Twitter CEO admits he paid $44 billion for the platform because ‘I kind of had to’
- ByStartupStory | April 13, 2023
Elon Musk confirms what we already suspected: he bought Twitter because he believed he would be forced to. Darrell has more on the subject. Ivan also mentions that the legacy check mark you have is set to expire on 4/20…we believe. We’ve heard that before, but some colleagues are now seeing it. In case you missed it, Amanda reports that NPR has left Twitter and that the company has changed its name to Twitter, Inc.
Truecaller is bringing live caller ID to iPhone for its premium tier subscribers, but there is some user effort required. According to Aisha, music improves everything, and a new integration with Spotify provides Strava users with a soundtrack to their activities.
The early days of the pandemic were a huge boon to the home fitness crowd. Gyms closed indefinitely, and even when they reopened, many members questioned whether the model would continue to work for them in the future. Tonal was one of the companies that saw early gains and then a lot of turbulence. Brian reports that the company recently received $130 million in new funding and appointed a new CEO.
“Upon further review, it has come to our attention that the way the process was described [in the TechCrunch article] could potentially be seen as bank fraud. As a result, our process partner has terminated our relationship,” a spokesperson for Smoakland said in an email to Haje.
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