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The coronavirus pandemic has bruised and battered many technology startups, but it has also boosted a small few. One such company is Zoom, which has shouldered the task of keeping us connected to one another in the midst of remote work and social distancing. So, of course, we’re absolutely thrilled to have the chance to […] Continue reading Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan will speak at Disrupt 2020
When Zoom started having security issues in March, they turned to former Facebook and Yahoo! Security executive Alex Stamos, who signed on as a consultant to work directly with CEO Eric Yuan. The goal was to build a more cohesive security strategy for the fast-growing company. One of the recommendations that came out of those […] Continue reading Zoom consultant Alex Stamos weighs in on Keybase acquisition
Zoom announced this morning that it has acquired Keybase, a startup with encryption expertise. It did not reveal the purchase price. Keybase, which has been building encryption products for several years including secure file sharing and collaboration tools, should give Zoom some security credibility as it goes through pandemic demand growing pains. The company has […] Continue reading Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to force people to work from home, countless companies are now holding daily meetings using videoconferencing services from Zoom. But without the protection of a password, there’s a decent chance your next Zoom meeting could be “Zoom bombed” — attended or disrupted by someone who doesn’t belong. And according to data gathered by a new automated Zoom meeting discovery tool dubbed “zWarDial,” a crazy number major corporations are setting up meetings without passwords enabled. Continue reading ‘War Dialing’ Tool Exposes Zoom’s Password Problems
In the old days of enterprise software, when companies like IBM, Oracle and Microsoft ruled the roost, there was a tendency to shop from a single vendor. You bought the whole stack, which made life easier for IT — even if it didn’t always work out so well for end users, who were stuck using […] Continue reading Good news for enterprise startups: SaaS helped kill the single-vendor stack
Brianne Kimmel on her debut fund: “I want to be mindful that I am a female GP and I feel honored to have that title.” Continue reading Work Life Ventures raises $5M for debut enterprise SaaS seed fund
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Kate Clark sat down with Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of video communications startup Zoom, to go behind the curtain on the company’s recent IPO process and its path […] Continue reading Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan