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The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.

Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.

Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.

Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.

The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least 1.5 trillion ($10 billion).

As OpenAI transitions from a wildly successful consumer startup into a piece of national security infrastructure, the company seems unequipped to manage its new responsibilities.

A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.

The company said usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes in 2026. Other documents referenced back teens a top priority for the app before asking existing users for birthdays.

Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here's how to make the switch.

If the Warner Bros. Discovery deal were to close, Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that Paramount+ and HBO Max would combine into one platform.

Tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of War to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk and instead to settle the matter quietly.

The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.

A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICEs mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it.

14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.

Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.

The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at the same starting price.

Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran's biggest cities, killing the country's leader.

Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.

After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.

Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.

With many users feeling uneasy about Discord's new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring.

Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.

TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.

By CEO Sam Altmans own admission, OpenAIs deal with the Department of Defense was definitely rushed, and the optics dont look good.

Honor first teased its Robot phone with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Chinese company provided more details about the device, including how the robot can respond to different situations without commands. The company said that it is planning to launch this device in []

Honor also previewed battery tech that could take foldable batteries over 7,000 mAh mark

Anthropics chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the companys fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

What's behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.

Learn more about Paramount's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion as it continues to develop.

Anthropics chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the companys fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.

We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event.

Chinas push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market.

India, one of Supabases biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order.

The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.

We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again, the president wrote in the post.

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with nonconsensual nude images.

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI.

OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.

Suno lets users create music using natural language prompts, making it possible for people with little experience to generate audio with little effort.

As Netflix continues its live sports push, the company has partnered with Apple to air the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

Similar to the streaming giant's Music and Podcast Charts, the Audiobook Charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre

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Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.

The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation.

Ultrahumans Ring Pro promises 15-day battery life and a $479 price tag as the wearables maker expands its health-tech push.

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.