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Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.

The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million.

Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A final remedy is in the works.

The maker of the Canvas school software said it eached an agreement with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.

Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.

TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens entirely new revenue streams for its new owners.

A new startup called Dessn has raised $6M to build AI-powered design tools that work directly with production codebases.

Spotify's new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now

Vapi says its enterprise business has grown 10-fold since early 2025 as companies shift customer support and sales calls to AI agents.

Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers doors in 30 minutes.

Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain.

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows.

Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

The battery-recycling and energy-storage company has hired former Tesla finance chief Deepak Ahuja, reuniting him with former Tesla CTO JB Straubel.

The timing is notable. PayPal, which owns Venmo, is restructuring to spin Venmo off as a standalone business unit a move widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential sale. Stripe has reportedly expressed interest in buying PayPal outright.

Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics' data backbone.

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?

Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.

The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we discussed what xAI's deal with Anthropic might mean for parent company SpaceX.

F1 Grands Prix have emerged as a new place to see and be seen if you are a founder or investor.

Wispr Flow says growth accelerated in India after its Hinglish rollout, even as voice AI products continue to face challenges.

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.

Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.

General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

In an AI and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras continue to remain popular, fueled by a mix of both nostalgia and novelty.

Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.