Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien is based in Toulouse, France, where he is conducting a three-year, government-backed study to determine how much cassoulet, butter and wine a single human can consume on a daily basis. Previously, he covered Silicon Valley for 15 years as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and the Los Angeles Times and he still has the talking sock puppet to prove it. Every day, he wonders what would happen if people in Silicon Valley knew how much less expensive it is to live in the south of France. I follow VentureBeat's ethics policy: http://venturebeat.com/ethics-statement/

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Stories by Chris O'Brien

NGINX raises $43 million to help enterprise customers transition to microservices

Silexica raises $18 million to accelerate development of software tools for autonomous vehicles

Israel now boasts 166 cybersecurity startups, including 16 that raised more than $50 million

France’s blockchain ambitions get a boost with new accelerator and surprising government support

Boston’s ezCater raises $100 million to take its corporate catering platform international

Bancor launches blockchain platform in Kenya to enable community currencies

Tessian raises $13 million to use machine learning for securing enterprise email

Mary Meeker’s annual valentine to Silicon Valley reminds us tech utopianism is alive and well

Google reboots advertising tools to give users more control over their data

Docker previews application management features for developers working across multiple clouds

Back Market raises $48 million to fund global expansion of its refurbished gadget marketplace

Adyen’s IPO starts strong as stock soars 70%, valuing Dutch fintech company at $14 billion

Adyen CEO tells employees in email that $8.4 billion IPO will ‘put us on a larger stage’

Sweden’s KRY raises $66 million to bring its digital health service to France and the U.K.

Strangeworks raises $4 million to prepare developers for quantum computing revolution

5 Midemlab music tech startups to watch: Enhancia, Flexound, Jooki, Landmrk, WowTune

Berlin’s Caroobi raises $20 million in round led by NGP Capital to expand its car repair platform

Target Global announces $100 million fund to target mobility startups

Adyen files for IPO that values fintech company up to $8.3 billion

WWDC 2018: Apple tries to straddle the line between encouraging usage and addiction

How Withings’ Éric Carreel plans to raise his wearables company from the dead

Withings cofounder Éric Carreel finalizes deal to regain control from Nokia

France’s Klaxoon raises $50 million for international expansion of its teamwork platform

The Mary Meeker slide that should terrify every European startup booster

Ava raises $30 million to expand beyond its fertility tracking bracelet

Macron warns the digital revolution will fail if companies don’t address its social impact

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty calls on developers to embrace responsible AI principles

Uber will open $24 million flying taxi research center in Paris

IBM announces 1,800 jobs in France at Macron’s ‘Tech for Good’ summit

Sydney’s SafetyCulture raises $46 million, with Australian VC investments on track for record year

Google announces Kubernetes Engine 1.10 update with new enterprise features