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Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may shut down

The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the iming of the company's pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.

20 Nov 2025 7:35 am
Nvidias record $57B revenue and upbeat forecast quiets AI bubble talk

Nvidia's earnings were dominated by its data center business.

20 Nov 2025 3:47 am
How the classic anime Ghost in the Shell predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

The story of Ghost in the Shells main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.

20 Nov 2025 3:30 am
Cavela lands $6.6M to help brands beat pre-tariff manufacturing costs

The startup claims that its AI agents can reduce the cost of product manufacturing by an average of 35%.

20 Nov 2025 2:58 am
Function Health raises $298M Series B at $2.5B valuation

Function, which offers blood testing and medical imaging services, recently raised $298 million in a Series B round led by Redpoint Ventures at a valuation of $2.5 billion.

20 Nov 2025 2:00 am
VC Jennifer Neundorfer explains how founders can stand out in a crowded AI market

Founders and investors alike are obsessed with AI, and even Neundorfer said her firm, January Ventures, is looking at ways to use AI to make their work more efficient, such as helping to do due diligence on the market and competition.

20 Nov 2025 2:00 am
Spotify acquires music database WhoSampled

WhoSampled offers an extensive database of songs, samples, covers, remixes, artists, and more. According to its website, it's now tracking more than 1.2 million songs and nearly 622,000 samples. That data is powering Spotify's latest features, like its upcoming music discovery tool SongDNA.

20 Nov 2025 1:29 am
Warner Music settles copyright lawsuit with Udio, signs deal for AI music platform

The subscription service will allow users to make remixes, covers, and new songs using the voices of artists and compositions of songwriters who choose to participate.

20 Nov 2025 1:27 am
Legally embattled AI music startup Suno raises at $2.45B valuation on $200M revenue

Suno has been the target of multiple AI training lawsuits but it has grown so rapidly, VCs were delighted to invest.

20 Nov 2025 12:51 am
Rising data center electricity use risks blackouts during winter storms

Data centers are driving record electricity demand, and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation is warning that a sever winter storm could push the grid over the edge.

20 Nov 2025 12:49 am
Why January Ventures is funding underrepresented AI founders

While everyones chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries and theyre not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with []

19 Nov 2025 11:45 pm
Subletting startup Kiki paid over $152K to settle charges after violating NYC short-term rental laws

Kiki Club, a subletting startup that matches listers and renters, violated NYC laws and had to pay the city over $152,000 to settle charges.

19 Nov 2025 11:30 pm
Bluesky announces moderation changes focused on better tracking, improved transparency

Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about violations.

19 Nov 2025 11:23 pm
With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down

When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.

19 Nov 2025 8:59 pm
Spotifys new features let listeners explore the people and stories behind their favorite music

Spotify new features will showcase who's behind your favorite songs, how music is connected, and what inspired the tunes.

19 Nov 2025 8:54 pm
Onepot AI raises $13M to help make chemical drug creation easier

Onepot AI is a a company that is home to the small-molecule synthesis lab POT-1.

19 Nov 2025 8:30 pm
Target joins OpenAIs growing list of retail apps

OpenAI is pushing deeper into retail, with Target set to debut a new ChatGPT-powered app for shoppers. The app is launching in beta next week.

19 Nov 2025 8:06 pm
OpenAI board member Larry Summers steps down amid Epstein file revelations

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAIs board days after Congress released documents showing he was close friends with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

19 Nov 2025 8:03 pm
Security startup Guardio nabs $80M from ION Crossover Partners

Guardio is leveraging its experience building browser extensions and apps that scan for malicious and phishing sites to build a tool that looks for artifacts in code and websites made with vibe coding tools.

19 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Credit risk automation platform Kaaj raises $3.8M seed from Kindred Ventures

Kaaj announced on Wednesday a $3.8 million seed round from Kindred Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures.

19 Nov 2025 6:30 pm
As Lovable hits $200M ARR, its CEO credits staying in Europe for its success

Lovable CEO Anton Osika said he credits ignoring advice to move to Silicon Valley for the AI coding company's success.

19 Nov 2025 5:39 pm
TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling

TikTok is adding new digital wellbeing tools like an affirmation journal, a background sound generator, and badges for using the app within limits

19 Nov 2025 11:15 am
Emm raises $9M seed to create one of the worlds first smart menstrual cups

On Wednesday, Emm, based in the UK,announced a $9 million seed(6.8 million)round led by Lunar Ventures as it prepares to officially launch the smart menstrual cup in 2026.

19 Nov 2025 10:31 am
TikTok now lets you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see

With the new AI-generated content control, users who want to see less of this sort of content can dial things down, while those who enjoy it can choose to see more of it.

19 Nov 2025 10:31 am
The all-electric Jeep Recon is finally here

The Jeep Recon, an all-electric SUV with an estimated 250 miles of range, is here, and I couldnt be more surprised. Heres why. Three years ago, Jeep unveiled how it was reshaping its portfolio with the launch of three EVs two of which were bound for the North American market by 2024. The all-electric []

19 Nov 2025 7:52 am
Trump DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor

Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in 2019. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028.

19 Nov 2025 5:33 am
European tech gets political

Taking a page from Big Tech, legacy industries, and their U.S. peers, European tech companies are increasingly learning to lobby for themselves.

19 Nov 2025 5:30 am
Tesla receives ride-hailing permit in Arizona in last required step to launch robotaxi service

The permit is the final regulatory step to launch a robotaxi service in Arizona, a state that has become a hub of autonomous vehicle technology testing and development.

19 Nov 2025 3:56 am
Hugging Face CEO says were in an LLM bubble, not an AI bubble

Hugging Face co-founder and CEO Clem Delangue says all the attention is on LLMs, but smaller, specialized models will make sense in many use cases going forward.

19 Nov 2025 3:12 am
AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multibillion-dollar Microsoft deal

Lambda's new raise was a solid beat over the amount that deal-watchers say it was hoping to hit.

19 Nov 2025 1:07 am
Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that its a monopoly

A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in lawsuit with the FTC.

19 Nov 2025 12:31 am
Monarch Tractor sued over tractors that were unable to operate autonomously

The lawsuit is the latest problem to crop up for the startup.

19 Nov 2025 12:24 am
Toyota keeps betting on hybrid vehicles in the US

The investment follows an announcement last week that Toyota will spend up to $10 billion over the next five years in the United States.

18 Nov 2025 11:43 pm
Poes AI app now supports group chats across AI models

Quora's AI platform Poe now lets users engage in group chats with up to 200 people across AI models and bots.

18 Nov 2025 10:34 pm
a16z leads $21M Series A into AI-native tax compliance software Sphere

Spherehelpsautomate registration,calculation, filing, and remittance obligations for companies.

18 Nov 2025 10:30 pm
Our funds are 20 years old: limited partners confront VCs liquidity crisis

Venture funds have longer timelines than anyone planned for, compelling LPs to rip up and rebuild their allocation models.

18 Nov 2025 10:30 pm
Hank Greens Focus Friend is Google Plays app of the year

In a year that again saw AI assistants and tools climb the app store charts over and over, it's interesting to see a timer that helps you disconnect from your tech winning Google's highest app award.

18 Nov 2025 9:35 pm
Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores

Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, to be made immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface.

18 Nov 2025 9:30 pm
Waymo removes safety drivers in Miami ahead of 2026 launch

Waymo said it will do the same in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando in the coming weeks -- the latest steps in the company's continued expansion across the U.S.

18 Nov 2025 8:51 pm
Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube

Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Boops new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries

Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips.

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Stack Overflow is remaking itself into an AI data provider

Stack Overflow wants to remake its classic problem-solving forum into a tool for translating human expertise into an AI-accessible format.

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Zoox to begin offering robotaxi rides to public in San Francisco

This is not a large-scale public launch, nor a commercial one. But it brings the Amazon-owned company one step closer to competing with Waymo.

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Zap Energy ramps up the pressure in its latest fusion device

Zap Energy's Fuze-3 device has generated record plasma pressures for the startup's unique approach to fusion power.

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Creator Tayla Cannon recieves $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures creator fund to build PT software

TaylaCannon's Rebuildr receives $1.1 million investment from Slow Ventures

18 Nov 2025 7:30 pm
Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers

The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.

18 Nov 2025 7:29 pm
Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT

Intuit said its tools, such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, will be accessible through ChatGPT, allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds, reviewing credit options, or managing business finances.

18 Nov 2025 6:30 pm
Roblox will require all users to perform age-checks to access chat from January

Starting Tuesday, users can voluntarily undergo the age-check process to secure access to communication features.

18 Nov 2025 5:30 pm
Databricksreportedly intalks to raisefunding at a $130B+ valuation

Databricks is said to be in talks to raise a new round of funding just a few months after its last fundraise, which valued the company at $100 billion.

18 Nov 2025 5:01 pm
Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures

Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.

18 Nov 2025 1:30 pm