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Grammarly secures $1B in nondilutive funding from General Catalyst

Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst.

30 May 2025 6:06 am
Top 30 startups announced for VivaTech 2025 Innovation of the Year Award

The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will []

30 May 2025 3:28 am
Inside the AI revolution: Top insights and breakthroughs from our partners at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore how AI is transforming industries from the pitch deck to full-scale deployment. Were proud to spotlight our partners not just for their support, but []

30 May 2025 2:28 am
Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots

AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot that has 66 actuated degrees of freedom, or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk and []

30 May 2025 12:58 am
Black Forest Labs Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them

Black Forest Labs, the AI startup whose models once powered the image generation features of Xs Grok chatbot, on Thursday released a new suite of image-generating models some of which can both create and edit pics. The most capable of the models in the new family, called Flux.1 Kontext, can be prompted with text []

30 May 2025 12:49 am
Tinder tests letting users set a height preference

Tinder Gold and Premium subscribers in the test group will have access to the feature, but not free users.

30 May 2025 12:46 am
Delaware attorney general reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAIs restructuring plan

Delaware's attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI's for-profit conversion.

30 May 2025 12:44 am
Perplexitys new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers to Perplexitys $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs is available on the web, iOS, and Android, and coming soon to Perplexitys apps for Mac and Windows. Perplexity Labs can help you []

29 May 2025 11:32 pm
29 May 2025 11:21 pm
In a victory for Palmer Luckey, Meta and Anduril work on mixed reality headsets for the military

On Thursday, Anduril and Meta announced news that feels like a fairy tale ending for Anduril co-founder, Palmer Luckey. The two companies are working together to build extended reality (XR) devices for the U.S. military, Anduril announced in a blog post. I am glad to be working with Meta once again, Luckey is quoted as []

29 May 2025 11:17 pm
YouTube will soon let viewers use Google Lens to search what they see while watching Shorts

YouTube announced on Thursday that it's bringing Google Lens to YouTube Shorts in the coming weeks.

29 May 2025 10:35 pm
DeepSeeks distilled new R1 AI model can run on a single GPU

DeepSeek's updated R1 reasoning AI model is getting the bulk of the AI community's attention this week.

29 May 2025 10:31 pm
US government sanctions tech company involved in cyber scams

The Treasury said Funnull was involved in providing infrastructure for pig butchering crypto scams.

29 May 2025 10:26 pm
Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business

If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Teslas energy division.

29 May 2025 9:32 pm
Apples US App Store topped $400B in developer billings and sales in 2024

Just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next month, Apple on Thursday announced new figures related to the U.S. App Stores financial success. The company says its U.S. App Store ecosystem has generated $406 billion in developer billings and sales in 2024 a figure thats nearly tripled in size since 2019, when it then []

29 May 2025 9:29 pm
DeepSeeks updated R1 AI model is more censored, test finds

Chinese AI startup DeepSeeks newest AI model, an updated version of the companys R1 reasoning model, achieves impressive scores on benchmarks for coding, math, and general knowledge, nearly surpassing OpenAIs flagship o3. But the upgraded R1, also known as R1-0528, might also be less willing to answer contentious questions, in particular questions about topics the []

29 May 2025 8:11 pm
A decade in, bootstrapped Thinkst Canary reaches $20M in ARR without VC funding

Reflecting on 10 years since its launch, the honeypot maker explains why the company did not take on any VC funding.

29 May 2025 7:40 pm
Meta AI now has 1B monthly active users

Meta AI now has one billion monthly active users across its apps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the companys annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, as first reported by CNBC. The new milestone doubles the 500 million monthly active users Meta AI had back in September 2024. The focus for this year is deepening the experience []

29 May 2025 7:32 pm
7 days until doors open at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Were on the final stretch! TechCrunch Sessions: AI kicks off in just 7 days. Main stage and breakout sessions feature AI leaders from Google Cloud, Anthropic, OpenAI, Twelve Labs, and more. Its your moment to connect, learn, and network at high velocity. Nows the time to movelock in your ticket and save $300, plus score []

29 May 2025 7:30 pm
Apple to change the way it names operating systems, report says

Apple will reportedly change the way it names its operating systems, per a Bloomberg report. Operating systems will now be named by year, meaning the update after the current iOS 18 will be iOS 26 rather than, say, iOS 19. The change paves the way for a less confusing, more consistent branding among Apple products. []

29 May 2025 7:16 pm
Volteras wants to connect to more EVs than anyone else

Volteras has raised $11.1 million to expand its connected car offerings to automakers and companies that want to interact with EVs.

29 May 2025 7:15 pm
The New York Times and Amazon ink AI licensing deal

Nearly two years after suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, The New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon to train the tech giants AI platforms.

29 May 2025 6:48 pm
Zeal Capital Partners announces close of $82M Fund II

Zeal Capital Partners announced on Wednesday the close of its second fund, raising $82 million. Limited partners in the fund include Citi Impact Fund, M&T Bank, Wells Fargo, and Spelman College. It hopes to invest in at least 25 early-stage companies, writing check sizes between $1 million and $2.3 million, with 50% of the fund []

29 May 2025 6:37 pm
Meet LoveJack, the dating app designed for users to find love using just five words

As Kevin Malone from The Office once said, Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick? For Julia LeStage and Lisa Le, the creators of a new dating app called LoveJack, finding love online doesnt have to feel like filling out a mountain of paperwork. Sometimes, all you need are a few []

29 May 2025 4:30 pm
Buildots raises $45M to help companies track construction progress

In the construction industry, managers can easily become disconnected from whats happening on-site. Among the many tasks to juggle are staying apprised of costs, communicating with all stakeholders, and assessing risk related to aspects like contractor billing and performance. Buildots wants to change all of that through AI and computer vision. Founded in 2018 by []

29 May 2025 4:30 pm
X hits pause on its encrypted DMs feature

X said it will work on making some improvements to the encrypted DMs feature. It didn't mention when the feature might be available again.

29 May 2025 3:43 pm
Elon Musks stint in the US government is coming to an end

Elon Musk confirmed on Wednesday that he's ending his stint as a U.S. special government employee and as the de-facto head of DOGE.

29 May 2025 3:11 pm
NVIDIA, AMD may soon start selling new AI chips in China to comply with US restrictions

NVIDIA and AMD will soon begin selling new GPUs made for AI workloads in China to comply with US chip export restrictions.

29 May 2025 12:50 pm
Lightspeed backs Indian home services startup Snabbit as the next big consumer trend

Home services in India whether it is cleaning, dishwashing, or laundry have traditionally been offline and informally run. This has often resulted in delays and uncertainties for consumers, as well as inconsistent pay and job insecurity for workers. Recently, however, startups have begun viewing this area as ripe for transformation, leveraging technology to []

29 May 2025 6:30 am
Founder Sahil Lavingia says he was booted from DOGE after just 55 days

Sahil Lavingia has published a diary recounting his time as a member of Elon Musks DOGE workforce. Its a short read Lavingias DOGE stint lasted just 55 days but it is does provide new details on the temporary government organization formed by President Trumps executive order. Lavingia is a well-known name in Silicon []

29 May 2025 3:46 am
Security startup Horizon3.ai is raising $100M in new round

Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA led the round, according to two people familiar with the deal. One person said that []

29 May 2025 3:01 am
Nvidia expects to lose billions in revenue due to H20 chip licensing requirements

As Nvidia reports earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026, which closed on April 28, the company has released numbers on how the Trump administrations recent chip export restrictions are affecting business. Nvidia reported that it incurred a $4.5 billion charge in Q1 due to licensing requirements impacting its ability to sell []

29 May 2025 2:33 am
Victorias Secret hit by outages as it battles security incident

The fashion retailer's outages began Monday.

29 May 2025 1:50 am
GameStop bought $500 million of Bitcoin

GameStop announced on Wednesday that it bought 4,710 Bitcoin, which is worth over $500 million at the time of the purchase. The video game retail chain has struggled to stay relevant in a time when digital gaming purchases are increasingly popular plus, the company took on a new kind of notoriety when it unwittingly []

29 May 2025 1:26 am
Stellantis pivots to Googles Android as in-car partnership with Amazon ends

Three years ago, Stellantis announced it was pairing up with Amazon to create in-car software that would bring a slew of connected products and services to vehicles by 2024 as part of the automakers broader plan to generate $22.5 billion annually from software. That never happened. And now, the partnership is winding down, Reuters reported. []

29 May 2025 1:05 am
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week afterits chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeeks AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques,have led Wall Street analystsand technologists to question whether the U.S. can maintain its []

29 May 2025 12:40 am
DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face

Chinese startup DeepSeek has released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model on the developer platform Hugging Face after announcing it in a WeChat message Wednesday morning. The updated R1, which is under a permissive MIT license, meaning it can be used commercially, is a minor upgrade, according to DeepSeeks WeChat announcement. The []

29 May 2025 12:38 am
Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators

Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karats banking product is a natural extension of its credit card offering with Visa. Six years in, the problem were solving is still the same, co-founder and co-CEO Eric Wei told TechCrunch. []

29 May 2025 12:30 am
Odysseys new AI model streams 3D interactive worlds

Odyssey, a startup founded by self-driving pioneers Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, has developed an AI model that lets users interact with streaming video. Available on the web in an early demo, the model generates and streams video frames every 40 milliseconds. Via basic controls, viewers can explore areas within a video, similar to a []

29 May 2025 12:04 am
Spotify amps up podcast discovery with new features

Spotify will begin recommending podcasts on its Home page and provide a Following feed for staying up-to-date with the latest episodes.

28 May 2025 11:47 pm
Google Photos debuts redesigned editor with new AI tools

The redesign adds new AI features, Reimagine and Auto Frame, which were previously only available on Pixel devices.

28 May 2025 11:37 pm
Meta wants to open more retail stores

Meta wants to grow its retail footprint, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. As Meta continues to invest in wearables, these stores would ideally help Meta boost the sales of hardware like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses and the Meta Quest VR headsets. These products may be easier to sell if customers can try them out at []

28 May 2025 10:59 pm
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings joins Anthropics board

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is joining Anthropics board of directors, the company announced on Wednesday. Hastings appointment adds a veteran big tech executive to one of OpenAIs largest and youngest competitors in the AI race. The Netflix co-founder seems likely to help Anthropic grow from a startup into a major company, pulling from []

28 May 2025 10:57 pm
AMD buys silicon photonics startup Enosemi to fuel its AI ambitions

AMD has acquired Enosemi, a startup designing custom materialsto support silicon photonics product development. The terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, werent disclosed. Silicon photonics uses light photons to transmit data, offering a faster and more efficient alternative to traditional electrical communication. AMD and other chipmakers have shown an increasing interest in the []

28 May 2025 10:53 pm
Dozens of unsold Tesla Cybertrucks are piling up at Detroit parking lot

A Detroit landowner is in violation of city codes for storing unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in his parking lot.

28 May 2025 10:02 pm
Family safety app Life360 adds Tiles lost-item trackers, years after its acquisition

Over three and a half years after family locator app Life360 acquired lost item tracker Tile for $205 million, the two services are finally fully integrated. On Wednesday, Life360 announced that the item-finding capabilities of Tile, a competitor to Apples AirTag and other Bluetooth-based trackers, are now available from inside its main app. The update []

28 May 2025 9:43 pm
Microsoft starts testing Copilot for Gaming in Xbox app for iOS and Android

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has started rolling out the beta version of its Copilot for Gaming experience. Beta testers can access the experience in the Xbox app on iOS and Android. The early version of the experience allows the assistant to answer questions about the games youre interested in, give you links to []

28 May 2025 9:39 pm
Context gets $11M to build an AI-powered office suite

AI-powered office suite Context raises $11 million in seed funding from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and General Catalyst

28 May 2025 9:30 pm
Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems using AI

Rillet directly pulls data from their customers' banks and platforms to generate financial statements, including the balance sheet and income statement.

28 May 2025 9:27 pm
Why export restrictions arent the only thing to pay attention to in Nvidias earnings

After the market closes on Wednesday, Nvidia will report earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026, which ended on April 27. While many in the industry are likely eager to hear how the recent whiplash surrounding U.S. chip export controls will impact Nvidias international chip business and future guidance, not everyone thinks []

28 May 2025 9:10 pm