The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago -- a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it.

Its a sad weekend over at Bluesky, where one of the best accounts has disappeared though we can still hope for its resurrection.

A group known as the Independent Publishers Alliance has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission over Googles AI Overviews, according to Reuters. The complaint accuses Google of misusing web content for Googles AI Overviews in Google Search, which have caused, and continue to cause, significant harm to publishers, including news publishers in the []

Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur babies. Its still an experimental field, even though people have been researching stem cells for []

Microsoft is closing its operations in Pakistan, marking the end of a 25-year presence in the South Asian nation. The Redmond-based company on Friday told TechCrunch that it is changing its operational model in Pakistan and will now serve its customers through resellers and other closely located Microsoft offices. Our customer agreements and service will []

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

Slate Auto has updated its website after Congress passed President Trump's tax cut bill, which will eliminate the federal EV tax credit.

There is now a new badge of honor for startup founders: your proximity to one previously unknown Indian software engineer named Soham Parekh.

Cluely's rapid ascend may be challenged by free copycat products.

Stories about Soham Parekh, a software engineer that simultaneously works at several startups, have gone viral in the last week. Who is he?

Were almost there, and ticket rates have officially rolled back with savings of up to $425. TechCrunch All Stage, the founder summit of the year, is just around the corner. On July 15, Boston becomes startup central. Are you ready to gain the insights and strategies you need to launch or scale? Nows the moment []

Competitors to Darragh Buckley's Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to own a bank, someone has been trying to stop him.

The final bill is largely what emerged from the Senate Finance Committee in mid-June.

Earlier this week, Instagram Threads launched what the company said was its most-requested feature to date: direct messages, also known as DMs. However, the company is now facing a bit of a user backlash over the addition, as users, primarily women, are arguing that there should be a way to opt out of DMs entirely, []

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024.

Kulveer Taggar, a two-time YC alum and founder of Zeus Living, founded Phosphor Capital last year

On the first day of his term, President Trump passed a deluge of executive orders, including one that ordered government agencies to change the language of government materials that address gender ideology. This is the administration's way of referring to transgender or non-binary people.

Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.

The Pinwheel Watch is designed specifically for kids aged 7 to 14, offering parental management tools, GPS tracking, texting, and more.

A hypersonics weapon startup is lining up a massive new funding round to scale its business with the U.S Department of Defense.

Elon Musk's AI company has been operating more than twice that number without permits for months, a legal group alleges.

The cybercriminal group, which said it's releasing its decryption tools to victims, may be transitioning to new infrastructure under a different name.

Fundraising is already hard dont let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast. Hosted []

AI agents are reshaping how work gets done across industries, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, one of the leading voices in that transformation is stepping onto the AI Stage. May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer, will join us in San Francisco, October 27-29, for a fireside chat that dives deep into how enterprises are []

The app, which is now available in beta, offers a different way to browse the visual posts on Bluesky.

Qedma specializes in error mitigation software. Its main piece of software, QESEM, standing for Quantum Error Suppression and Error Mitigation, analyzes noise patterns to suppress some classes of errors while the algorithm is running and mitigate others in post-processing.

Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries.

In late May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared to kick open the door on a sensitive topic, warning that half of entry-level jobs could vanish within five years because of AI and push U.S. unemployment up to 20%. But Amodei is far from alone in sharing aloud that he foresees a workforce bloodbath. A new []

Qonto, which targets European freelancers and SMBs, currently operates with a payment institution license it obtained in 2018.

OpenAI wants to make clear that Robinhood's sale of OpenAI tokens will not give everyday consumers equity or stock in OpenAI.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 2729, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into whats next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations arent just technical theyre creative, cinematic, and boundary-pushing. Thats why Nikola Todorovic is headed to the AI []

Lucid sold 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a new record for the EV maker. Still, the company must ramp up production of its Gravity SUV to meet its 2025 target.

The recent update enables creators to share clips of their live videos on Notes, and Substack will notify them in real time about the performance.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, hinted Tuesday evening that Veo 3, Googles latest video generating model, could potentially be used for video games.

Startups demand constant decision-making and pressure-filled pivots, which bring big emotional swings. Its no wonder anxiety shows up at every stage. But what if it didnt have to be a liability? At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 at Bostons SoWa Power Station, Dr. David H. Rosmarin, clinical psychologist, author, and Harvard Medical School []

Lovable released its vibe coder in late November. Within six months, the startup hit $50 million in ARR, CEO Anton Osika said.

Amazon plans to shut down its Freevee app, the companys free ad-supported streaming service, in August, according to an in-app notice to users.

For the second consecutive quarter, deployments of its Powerwall and Megapack stationary storage products have declined.

The insurance giant is one of the largest insurers in India.

The plan, Perplexity Max, offers unlimited access to various services and priority access to its services using the latest LLM models.

TikTok Shop US is conducting its third round of layoffs in as many months.

Terra CO2 will be using the funding to build a manufacturing facility in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area.

Not surprisingly, organic traffic has also declined, dropping from over 2.3 billion visits at its peak in mid-2024 to now under 1.7 billion.

Previous lawsuits against SpaceX have alleged similar stories of bias against female employees and a hostile work environment that enabled gender-based harassment.

The spyware operation's exposed customer email addresses and passwords were shared with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.

Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

Microsoft is leveraging another round of layoffs despite posting consistent growth.

Tesla sales fell more than 13% compared to last year as the company struggles to find demand for its aging lineup, and as CEO Elon Musk continues to damage the brand.

Rivian sales ticked back up in Q2 but were down 23% from the same quarter last year. The company has been dealing with affordability issues made worse by Trump's tariffs and trade wars.

Foxconn ordered over 300 Chinese employees to return home from its factories in India, per Bloomberg.