The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Only 2 days left to save $675 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of driving the startup world forward — and you’ve got just two days left to join the movement and save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Moscone West becomes the home base for over 10,000 movers and makers in the tech world. Join us in San […]
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US adds OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to list of approved AI vendors for federal agencies
The companies will see their AI tools offered via a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA), which would let government agencies access AI tool sellers with pre-negotiated contracts, rather than negotiating with vendors individually.
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Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data
The class-action suit was brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users' consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.
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AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out of pocket and file endless expense reports. “It was a constant pain,” Duraisamy explained on […]
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Uzbekistan’s first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation
Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.
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Monday, August 4, 2025
Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India
Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.
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A top designer was banned from Dribbble. Now he’s building his own competitor.
Dribbble is enforcing its terms of service that lets it take a cut of designers' work, and kicking out those who don't comply. One top designer has had enough, and is building his own startup instead.
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Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund
Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.
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North Korean spies posing as remote workers have infiltrated hundreds of companies, says CrowdStrike
North Korean IT workers are increasingly using generative AI to draft resumes and "deepfake" their appearances to make money for North Korea's sanctioned nuclear weapons program.
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Character.AI is adding a social feed to its app
The social feed lets users share images, videos as well as their chatbots with other users. Users can also share snippets of their chats with characters, post AI-generated images based on their chats with a character, or even have their characters debate topics on a live stream.
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Tesla asks shareholders to approve $29B comp package for Elon Musk amid ‘AI talent war’
The plan would be voided if the Delaware Supreme Court overturns the decision to spike Musk's $56B comp plan from 2018. A judge ruled in 2024 that plan was unfairly negotiated.
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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’
Apple is reportedly working to create a lightweight competitor to ChatGPT.
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SAP is acquiring SmartRecruiters
SAP has reached an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, with SmartRecruiters' software complementing SAP's existing HR tools.
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Inside OpenAI’s quest to make AI do anything for you
OpenAI developed the first AI reasoning model less than a year ago, but the technology has shifted Silicon Valley's focus to agents.
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