Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: PitchBook: female-founded US companies raised $44.4B out of $170.59B in VC funding in 2023; companies with all-female founding teams raised ~$3.1B, down 39% YoY  —  Female-founded companies in the U.S. raised $44.4 billion out of the $170.59 billion in venture capital allocated last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Strachan / VICE: A survey of 9,388 software engineers in December 2023: ~90% believe getting a job now is harder than pre-pandemic and 60%+ believe AI will lead to less hiring  —  9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring.  Only 6% were confident they’d get another job with the same pay. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google reorganizes its Devices & Services teams working on the Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest; Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google  —  Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams responsible for Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Louise Matsakis / Semafor: Google lays off hundreds of staff working on Assistant and says the restructuring would help improve Assistant as the company explores integrating newer AI tech  —  Google is laying off hundreds of people working on its voice-activated Google Assistant software and eliminating a similar number … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: Toto Haba, the SVP of LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics, says the luxury conglomerate is discussing a plan with TikTok for limiting counterfeit products on the app  —  – Agreements can help improve quality of TikTok’s Shop effort  — TikTok aims for $17.5 billion US e-commerce business in 2024 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: PitchBook: VC investment in the crypto industry totaled $9.5B in 2023, less than a third of 2022; CryptoSlam says NFT sales fell 63% to $8.7B in 2023  —  A disastrous 2023 for crypto startups hasn’t dissuaded true believers.  —  Cryptocurrency startups had a brutal 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme