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TechCrunch City Spotlight: Minneapolis, Startup Pitch Competition

Yesterday, Wednesday, September 7, TechCrunch Live hosted a special, extended event focusing on Minneapolis, Minnesota. The area is quickly becoming a major hotbed of startups in the Midwest, and the event featured some of the best founders and investors from the region. Following the panels and interviews, three Minneapolis startups competed for free tickets to…

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Yesterday, Wednesday, September 7, TechCrunch Live hosted a special, extended event focusing on Minneapolis, Minnesota. The area is quickly becoming a major hotbed of startups in the Midwest, and the event featured some of the best founders and investors from the region. Following the panels and interviews, three Minneapolis startups competed for free tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt. 

Startups
Axon Athletics, a mental health platform for student athletes 
Kyros Care, a digital platform for substance recovery services.
NXgenPort, an implantable chemo port that features added sensors and remote connectivity functions.

Judges
Mahati Sridhar, vice president, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Sarah Hinkfuss, partner, Bain Capital Ventures

After deliberating and measuring the startups’ potential for social or monetary impact, the two judges picked NXgenPort as the winner. The judges were impressed by NXgenPort’s CEO and co-founder Cathy Skinner, saying, in part, her pitch was well polished and made it easy to understand the complex nature of the company’s device and business model.

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Newchip’s bankruptcy is a cautionary tale for founders | Equity Podcast

This episode of Equity breaks down months-long reporting surrounding Newchip’s bankruptcy and its impact on founders, as well as the broader accelerator landscape as a whole. Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday…

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This episode of Equity breaks down months-long reporting surrounding Newchip’s bankruptcy and its impact on founders, as well as the broader accelerator landscape as a whole.

Equity is a show about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. New episodes drop at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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Control Your iPad With Your Eyes

Coming soon: a handful of Apple accessibility updates for the iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and CarPlay, making it easier to navigate devices, communicate with Siri and connect with loved ones. #accessibility #eyetracking #ui #ux #apple #ipad #tech #haptics Read more at CNET:

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Coming soon: a handful of Apple accessibility updates for the iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro and CarPlay, making it easier to navigate devices, communicate with Siri and connect with loved ones. #accessibility #eyetracking #ui #ux #apple #ipad #tech #haptics

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AI was all over Google’s I/O conference | TechCrunch Minute

Google kicked off its annual Google I/O developer conference with a big helping of AI. They unveiled updates to their flagship AI model Gemini, splashy new generative AI features for search, Gmail, and Google Sheets , and previewed new capabilities for Google’s AI assistant on Android. Following OpenAI’s release of it’s GPT-4o model, te can’t…

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Google kicked off its annual Google I/O developer conference with a big helping of AI. They unveiled updates to their flagship AI model Gemini, splashy new generative AI features for search, Gmail, and Google Sheets , and previewed new capabilities for Google’s AI assistant on Android. Following OpenAI’s release of it’s GPT-4o model, te can’t help but notice the competition between the two companies is heating up.

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