Tue. 01/11 – YC Ups The Ante

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🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Moxie Marlinspike is stepping down as CEO of Signal, and Brian Acton is stepping up. For now. Y Combinator is getting more generous with the investment it makes in its cohort companies. Carriers aren’t pleased with Apple’s iCloud Private Relay service. And another day, another headline like: the Associated Press is getting into NFTs. Sponsors: do.co/trh Wix.com Links: Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as CEO of Signal (The Verge) Y Combinator’s New Deal Sparks Fear in Seed Investors (The Information) T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in the US [U] (9to5Mac) Apple Highlights Services in 2021, Recaps Upcoming Features Like IDs on iPhone (MacRumors) The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam Right Home for Tuesday, January 11th, 2022.
0:08.0	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	Moxie Marlin Spike is stepping down as CEO of Signal, and Brian Acton is stepping up for now.
0:16.0	Why Combinator is getting more generous with the investment it makes in its cohort companies.
0:21.0	Carriers aren't pleased with Apple's I-Cloud Private Relay Service, and another day, another
0:25.5	headline like this.
0:27.1	The Associated Press is getting into NFTs.
0:29.6	Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech. Signal CEO Moxi Merlin Spike has announced that he is
0:37.8	stepping down as the head of Signal. You might remember that we talked about
0:42.1	Moxi just yesterday with that big Web3 essay from him from the weekend
0:47.6	But more on that in a second. What's app co-founder Brian Acton will act as the interim CEO of Signal as the search for a permanent replacement
0:57.0	begins, though one wonders if that search might lead to Acton himself. You might remember Brian Acton, well quoting Tony
1:06.6	Esieri on Twitter. You might remember him from the time he told everyone to hashtag delete Facebook and left 150 million dollars in stock options
1:15.2	behind because he wanted to rage quit that badly.
1:18.0	Quoting the verge. Every day I'm struck by how Boundless Sign signals potential looks and I want to bring in someone with fresh energy and commitment to make the most of that,
1:28.0	Marlon Spike wrote, I now feel very comfortable replacing myself as CEO based on the team we have."
1:34.6	The company has met with several CEO candidates over the last few months, Marlin Spike wrote,
1:38.8	but the search remains ongoing.
1:41.1	Founded in 2014, Signal has grown into one of the most trusted and robust apps for
1:44.9	encrypted messaging.
1:46.4	The service has more than 40 million monthly users and is regularly recommended in security
1:51.0	guides.
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