Andrew Mendez

Reporter, TechCrunch

Andrew Mendez was a Multimedia Reporting Fellow covering a wide range of topics for TechCrunch. Prior to joining TechCrunch, his work could be found in various news organizations, including the Los Angeles Times, NPR’s Next Generation Radio, KUNR Public Radio, Reno Gazette Journal, The Nevada Independent, The Santiago Times and The Nevada Sagebrush. He aspires to increase visibility of diverse voices in his coverage, specifically the Latinx community, and encourage bilingual media. In his free time, Mendez enjoys spending time with his friends, reading, and listening to podcasts. He can be reached via email at andrew.mendez@techcrunch.com or on Twitter @amendeznews.

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The popular iOS and iPadOS app GarageBand will now include new remix sessions featuring songs from Katy Perry and the Korean boy band SEVENTEEN. Users will be able to download the…

Apple’s GarageBand update adds new remixes with Katy Perry and SEVENTEEN

As individuals try to manage medical information and understand their conditions, many typically turn to Google or WebMD — neither of which does much to verify or provide the latest…

Roon wants to educate patients with freshly sourced info on their conditions

As state laws shift and abortion bans go into effect across the United States, companies are still trying to find ways to provide care while reimagining what healthcare should include.

How digital health startups are navigating the post-Roe legal landscape

For co-founders Amogha Tadimety and Alison Burklund, the idea of starting Nanopath, a women-focused molecular diagnostic company, came from a need to create a company focused on women’s health diagnoses…

Nanopath is looking to drastically change medical diagnostics

When Charles Onu’s cousin was born with birth asphyxia and later developed a hearing condition, the seed for Ubenwa, an audio biometric company geared at identifying neurological disorders in infants,…

Can a baby’s cry identify neurological disorders? Ubenwa says ‘yes’

The idea of starting Healthie, a software company meant to help healthcare companies and startups handle back-office operations, came to co-founder Erica Jain after witnessing her parents struggle with weight…

Healthie lands $16.5M to build the Stripe for virtual patient care

Google has announced they will be taking a two-week hiring freeze, according to an article published by The Information earlier today.  This comes after the company announced last week they…

Google to pause all hiring for two weeks

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Digital health unicorns need a checkup

Digital health unicorns Ro, Cerebral, Calibrate and Forward’s layoff stories share a through line that reveals the unique challenges of being a venture-backed healthcare business.

Digital health unicorns need a checkup

Nucleus Genomics, a genetic testing company focused on calculating a patient’s risk of certain diseases, is adding $14 million to their initial seed funding round. With this round the company…

Nucleus Genomics lands new funding from Alexis Ohanian to help people assess specific disease risks

For Amanda D’Ambra and Joan Zhang, the idea of starting and co-founding an eating disorder care startup was personal: Both struggled with an eating disorder, along with other mental health…

Veteran digital health pros found virtual eating disorder care startup

Moving Analytics (Movn), a virtual at-home intervention program for high-risk cardiac patients, claims to be “the most clinically validated” cardiac rehabilitation program on the market. Though other online-based programs exist,…

This cardiac care startup just landed $20M for virtual rehab services
Space

Starlink on your yacht, so hot

Having conquered orbit, SpaceX’s next venue seems to be the high seas, through a special yacht-focused sub-brand of its satellite internet service called Starlink Maritime. The idea of satellite internet…

Starlink on your yacht, so hot

As climate change continues to be a forefront issue globally, many are petitioning for change and finding unique solutions to solving this issue. Twelve, a self-proclaimed “carbon transformation company” is…

Twelve is recycling captured CO2 into fuel, sunglasses and more