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Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market
HMD is pre-loading Sarvam's Indus chatbot app, which supports 22 Indic languages
Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo's robotaxi service is now suspended in both Atlanta and San Antonio, as the company works to stop its vehicles from driving into flooded roads.
SpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch just before liftoff
SpaceX fueled the third-generation rocket booster and ship and was just moments away from liftoff, before calling a scrub. It's expected to try again Friday.
Who will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon and a few from his inner circle
Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.
Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
The service suspension comes as Waymo has also paused operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after its robotaxis drove into flooded streets.
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists receiving a share of the revenue.
Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs
First VPN promised hackers complete anonymity for their cyberattacks. But Europol said it was able to notify the services users that they have now been identified.
Six search engines worth trying now that Google isnt really Google anymore
Google is about to look really different, and if you're not a fan of the AI overview feature, then you're not going to like what's coming.
This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasnt changed in a almost half century
Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.
Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool
Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts
Spotify takes on Googles NotebookLM with its new app
Spotify is releasing the new desktop app as a research preview in more than 20 markets
Spotify will reserve tickets for top fans of an artists in a bid to drum up engagement
Spotify said that it will monitor activity like streams and shares to determine who is a top fan
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani takes to Twitch to chat with New Yorkers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series today at 4 p.m. ET.
Hark raises $700M Series A for its secretive universal AI interface
Brett Adcock's new AI startup is now valued at $6 billion by its investors.
The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy
The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score of 65 for the consumer bots.
Maka Kids is building a streaming app for children ages zero to six featuring content designed for healthy development. The startup has now raised $3 million in seed funding to scale its platform.
Google is pitching an AI agent ecosystem to consumers who may not buy it
The AI agents are coming. A lot of them.
Wayves self-driving tech is headed to US cars made by Stellantis
Wayve's self-driving tech will show up in Stellantis vehicles in 2028.
With aluminum prices up 20%, recycling startups bet on AI to cash in
Recycling startups are using AI to improve the recovery of critical minerals like aluminum, aiming to build a massive source of the metal.
Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers
Flipper Devices said that the new gadget is in development and the base model will cost under $350
Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links
The loophole allows spammers and scammers to send emails from a legitimate Microsoft email address typically used for sending genuine account alerts.
Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams
The company said its plans will range from 1 GB over 7 days to 20 GB over 30 days. Initially, the launch will make the eSIM product available in 29 countries.
General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on Indias travel payments market
Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles its valuation.
Imperagen raises 5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering
Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a 5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.
OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem for real this time
OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.
Initially billed as an AI butler, Iris watches what happens on a user's desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.
Teslas Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe
First came the Netherlands, now it's Lithuania. And more European countries appear to be in the queue for Tesla's driver-assistance system.
Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support
Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app
Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind
EV sales have surged worldwide in every region but the U.S., posing risks for legacy and startup automakers.
Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information
Trump Mobile is leaking customers email and home addresses, but has not responded to people alerting the company of the data exposure, according to two YouTubers who said they verified that their leaked data is authentic.
Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI
In a memo to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity, simplify the company's corporate structure, and deliver better AI products.
AI search startups are blowing up
AI search has quietly become one of the most attractive targets in consumer AI.
Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create six-minute songs
Stability Audio 3.0 small model can run on-device and generate two-minute long tracks
NanoClawcreatorturnsdown $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead
NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch.
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GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories
The code hosting giant GitHub said it was investigating a breach, but said there was no evidence of customer data theft.
Quartermaster is building a maritime hive mind
The Arlington, Virginia-based startup has raised $42 million to equip ships with sensors that blow the current AIS tech out of the water.
Ask YouTube brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts
Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn't stop at YouTube.
Elon Musk said Sam Altman stole a non-profit but the trial showed he had similar aims
By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.
Google takes a page out of Metas book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses
Google is calling the new devices audio glasses, in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini.
Googles Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View
Google DeepMind is integrating Street View with Project Genie to create immersive, interactive world simulations for robotics, gaming, and travel, allowing users to explore environments, weather changes, and rare scenarios.
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
How to use Googles new information agents
Google is launching AI-powered information agents that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
Google Search as you know it is over
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool
Google is debuting a new AI Ultra plan priced at $100, which will give users 5x more usage limit than the AI Pro plan alongside Antigravity 2.0 launch.
Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration
At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.
Googles new Universal Cart wants to follow you across the entire internet
The tech giant says it's aware that most people shop across multiple devices, many retailers, and over the course of many days, which is why it's launching Universal Cart.
Agentic app coding gets an upgrade with Googles release of Android CLI
Google is embracing the rise of AI coding agents with new Android tools designed to work with platforms like Claude Code and OpenAIs Codex, allowing developers or their AI assistants to build Android apps faster from the command line.
Google updates its Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude
The updates signal Googles push to turn its Gemini app into an all-purpose AI hub rather than a stand-alone chatbot.
Google just declared itself a contender in AI design
The tech giant says it's designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners.
Googles AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes
Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.
Googles AI now lets you talk to your Gmail inbox
Google expands Gmails AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
OpenAI is making it easier to check if an image was made by their models
OpenAI announced two new measures to help detect AI generated imagery: joining the open C2PA standard and adding Google's SynthID to its products.
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropics pre-training team
Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.
The Light Phone is designed to be used as little as possible, founder Joe Hollier told TechCrunch.
Hackers have compromised dozens of popular open source packages in an ongoing supply chain attack
The attacks are part of a wider campaign known as Mini Shai-Hulud, which has already compromised several open source projects and, in turn, developers and companies that use them.
US cyber agency CISA exposed reams of passwords and cloud keys to the open web
The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.
Stilta raises $10.5M from a16z and YC to help companies rediscover the patents they forgot they had
Stilta announced Tuesday a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors in the round include YC and operators from companies like OpenAI, Legora, and Lovable.
Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.
OSHA probing worker death at SpaceXs Starbase site
The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites.
SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude no PhD in computing required
Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that access is the bigger obstacle and that Claude solves it.
The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics including fingerprints in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.
Kin Health raises $9M to build an AI notetaker for patients
The app is similar to a meeting notetaker: you can record doctor visits, and it will return an AI summary of the meeting, with the next steps, all of which you share with family and friends if you want to.
Amazons new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
Amazons Alexa+ can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand, as the company expands its assistant into a personalized AI content platform.
Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom
The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay.
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,
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
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 .
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
