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TechCrunch Top 3

• There is no ChatGPT for you: That’s what Samsung tells its employees following a leak last month where internal company data was placed on ChatGPT, reports Kate.
• Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood?: Want help finding your lost dog? Nextdoor now has a new “Wizard” feature, powered of course by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, to help users of the neighborhood social network write posts that will get more positive engagement. Aisha writes
• Payday: Label writes about Nomba’s recent fundraiser of $30 million. The African payment service provider gives businesses tools to accept payments securely.

Startups and VCs

Ann Lai, a general partner at Bullpen Capital, says she was fired from the firm, natasha m. reports. the investor described the termination experience as “discriminatory and retaliatory” in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Lai helped raise Bullpen Capital’s newest $145 million fund, the first fund in which she was named an equity partner.

Today on Found, TechCrunch’s podcast that tells the stories behind startups, the team is talking with Stefan Bauer about how Marker Learning is reducing the cost of learning disability assessments conducting them remotely, how they have successfully worked with school districts to help them assess the required number of students, and the potential of bringing Marker Learning to the prison system to assess incarcerated individuals and give them tools to learn in a way that It is more suited to your abilities.

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How to run efficient and effective board meetings in the early stages

Many CEOs see preparing board decks as an unpleasant chore, but if done right, it’s an opportunity for founders to hone their storytelling skills, engage their team leaders, and derive more value from customer relationships. the investors.

Amy Cheetham, Partner at Costanoa Ventures, shared 11 dashboard slides with TC+ that demonstrate effective ways to convey accomplishments, product portfolio details, team recruitment and growth, and other key priorities.

“The slides in this article are not intended to be a complete dashboard,” he writes. “These are examples of actual early-stage board slides from seed and Series A-stage companies that have done a great job informing their boards and sparking constructive discussion.”

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You know what people hate more than losing things? Buying a tracking device for things just to have them be part of something insecure. Sarah write that Apple and Google have teamed up to create some standard security measures for these Bluetooth devices to stop unwanted tracking.

Speaking of companies coming together, Box partners with OpenAI to offer some generative AI tools in its document management platform. Ron has more.

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