From: today

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch

Tech Crunch Startups

This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.

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AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard

Tech Crunch AI

This song is an AI actor's rallying cry to other AI actors, urging them to keep going despite the naysayers who doubt their humanity. Literally no one can relate to this.

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From: today

Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets

Tech Crunch Transportation

Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup.

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From: yesterday

Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more

Tech Crunch Apps

The updates indicate that Google is focused on transforming Google Play into an enhanced gaming hub.

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Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used

Tech Crunch AI

Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all of its U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers.

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From: yesterday

Ride-hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s Krave Mart to bolster grocery delivery

Tech Crunch Apps

inDrive has closed its acquisition of KraveMart, expanding grocery delivery in a market dominated by Foodpanda.

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From: yesterday

Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought

Tech Crunch AI

Forethought was years ahead of its time and the 2018 winner of TechCrunch Battlefield.

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From: yesterday

3 Questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences

MIT Interview

Professor Jesse Thaler describes a vision for a two-way bridge between artificial intelligence and the mathematical and physical sciences — one that promises to advance both.

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From: yesterday

India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform

Tech Crunch Fintech

Fi, founded by former Google Pay executives, is discontinuing banking services over four years after launch.

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From: yesterday

Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup

Tech Crunch AI

This deal could rank as among the streaming giant's largest acquisitions ever.

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From: yesterday

Lovable says it added $100M in revenue last month alone, with just 146 employees

Tech Crunch AI

Swedish vibe-coding unicorn Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in February.

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Quince hits $10B valuation with giant $500M round led by Iconiq

Tech Crunch Commerce

E-commerce company Quince has raised another massive round, less than a year after its previous raise.

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From: yesterday

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature

Ai News Culture

The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

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From: yesterday

Alternative app store AltStore PAL joins the fediverse

Tech Crunch Apps

AltStore PAL now supports the fediverse, using its own Mastodon server to let iOS developers share app updates and alerts across platforms like Mastodon and Threads.

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From: yesterday

Drivers in fatal Ford BlueCruise crashes were likely distracted before impact

Tech Crunch Transportation

The National Transportation Safety Board released documents ahead of a March 31 hearing that help show how and why two drivers crashed into stationary vehicles in 2024, leading to three deaths.

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From: yesterday

Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B

Tech Crunch AI

Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1B in ARR by year's end.

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From: yesterday

Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker

Tech Crunch Security

The hacktivist group claimed the attack was in retaliation for a U.S. strike on a Tehran school that killed more than 175 people, most of them children.

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Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups

Tech Crunch Venture

Breakout Ventures is finding growing success by backing early-stage startups in scientific fields such as biology and chemistry. 

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Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are

Tech Crunch Startups

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, more startups are achieving unicorn status every month. 

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Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show

Ai News Business

The move could position the AI infrastructure powerhouse to quickly compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.

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VC mega funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions

Tech Crunch TC

GC is said to be raising $10 billion and Spark Capital $3 billion. This after several other firms have also raised mega funds.

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Poppi founder on TikTok, Super Bowl ads, and her return to Shark Tank

Tech Crunch Startups

For years, venture capitalists have been skeptical of beverage startups, citing thin margins and brutal distribution as reasons most brands never break out. But a new wave of “functional soda” co...

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Hacker broke into FBI and compromised Epstein files, report says

Tech Crunch Government & Policy

According to a Reuters report, a foreign hacker broke into a server that was part of the FBI’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein — without realizing they had hacked an FBI server.

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WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net

Tech Crunch AI

WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signing up, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools.

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