show is at 3 pm PST. (and justin, if you see this, thank you!)
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