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Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

The initial set of files housed on the site will include those containing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire U.S. government. The materials have been reviewed for security purposes, but many have ot yet been analyzed for resolution of any anomalies, the Department's statement read.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 9:26 pm

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 8:11 pm

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TechCrunch 8 May 2026 7:30 pm

Lime, the Uber-backed micromobility company, files for IPO

After years of hints and preparation, Lime plans to enter the public markets.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 6:51 pm

The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI and no one is happy

PJM Interconnection which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it's up to the task.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 6:30 pm

Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 6:19 pm

Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 4:41 am

OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields, including education and creator platforms.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 3:54 am

Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a collaboratio

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 3:19 am

Disney looking to make a unified super app, report says

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, who took over for Bob Iger earlier this year, has emphasized his intent to streamline the Disney experience.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 3:10 am

Voi founders new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startups $16 million seed round.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 2:32 am

Hackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hack

The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Instructure again, defacing the login pages of several Instructure customer schools with an extortion message.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 2:29 am

Gusto hits $1B revenue, a figure that brings it closer to public markets

Gusto has shared an impressive milestone on its actual revenue, not an ARR number that estimates future income.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 2:11 am

OpenAI introduces new Trusted Contact safeguard for cases of possible self-harm

The company is expanding its efforts to protect ChatGPT users in cases where conversations may turn to self-harm.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 1:50 am

Perplexitys Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac

Perplexity's Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 1:27 am

Elon Musks lawsuit is putting OpenAIs safety record under the microscope

Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.

TechCrunch 8 May 2026 12:51 am

Hackers hack victims hacked by other hackers

An unknown group of hackers is breaking into systems previously breached by the cybercrime group TeamPCP. Once inside, the hackers immediately kick out TeamPCP and remove its hacking tools from the victims systems.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 11:58 pm

Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22B

Prediction market startup Kalshi has raised a $1 billion Series F round led by Coatue.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 11:32 pm

Jeff Bezos rep leaves Slate Autos board

Melinda Lewison's departure raises questions about Bezos' support and involvement with the startup at a time when the Amazon founder is now apparently focused on robotics at his new startup, Project Prometheus.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 11:24 pm

How Anthropics Mythos has rewritten Firefoxs approach to cybersecurity

Security researchers at Mozilla say Anthropic's Mythos has unearthed a wealth of high-severity bugs in Firefox.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 9:35 pm

Googles $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19

The Gemini-powered health coach will act as a combination fitness coach, sleep expert, and health and wellness advisor.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 9:05 pm

Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air

The device comes with health and fitness tracking like 24/7 heart rate, heart rhythm monitoring with Afib alerts, SpO2, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages and duration, and more.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 8:47 pm

Police arrest SMS blaster crew that sent malicious messages to thousands across Toronto

Toronto police said this is the first known instance of an SMS blaster being used in Canada.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 8:19 pm

Indias first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch

Skyroot's valuation has more than doubled since 2023 as the Indian rocket startup prepares for the country's first private orbital launch.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 7:58 pm

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TechCrunch 7 May 2026 7:30 pm

Chinas Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets

Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 7:14 pm

Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio

Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 6:30 pm

Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off

Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 10:55 am

Microsofts AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals

The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 1:27 am

Robinhoods venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintechs new venture fund, which offers exposure to private tech companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Databricks, and Oura before they go public.

TechCrunch 7 May 2026 12:40 am

DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases

U.S. prosecutors said a ransomware gang fueled Russian government corruption, and allowed the gang's leaders to avoid paying taxes and dodge the country's military draft.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 11:50 pm

AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys

Braintrust, a startup that makes an operating system for engineers building AI software, notified customers that hackers broke into one of its Amazon cloud environments, and is asking customers to rotate their API keys.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 11:35 pm

SpaceX may spend up to $119B on Terafab chip factory in Texas

The project would be a multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility, according to the proposal.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 10:53 pm

DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round

The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a fraction of the compute power and at a fraction of the cost of the big U.S. models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 10:50 pm

Chrome on Android now supports approximate instead of precise location sharing

The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 9:24 pm

Google updates AI search to include expert advice from Reddit and other web forums

While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 9:19 pm

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full-stack, demo shows

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 9:16 pm

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, all your M&A questions will be answered

Leaders from Coinbase, M13, and Mignano Law Group talk about how M&A is an early-stage strategy at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register to hear this live.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 8:00 pm

AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T

Samsung crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after shares surged on AI-driven chip demand, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the milestone.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 7:24 pm

Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustache

A new survey found that kids find it easy to bypass age checks, despite a rise in age verification laws around the world.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 7:19 pm

reMarkables new Paper Pure tablet goes back to basics with a monochrome screen

The new Paper Pure is lighter and faster than the reMarkable 2, which is going to be retired six years since its launch.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 5:30 pm

Peter Sarlins QuTwo reaches $380M valuation in angel round

QyTw0, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, is now valued at 325 million (approximately $380 million) after raising a 25 million angel round ($29 million). It's a sign of enduring tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign tech, especially for Europe-made companies.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 12:17 pm

Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant

Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered restaurant factories, letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 12:04 pm

Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch

The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 5:37 am

SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw

SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 5:20 am

Bumbles paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year

The company is making a big bet that the swiping model is outdated and most matches never turn into actual dates. The company wants to fix that by redesigning profiles, changing how people interact, and focusing a lot more on getting users to meet in real life.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 4:35 am

Lucid Motors doesnt know how many EVs it will build this year

Lucid Motors pulled its guidance for the year, as it navigates swelling inventory and a companywide cost-cutting measure.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 4:01 am

As crypto cools, a16z crypto raises a $2.2B fund

As some of the biggest VCs in crypto start to consider funding AI startups, a16z crypto's new fund will stay the course.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 2:45 am

Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models

With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 2:26 am

ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet: No one is coming for us

Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed even when the conversation turned to the rivals.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 1:36 am

Volkswagen becomes Rivians top shareholder, displacing Amazon

VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 1:28 am

Threads finally brings messaging to the web

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.

TechCrunch 6 May 2026 12:04 am

Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect

Arnell joins Gebbias National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 11:39 pm

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 11:16 pm

Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 7:57 pm

ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors

4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 7:50 pm

CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents

The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 7:37 pm

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TechCrunch 5 May 2026 7:30 pm

Indias first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality

Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building AI models in India.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 6:48 pm

Amazon bets Nobel Prize-based dehumidification can cut its energy use

Amazon will buy a new type of HVAC system for its commercial buildings to slash energy use.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 6:30 pm

Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as part of broader restructuring

The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 6:05 pm

Moment Energy raises $40M to meet infinite demand for power with EV batteries

The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.

TechCrunch 5 May 2026 5:30 pm

AvenuesAI Subsidiary Rediff Pre-Files DRHP

AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Ventures) subsidiary Rediff has filed its IPO papers via the confidential route with SEBI. Rediff.com India Limited,

inc42 1 Apr 2026 3:44 pm

Xovian Aerospace Raises $2 Mn To Launch RF Satellite

Spacetech startup Xovian Aerospace has secured $2 Mn (about 18.7 Cr) in a fresh funding round led by ace investor

inc42 1 Apr 2026 3:32 pm

SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly

AMFI-registered mutual fund distributor's SIP guide: 21-35 yr olds 20K-75K. SEBI-compliant education on categories, allocation, step-up strategy. The post SIP Investing Guide: Young Professionals Aged 21-35 Earning 20K-75K Monthly appeared first on Startup Success Stories India - News & Updates for Indian Entrepreneurs .

Startup Success Stories 1 Apr 2026 2:25 pm

NODWINs Pre-IPO Round, Funding Tanks In Q1 2026 & More

NODWINs Pre-IPO Funding Meal NODWIN Gaming is moving beyond gaming and esports. Emerging from the shadows of its former parent

inc42 1 Apr 2026 8:00 am