Here&#8217;s what we got into today:
<ul>
<li>Deals of the Week: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/cameo-layoffs-celebrity-greeting/">Layoffs at Cameo</a>, where <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/19/fintech-valuations-down-2023/">fintech valuations are today and where they are going</a>, and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/19/egnyte-storage-ipo/">Egnyte&#8217;s slow-burn path to an IPO</a>.</li>
<li>The end of VanMoof: Raising a lot of money doesn&#8217;t necessitate a startup&#8217;s success. Such is the case with VanMoof, which raised nine-figures and built and sold e-bikes. Now <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/vanmoof-goes-vanpoof-bankruptcy/">it is no more, and we have questions</a>.</li>
<li>CEO turnover: As <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/onlyfans-ceo-ami-gan-steps-down/">the CEO of OnlyFans steps down</a>, the gang dug into when a CEO can or should step down. Certainly some companies do best, for example, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/16/replacing-yourself-as-ceo/">with long-term leadership by a founder</a>. But not all.</li>
<li>Generative AI and the writer&#8217;s strike: It turns out that we&#8217;re bigger South Park fans than we knew as a group, but that&#8217;s not really the point. What matters is that a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/maybe-showing-off-an-ai-generated-fake-tv-episode-during-a-writers-strike-is-a-bad-idea/">recently released &#8216;AI-generated&#8217; episode</a> of the show is driving a conversation today concerning how critical — or not — humans are to the creative process. Google <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/20/google-reportedly-testing-ai-tool-write-news-articles/">is also busy here</a>.</li>
</ul>
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Here&#8217;s what we got into today: Deals of the Week: Layoffs at Cameo, where fintech valuations are today and where they are going, and Egnyte&#8217;s slow-burn path to an IPO. The end of VanMoof: Raising a lot of money doesn&#8217;t necessitate a startup&#8217;s success. Such is the case with VanMoof, which raised nine-figures and built [&hellip;]

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