Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
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Friday, October 31, 2025
AI mania tanks CoreWeave’s Core Scientific acquisition; it buys Python notebook Marimo
CoreWeave's failed buy of Core Scientific is another sign of an AI bubble. But it's still shopping.
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Hackers threaten to leak data after breaching University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails
The hackers sent out mass-emails using official University of Pennsylvania email accounts, and threatened to leak university data.
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Tattd gave four TechCrunch writers tattoos at Startup Battlefield
Tattd, a marketplace for tattoo-seekers and artists, set up a mini tattoo parlor in the Expo Hall at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.
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AWS exceeds Wall Street’s expectations as demand for cloud infra remains high
AWS continues to see strong demand as companies gobble up its cloud infrastructure services in the age of AI.
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Government hackers breached telecom giant Ribbon for months before getting caught
Ribbon, which provides software and technology to phone and internet giants, said nation-state hackers were in its systems since at least December 2024.
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Perplexity strikes multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images
Perplexity’s agreement with Getty appears to legitimize some of the startup’s previous use of Getty’s stock photos. Perplexity came under fire last year for a series of plagiarism accusations from several news organizations.
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Luminar is cutting jobs, losing its CFO, and warning of a cash shortage
The new turmoil comes as founder Austin Russell is trying to buy the company just a few months after being replaced as CEO.
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Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A on the AI front
Apple CEO Tim Cook looks to M&A and AI partnerships to advance Apple Intelligence.
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Nvidia expands AI ties with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea to strengthen partnerships with Samsung, Hyundai, SK, and Naver, unveiling plans for AI-powered networks and next-generation intelligent systems.
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Reddit CEO says chatbots are not a traffic driver
Reddit doesn't see a lot of traffic coming from chatbot answers
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt
Thanks to everyone who made this year's San Francisco event what it was -- and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn't make it? These images tell part of the story.
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Navan IPO tumbles 20% after historic debut under SEC shutdown workaround
Navan finished its first day trading at an approximate valuation of $4.7 billion, which is about half of its last private valuation of $9.2 billion.
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Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside
Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in it's $500 million Series A round in 2024.
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Canva launches its own design model, adds new AI features to the platform
Canva is launching new features like Forms, email design, and makes Affinity free for all users.
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Bevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion
Most people tracking their health today end up with scattered clues. Their smartwatch shows sleep duration. A fitness app logs steps. A nutrition app counts calories. Yet few tools help people understand how all of this fits together. Bevel, a New York–based startup, believes that’s the missing piece in the shift toward proactive health. The […]
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Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies
Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India’s intercity travel market
IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India.
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India’s Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet
Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months.
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Cluely’s Roy Lee on the ragebait strategy for startup marketing
Cluely's Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral.
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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch the Startup Battlefield finale, Cluely, Solana, SF’s Mayor
If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage. Tune in right here starting now!
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Google to bring shuttered nuclear power plant back from the dead
Google is working with NextEra to reopen the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa to power the tech companies data centers.
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Bending Spoons to acquire AOL
Wednesday's news marks a new chapter for AOL, which was once one of the most recognized brands on the internet, known for its email service and "You've Got Mail" notification.
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ElevenLabs CEO says AI audio models will be ‘commoditized’ over time
ElevenLabs' founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the "biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today."
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It’s official. Fubo is combining with Hulu Live TV
Fubo and Disney have officially completed the transaction to combine the live sports platform with Hulu Live TV.
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How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries, and making it available to AI labs.
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Nvidia becomes first public company worth $5 trillion
With a market cap of $5 trillion, Nvidia is now worth more than the aggregated stock markets of all countries, apart from the United States, China and Japan.
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Etsy names former head of Depop, Kruti Patel Goyal, as its new CEO
Kruti Patel Goyal is replacing Etsy's long-time CEO, Josh Silverman, who is stepping down by the end of the year.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware
Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker's chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught.
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LG Uplus is latest South Korean telco to confirm cybersecurity incident
Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident.
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Tata Motors confirms it fixed security flaws, which exposed company and customer data
A security researcher found the Indian automotive giant exposing personal information of its customers, internal company reports, and dealers’ data. Tata confirmed it fixed the issues.
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Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield.
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‘Silicon Valley’ star Thomas Middleditch makes a surprise appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Othelia’s presentation at the pitch showcase stage.
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CyDeploy wants to create a replica of a company’s system to help it test updates before pushing them out — catch it at Disrupt 2025
Tina Williams-Koroma said CyDeploy uses machine learning to understand what happens on a company’s machine and then creates a “digital twin” where system administrators can test updates.
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Elloe AI wants to be the ‘immune system’ for AI — check it out at Disrupt 2025
Elloe AI promises a system capable of fact-checking AI outputs, make sure they don’t violate laws and regulations, and that are safe for the users.
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Charter Space brings fintech to spacecraft insurance and is showing off its stuff at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Charter Space wants to change how spacecraft are insured.
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VC Vinod Khosla says the US government could take 10% stake in all public companies to soften the blow of AGI
Khosla Ventures founder, Vinod Khosla shares his ideas about sharing the abundance of AI.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch Vinod Khosla, Netflix, Slate Auto, and Startup Battlefield
If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage. Tune in right here starting at 9 a.m. PT.
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AccessGrid raises $4.4M to help turn phones into key fobs
Access Grid builds APIs that companies can use to manage digital key fobs directly within Apple and Google's wallet platforms.
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Apple and Microsoft are now both worth more than $4T
This is the first time Apple's market capitalization has crossed the $4 trillion mark, making it the third company to ever cross the milestone after Nvidia and Microsoft.
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Mem0 raises $24M from YC, Peak XV and Basis Set to build the memory layer for AI apps
Taranjeet Singh (pictured right) has launched six companies, with some failing and others seeing varying degrees of success. His seventh, Mem0, could be his defining one. The startup starts with the premise that large language models can’t remember past interactions the way humans do. If two people are chatting and the connection drops, they can […]
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Monday, October 27, 2025
OpenAI offers free ChatGPT Go for one year to all users in India
ChatGPT Go is now free for Indian users under a limited-time promotional offer.
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Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha
Sequoia's managing partner Roelof Botha noted that there are currently 3,000 venture firms in the United States, while there were just 1,000 when he joined Sequoia 20 years ago.
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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI.
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CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot
Teller says X has a 2% hit rate, which means that most of the things the company tries don't work out, and that's okay.
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Biotech Nephrogen combines AI and gene therapy to reverse kidney disease — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
When Demetri Maxim was seven years old, his mother’s kidneys stopped working. She was put on dialysis, which meant that she had to go to the hospital four times a week to have her blood filtered by a machine since her own kidneys could no longer function independently. Two years later, Maxim’s mother received a […]
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Threads adds ‘ghost posts’ that disappear after 24 hours
Instagram Threads is launching “ghost posts,” a new disappearing-posts feature that lets users share updates that automatically archive after 24 hours. The ephemeral option—rolling out globally on Monday—aims to encourage more casual, low-pressure sharing
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Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C
Mercor, which connects AI labs with domain experts for training their foundational AI models, is close to raising $350 million at a $10 billion valuation.
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The 2025 Startup Battlefield Top 20 are here. Let the competition begin.
These 20 companies are more than just early-stage startups — they’re the architects of what’s next. And they’ll have just six minutes on the Disrupt Stage to prove it.
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Israeli intelligence vets raise $20M to track developer buying signals
Onfire, a vertical AI platform for IT revenue teams, is coming out of stealth with $20 million in funding, including a $14 million Series A co-led by Grove Ventures and TLV Partners.
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Workout app Ladder launches nutrition-tracking experience
Fitness app Ladder is debuting a new nutrition tracking feature that lets you snap a photo to input macros.
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Sunday, October 26, 2025
Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups
Prosus will match Accel's investment in Indian startups under this partnership.
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Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year
This could be part of a larger strategy to introduce more advertising in iOS.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 begins in less than 24 hours — catch our last ticket deals
The countdown is almost over — tomorrow’s the day! In less than 24 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West. From October 27–29, 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will flood San Francisco for three days of building, connecting, and deal-making. We’re just days away from live demos of never-before-seen tech and high-stakes pitches as […]
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Trump and Xi will ‘consummate’ TikTok deal on Thursday, treasury secretary says
The United States and China are ready to move forward on a TikTok deal, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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TechCrunch Mobility: The ‘robot army’ argument
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Less than 24 hours until 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators hit TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and ticket rates rise
The countdown is almost over — tomorrow’s the day! In less than 24 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over Moscone West. From October 27–29, 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators will flood San Francisco for three days of building, connecting, and deal-making. We’re just days away from live demos of never-before-seen tech and high-stakes pitches as […]
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Saturday, October 25, 2025
OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool
OpenAI is working on a new tool that would generate music based on text and audio prompts, according to a report in The Information. Such a tool could be used to add music to existing videos, or to add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track, sources said. It’s not clear when OpenAI plans to […]
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High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm
A high school student in Baltimore County, Maryland was reportedly handcuffed and searched after an AI security system flagged his bag of chips as a possible firearm.
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Who are AI browsers for?
OpenAI launched an AI-powered browser this week, but it feels like it offers a slight efficiency gain at best.
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TikTok robot star Rizzbot gave me the middle finger
About a week ago, I woke to a dizzying DM on Instagram — Rizzbot flipping me off. This sent me down a rabbit hole about humanoids in society.
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The glaring security risks with AI browser agents
New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity, but they also come with increased security risks.
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Friday, October 24, 2025
Musk’s ad chief at X departs after just 10 months
The revolving door reportedly reflects deeper tensions.
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Instagram’s latest feature lets you go back see your watched Reels
With this new feature, users can go back and find videos they might not have had the chance to save.
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Arbor’s ‘vegetarian rocket engine’ power plant is actually an omnivore
As demand for electricity from data centers grows, Arbor Energy has made its power plant capable of burning natural gas in addition to biomass.
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EC finds Meta and TikTok breached transparency rules under DSA
The European Commission said on Friday that it has preliminarily found that both companies are not complying with rules of the Digital Services Act (DSA) that mandate them to give researchers adequate access to public data.
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Side Events schedule: Women in Tech, MongoDB, Silkroad Innovation Hub and more to host
With TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 right around the corner, we’re thrilled to introduce the companies hosting Side Events that will extend the buzz and excitement to the thousands of attendees and Silicon Valley locals alike. Whether it’s a fun happy hour, insightful panels, or energizing morning runs, “Disrupt Week” — happening from October 25-31 — offers […]
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The full breakout session agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
The full Disrupt 2025 breakout session agenda now live. Join for tactical, small-group learning on AI, fundraising, M&A, workflows, and more. Browse the full lineup and register today to save up to $444. and 60% off a second pass before prices rise on October 27.
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Automattic files counterclaims against WP Engine in WordPress lawsuit, alleging trademark misuse
Automattic has filed counterclaims against WP Engine, alleging that the company — backed by private equity firm Silver Lake — misused WordPress and WooCommerce trademarks, misled users, and undermined the open source community.
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Big tech is paying for Trump’s White House ballroom
Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
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Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while
Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.
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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business
Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn't offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.
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Tensormesh raises $4.5M to squeeze more inference out of AI server loads
Tensormesh uses an expanded form of KV Caching to make inference loads as much as ten times more efficient.
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Palantir enters $200M partnership with telco Lumen to offer enterprise AI services
Palantir said on Thursday it had struck a partnership with Lumen Technologies that will see the telecommunications company using the data management company's AI software to build capabilities to support enterprise AI services.
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U.S. government accuses former L3Harris cyber boss of stealing trade secrets
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.
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Cluely’s Roy Lee joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to show how rage-baiting cuts through the AI noise
Cluely’s Roy Lee isn’t afraid to stir the pot — and he’s taking that bold energy to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Register now to join, and save up to $444 on your pass + 60% off a second.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
As China’s 996 culture spreads, South Korea’s tech sector grapples with 52-hour limit
South Korea's 52-hour workweek cap is stricter than the U.S. and Singapore but more flexible than much of Europe. Still deep tech founders and investors worry it's too restrictive.
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GM is bringing Google Gemini-powered AI assistant to cars in 2026
GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s Grok to its vehicles.
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GM to introduce eyes-off, hands-off driving system in 2028
GM said Cruise’s technology stack, including its AI models trained on five million driverless miles and simulation framework, feed directly into the automaker’s next-generation driver assistance and autonomy programs.
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GM’s under-the-hood overhaul puts AI and automated driving at the center
The U.S. automaker's technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.
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GM is bringing Google Gemini-powered AI assistant to cars in 2026
GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s Grok to its vehicles.
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Samsung takes on Apple’s Vision Pro with new Galaxy XR headset
Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
I spent a month living with a $430 AI pet, the Casio Moflin
Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.
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Google Fi to add AI-enhanced audio and RCS web messaging
The tech giant says calls will now use AI-enhanced audio to reduce background noise and improve voice clarity, even when speaking to someone on a landline or older device.
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As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
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A16z-backed Codi launches AI agent office manager
Codi launches what it hails as the first fully automated office manager.
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OpenAI launches an AI-powered browser: ChatGPT Atlas
OpenAI is launching an AI-powered browser, its latest challenge to Google as the main way people find information online.
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YouTube’s likeness detection technology has officially launched
YouTube's likeness detection technology is now available. Creators can request the removal of AI content using their face and voice.
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Anthropic CEO claps back after Trump officials accuse firm of AI fear-mongering
Amodei’s response comes after last week’s dogpiling on Anthropic from AI leaders and top members of the Trump administration, including AI czar David Sacks and White House senior policy advisor for AI Sriram Krishnan -- all accusing the AI giant of stoking fears to damage the industry.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
European AI rising star Nexos.ai raises $30M to unlock enterprise AI adoption
Nord Security co-founders have closed a €30 million Series A for their new startup, Nexos.ai, an orchestration platform aimed at helping companies adopt AI securely.
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YC alum Cercli, an AI-powered Rippling for MENA, raises oversubscribed $12M Series A
In a region long defined by fragmented enterprise systems, outdated compliance tools, and HR software that rarely talks to finance, Cercli is building a unified alternative for MENA businesses with AI at its core. The Dubai-based startup, founded by ex-Careem operators Akeed Azmi and David Reche, has announced an oversubscribed $12 million Series A round led by […]
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Trump DOE confirms it’s canceling over $700M in manufacturing grants
The Department of Energy said it was canceling grants to build new factories in places like Alabama and Kentucky. Three startups are affected.
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Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceX
Cards Against Humanity, the irreverent party game company known for its provocative humor, has settled its trespassing lawsuit against SpaceX, one year after filing the complaint and launching a profanity-laced marketing campaign against Elon Musk’s rocket company. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Cards Against Humanity had been seeking $15 million, and had told […]
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FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source
One post, authored by Khan’s staff, was published on January 3, 2025 with the title “AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm.” It noted that the FTC was “taking note of AI’s potential for real-world instances of harm – from incentivizing commercial surveillance to enabling fraud and impersonation to perpetuating illegal discrimination.”
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Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his ‘biggest failure’ so far
At WordCamp Canada 2025, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg called Tumblr his “biggest failure,” noting the challenge of maintaining the platform’s half a billion blogs while it remains unprofitable. Though plans to migrate Tumblr to WordPress infrastructure are on hold, Mullenweg said he hasn’t given up.
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Regulators probe Waymo after its robotaxi drove around a stopped school bus
The incident happened in Atlanta, Georgia earlier this month. Waymo says it has already updated the software on its robotaxis.
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29 at Moscone West, in a homecoming of sorts for both tech and the city that helped define it. Register now to save and catch this live discussion.
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Oura launches redesigned app and ‘Cumulative Stress’ feature
The company also shared that it's pursuing FDA clearance for blood pressure features that give users a likelihood assessment of hypertension.
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Scale AI alum raises $9M for AI serving critical industries in MENA
Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh had just moved to London few days before our call, splitting his time between there and Dubai. After nearly a decade in the U.S., including a stint at Scale AI, he’s bringing that experience to his next venture: 1001 AI , a company creating AI infrastructure for critical industries across the Middle East […]
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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Kohler unveils a camera for your toilet
Home goods company Kohler recently unveiled a new device called the Dekoda — a $599 camera that can be attached to your toilet bowl and take pictures of what’s inside.
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OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math
No, GPT-5 did not solve a bunch of previously unsolved math problems.
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TechCrunch Mobility: A takeover that might not be hostile
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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The White House is already one of the most blocked accounts on Bluesky
The Trump administration is taking its social media attacks on Democratic opponents to an unlikely platform, with the White House and numerous other government agencies joining Bluesky on Friday.
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp
A federal judge has granted Meta-owned WhatsApp’s request for a permanent injunction blocking Israeli cyberintelligence company NSO Group from targeting the messaging app’s users. At the same time, the judge dramatically reduced the fine that NSO Group must pay to Meta.
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Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video
Looks like Wikipedia isn't immune to broader online trends.
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This top VC bet close to 20% of his fund on teenagers — here’s why
Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz is onto his next thing — teenage founders, not as a social experiment but as an unplanned investment thesis.
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YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying
YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologizes for saying National Guard troops needed in San Francisco
Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, appears to be walking back his controversial comments calling for the National Guard to patrol San Francisco.
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Friday, October 17, 2025
Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
The White House's David Sacks and OpenAI's Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety.
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Facebook’s AI can now suggest edits to the photos still on your phone
Facebook is rolling out a new Meta AI photo suggestion feature across the U.S. and Canada that lets its AI recommend edits to images stored on users’ camera rolls—even if they haven’t been shared. The feature is currently opt in only.
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ChatGPT’s mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows
ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.
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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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Together, we make TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 unforgettable — thank you to our sponsors
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 wouldn’t be what it is without the incredible companies that power the innovation behind the scenes.
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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
A timeline of ChatGPT product updates and releases, starting with the latest, which we’ve been updating throughout the year.
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Crypto’s next chapter with Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to discuss the future of crypto — from memecoins to real-world finance. Don’t miss this must-see session and register now to save up to $624 before today's flash sale ends.
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Reddit expands its AI-powered search to five new languages
Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users who have set one of these languages as their default, instead of English, can now […]
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OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.
OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.
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Defunct electric aircraft startup Lilium’s tech lives on over at Archer
Archer prevailed in a competitive bidding process that included Ambitious Air Mobility Group and U.S. based Joby Aviation.
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The real reason Google DeepMind is working with a fusion energy startup
Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential customers, too.
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Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
"Loneliness is the biggest disease in the world right now," founder Francesco Vitali said. "So we built a platform where human time has value again, and a place where being human is important."
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A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world
“The platforms that won were the ones that kept people scrolling the longest, not the ones that made them feel the most connected,” Zehra Naqvi told TechCrunch. “Now there is an abundance of content but a scarcity of joy.”
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How a headphone site operator built loyalty startup Lantern to solve his own problems
After struggling to retain customers at his e-commerce site Headphones.com, founder Andrew Lissimore built his own loyalty solution — and it’s now a startup called Lantern. The Shopify-native platform helps brands boost retention through customizable loyalty, referrals, and account management tools.
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Deel hits $17.3B valuation after raising $300M from big-name VCs
Deel says it's been profitable for three years and surpassed $1 billion in ARR, including having a month.
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Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of ‘AI slop’ in your feed
Pinterest is rolling out new controls that let users limit how much AI-generated content appears in their feeds. The company is also making its AI content labels more visible.
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Apple loses another AI exec to Meta
Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Co-founder of Indian social network Koo releases a new photo sharing app
PicSee is a new app that detects your friends' photos on device and allows you to send it to them.
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Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests
South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns.
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Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO
If the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion.
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Nscale inks massive AI infrastructure deal with Microsoft
Nscale plans to deploy the chips over the next few years to three data centers in Europe and a fourth in the U.S.
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Meta partners up with Arm to scale AI efforts
Semiconductor firm Arm is partnering with Meta to enhance the social media company's AI systems amid an unprecedented infrastructure buildout.
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Cyber giant F5 Networks says government hackers had ‘long-term’ access to its systems, stole code and customer data
The company, which provides cybersecurity defenses to most of the Fortune 500, said the DOJ allowed it to delay notifying the public on national security grounds.
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Apple upgrades iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro with new M5 chip
Apple announced its new M5 chip along with the new iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, and Vision Pro.
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The full Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: The future of tech launches here
The Space Stage agenda is full at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Join 10,000 tech leaders to hear what's next in space tech from top voices like Baiju Bhatt, Will Bruey, Bridgit Mendler, and more. Register now to save up to $624.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion
Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.
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Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B
Coinbase's latest investment lifts CoinDCX's valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.
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Facebook brings back job listings in the US
Facebook is reintroducing job listings to users in the U.S., focusing on entry-level, trade, and service jobs.
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Google Meet launches an AI-powered makeup feature
Google Meet finally has a makeup filter for those days when you don't feel like applying lipstick.
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Coco Robotics taps UCLA professor to lead new physical AI research lab
Coco Robotics is working toward automating its fleet of delivery robots using its millions of miles of collected data.
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You’ll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT
Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.
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Sheryl Sandberg-backed Flint wants to use AI to autonomously build and update websites
Flint raised a $5 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Sheryl Sandberg’s fund, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and prior investor Neo.
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Google to invest $15B in Indian AI infrastructure hub
Google's investment in India will roll out over the next five years, through 2030.
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India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries
Lachy Groom backs Airbound in $8.65M seed round as it launches pilot in Bengaluru.
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Monday, October 13, 2025
Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures for up to $965M as alternative VC exits surge
Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old, San Francisco-based investment firm with $7 billion in assets under management, CNBC was first to report on Monday. The deal underscores the growing importance of secondary markets and buyouts as traditional venture exits remain sluggish. The investment bank is paying $665 million in cash and […]
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Grindr’s owners may take it private after a financial squeeze
Grindr's majority owners are scrambling to take the LGBTQ+ dating app private after a stock decline triggered a personal financial crisis, according to a report from Semafor.
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Oura is winning young women and losing gym rats, and it’s fine with that
Oura's chief commercial officer doesn't seem particularly worried about capturing every demographic. Instead, she's focused on keeping Oura’s core users happy while organically attracting new segments. And young women are becoming part of that core market.
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California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots
SB 243 is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with use of AI companion chatbots.
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Salesforce announces Agentforce 360 as enterprise AI competition heats up
Salesforce announces an upgraded version of its Agentforce platform designed to help enterprises build and deploy AI agents.
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Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots
Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled “EagleEye,” a helmeted computing system that seeks to turn soldiers into AI-augmented warfighters.
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Sunday, October 12, 2025
Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs
Strava, the 16-year-old fitness tracking app, is gearing up to go public, the Financial Times reports. CEO Michael Martin told the FT that the San Francisco company plans to list “at some point,” eyeing capital for more acquisitions. The company, backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, and Jackson Square Ventures, was last valued at $2.2 billion […]
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The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
ZoraSafe is designed to protect some of the least protected internet users out there: your parents and grandparents.
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Elon Musk vs. the regulators
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
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Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.
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Dating app Cerca will show how Gen Z really dates at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Cerca is a dating app that sets users up with mutual friends.
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Saturday, October 11, 2025
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta
AI researcher Andrew Tulloch reportedly announced his departure to employees in a message on Friday.
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Apple says goodbye to the Clips app
Apple appears to be winding down support of Clips, with the company removing Clips from the App Store and saying it will no longer be making any updates.
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Ready or not, enterprises are betting on AI
This has been a big week for AI companies signing enterprise deals, with Zendesk unveiling new AI agents that are supposed to be able to resolve 80% of customer service issues, Anthropic and IBM announcing a strategic partnership, and Deloitte also announcing a deal with Anthropic.
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Prince Harry and Meghan call out the harmful effects of social media on today’s youth
Prince Harry and Meghan spoke about the dangers of social media at a gala and festival in New York.
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Trump fires back at China’s rare earth mineral restrictions by threatening 100% tariffs
President Donald Trump declared Friday that he will impose a 100% tariff on all imports from China, while also imposing export controls on “any and all critical software” from the United States.
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It’s not too late for Apple to get AI right
Apple still has a shot at leading the AI-powered app era. As OpenAI launches its ChatGPT app platform, Apple’s smarter Siri and deep ecosystem could keep it ahead.
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Friday, October 10, 2025
The fixer’s dilemma: Chris Lehane and OpenAI’s impossible mission
The company’s Sora problem is really at the root of everything else.
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Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team
Though Benioff's shift mirrors Silicon Valley's broader accommodation of Trump, the exchange offered a rare glimpse of just how far that repositioning can go. The question now: will other Bay Area tech CEOs follow Benioff's lead and call for federal troops in their own backyard?
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Best iPad apps for unleashing and exploring your creativity
We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.
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Prezent raises $30 million to acquire AI services firms — starting with founder’s other company
Months after raising $20 million, enterprise-focused AI presentation startup Prezent is raising $30 million for acquisitions
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Homeland Security reassigns ‘hundreds’ of CISA cyber staffers to support Trump’s deportation crackdown
Staffers at U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA have been reassigned to ICE and CBP as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
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Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors
NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.
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You can now connect your Spotify account to ChatGPT. Here’s how to do it
You can now connect your Spotify account in ChatGPT and it will perform tasks for you, such as creating personalized playlists.
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
Shutdown silver lining? Your IPO review comes after investors buy in
With 90% of SEC staff furloughed, the agency announced on Thursday that it won't penalize companies for omitting pricing details during the shutdown.
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Flipkart’s Super.money quietly partners with troubled Juspay as it expands its reach
Super.money, the fintech arm of Flipkart, is looking to raise a round of funding at a $1 billion valuation, after securing $50 million from Flipkart to date.
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While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the "first of many" massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now.
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Netflix is letting users play games on their TV screens
Netflix users can now play games on their smart TVs. This marks a major step for the company's gaming initiative.
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Meta adds Hindi and Portuguese support for its AI translation feature for Reels
Meta is expanding its AI-powered translation features for Reels with support for Hindi and Portuguese to target markets like India and Brazil
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Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams
Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page.
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Navigating the next frontier at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Where investors see opportunity in space
On the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Celeste Ford (Stellar Ventures), Chris Morales (Point72 Ventures), and Morgan Beller (NFX) explore where capital is flowing in the space economy. Don’t miss the ticket savings — register today to save up to $444.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production
Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material.
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OpenAI’s Nick Turley on transforming ChatGPT into an operating system
In an interview, OpenAI's Head of ChatGPT discusses the company's push into developing an AI operating system full of third-party apps.
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AST SpaceMobile lands key Verizon deal amid growing competition with SpaceX and T-Mobile
AST SpaceMobile is deepening its relationship with mobile carrier giant Verizon.
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Ganiga will showcase its waste-sorting robots at TechCrunch Disrupt
Ganiga's fleet of waste-sorting technology is meant to help companies track and reduce the waste they produce.
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A break down of the H-1B changes — and why more changes could come
Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, comes on Equity to talk H-1B changes.
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Google’s virtual try-on shopping tool expands to more countries, now lets you try on shoes
To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Revolut aims to take on Indian banks and their ‘criminal’ forex fees
Revolut plans to onboard 20 million users in India by 2030 and process more than $7 billion in transactions.
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Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases
AMD's unusual deal to finance OpenAI's chip purchases could grant the AI model maker up to $100 billion, analyst estimates.
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Anthropic plans to open India office, eyes tie-up with billionaire Ambani
Anthropic's next big bet is India — one of its fastest-growing markets worldwide.
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The iPhone Air is so light, I forgot it was in my pocket
Apple's iPhone Air is refreshing to use. But its battery and single camera is not for most people.
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Startup Battlefield company ÄIO invented a method to make edible fat from ag waste like sawdust
This process could be a way to reduce the world’s dependency on the ecologically destructive palm oil industry.
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One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built
By coating regular rebar with a thin layer of stainless steel, Allium Engineering could reduce the amount of concrete needed to build a bridge while also prolonging its life.
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California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services
Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text.
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Alternative app store AltStore raises $6M, connects with the fediverse
The alternative app marketplace AltStore has raised $6 million and launches a Mastodon server.
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Monday, October 6, 2025
Meta Llama: Everything you need to know about the open generative AI model
Here's everything you need to know about Meta’s Llama, from its capabilities and editions to where you can use it. We'll keep this post updated as Meta releases upgrades and introduces new dev tools to support the model's use.
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Clop hackers caught exploiting Oracle zero-day bug to steal executives’ personal data
Oracle fixes another security flaw that Clop hackers were using to steal sensitive personal information about executives as part of a mass-extortion campaign.
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What to expect at OpenAI’s DevDay 2025, and how to watch it
OpenAI's third developer conference is around the corner, and it's shaping up to be the company's biggest yet.
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Okosix will show its biodegradable plastic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Okosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics throughout the industry.
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A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory
19-year-old Dhravya Shah, who is originally from Mumbai, has build a memory layer for AI applications with Google's AI chief's backing.
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Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to back early-staged MIT founders
Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to invest in MIT early-staged founders.
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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen’s Point72
Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72.
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Waffles eat Bluesky
A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.
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Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters
Police say they have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to multiple online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its headquarters near Los Angeles on Friday.
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California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash
“Are bills like SB 53 the thing that will stop us from beating China? No,” said Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at youth-led advocacy group Encode AI. “I think it is just genuinely intellectually dishonest to say that that is the thing that will stop us in the race.”
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OpenAI and Jony Ive may be struggling to figure out their AI device
OpenAI and Jony Ive reportedly face significant technical challenges as they work to develop a screen-less, AI-powered device.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Toyota makes a $1.5B bet on the startup ecosystem
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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The Reinforcement Gap — or why some AI skills improve faster than others
AI tasks that work well with reinforcement learning are getting better fast — and threatening to leave the rest of the industry behind.
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Saturday, October 4, 2025
Newsom signs bill giving Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize
Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom.
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If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs
New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than half of all VC money invested.
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Startups and the U.S. government: It’s getting complicated
Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore the how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government.
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Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training
Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems.
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Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls
OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora.
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Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos
The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users' profile photos.
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Friday, October 3, 2025
Bezos predicts that millions will live in space kind of soon
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare public appearance at Italian Tech Week in Turin on Friday and used the opportunity to predict that millions of people will be living in space “in the next couple of decades,” the Financial Times reports. Speaking with John Elkann, a scion of Italy’s Agnelli dynasty, Bezos, who also […]
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Can you think like a YC partner? This game will help you find out
The YC Partner Simulator game, created by an undergrad in Berlin, lets you see if you can predict what startups get into Y Combinator.
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Can AI companies turn brainrot into revenue?
The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty […]
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Supabase nabs $5B valuation, four months after hitting $2B
It's been a wild year of growth and fundraising for vibe-coding database of choice, Supabase.
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OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 1 on Apple’s US App Store
Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit.
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Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts
Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
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Thursday, October 2, 2025
After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it?
While AI coding startups like Cursor raise brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit's path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift.
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Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT’s delusional spirals
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities
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A new a16z report looks at which AI companies startups are actually paying for
a16z releases its first AI spending report that shows which AI-native application layer companies startups are actually spending money on .
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Hackers are sending extortion emails to executives after claiming Oracle apps’ data breach
Google says hackers associated with the Clop ransomware gang are emailing executives at multiple organizations claiming to have stolen their personal information from a suite of Oracle E-Business apps.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Waymo can keep testing robotaxis in NYC until end of 2025
Waymo's permit to test autonomous vehicles in New York City has been extended to the end of the year, giving the company a few more months to make it big in the Big Apple.
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Meet the end-of-life planning startup co-founded by NBA All Star Russell Westbrook
Eazewell helps families navigate end-of-life planning, from coordinating a funeral to cancelling someone's mail, with the help of AI.
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Prickly Pear Health will showcase how it’s helping women’s brain health at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Prickly Pear Health provides medical support for women’s brain health, a voice-first, AI-powered companion that helps women in their 30s to 50s navigate the hormonal changes that affect brain health.
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Deta’s Surf app is an amalgamation of an AI browser and NotebookLM
A startup called Deta is releasing a new app called Surf, which is a remix of an AI browser and NotebookLM
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Creative machines and where AI meets imagination at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Discover how AI is co-creating the future of storytelling, video, and animation at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, with Prateek Dixit, Nikola Todorovic, and Soyoung Lee. Join with a group and save up to 20%, or register yourself to save up to $444.
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