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This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M. Now, it’s aiming for more.

Tech Crunch Transportation

Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs.

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Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets

Tech Crunch Venture

Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies building AI.

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India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space

Tech Crunch AI

Emergent's Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

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Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now

Tech Crunch TC

VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's.

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Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world

Tech Crunch Fintech

Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform.

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Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India

Tech Crunch Government & Policy

Motorola has sought a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from publishing or sharing what it describes as false or defamatory content about its products, including reviews, videos, comment...

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Allbirds Is Pivoting to AI Compute. Sure, Why Not

Ai News Business

Once a $4 billion apparel juggernaut, Allbirds will rebrand as NewBird AI, a “GPU-as-a-Service” company. Hey, if you can't beat ’em, join ’em.

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After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI

Tech Crunch AI

Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.

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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant

Tech Crunch Security

Sweden's minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are "now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe."

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Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce

Tech Crunch Apps

The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts.

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Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate

Tech Crunch AI

Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric.

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks

Tech Crunch AI

Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

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Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup

Tech Crunch Transportation

The involvement of AMD, Arm, and the venture arm of Qualcomm is about more than money. It's also about tapping into the variety of compute platforms that Wayve's self-driving system will need to use.

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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder

Tech Crunch Hardware

Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to date, the company says.

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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant

Tech Crunch AI

Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute.

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Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million

Tech Crunch AI

The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI.

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This energy startup’s bet on 100-year-old grid tech is paying off

Tech Crunch Climate

Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.

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HBO Max comes to India via exclusive JioHotstar deal

Tech Crunch Media & Entertainment

HBO Max will be available to JioHotstar subscribers as an add-on starting at ₹49 (about $0.50) per month and would feature content from HBO, Max Originals, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Televi...

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Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola

Tech Crunch Apps

Fathom will allow you to choose between video, audio-only, and transcription modes.

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AI Slop Is Making the Internet Fake-Happy

Ai News Business

A new study examines the impact of the rise of AI-generated websites on the internet—and found some surprising results.

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Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK

Tech Crunch Apps

Spotify users in the US and UK can officially purchase physical books through the Android app. iOS users will get the feature next week.

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The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

Ai News Security

An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

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Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts

Tech Crunch AI

One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI's recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic's current $380 billion val...

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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

Tech Crunch Enterprise

Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

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