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Sachin Bansal's fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment | TechCrunch
The investment comes amid Navi plans to go public.
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Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why. | TechCrunch
Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible.
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Time's running out! Save $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 | TechCrunch
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
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Amazon’s Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 US cities | TechCrunch
Amazon is significantly expanding its Prime Air drone delivery service, with plans to reach nearly 500 U.S. cities by the end of 2026.
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Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus | TechCrunch
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.
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AI isn't close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take. | TechCrunch
It's the data, stupid.
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Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers | TechCrunch
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
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You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason | TechCrunch
Kids these days don't know how good they have it.
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CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach | TechCrunch
The cyberattack at CareCloud resulted in one of the largest reported data breaches in the U.S. healthcare industry this year.
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DOJ's probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs | TechCrunch
Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest as unavoidable for large VC firms.
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Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform | TechCrunch
Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, GitHub.
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TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says | TechCrunch
If rolled out, the feature would use the social media service’s TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases.
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Einride strikes deal to add 500 Tesla Semis to its fleet | TechCrunch
The deal will triple the size of Einride's fleet while sweetening the company's sales pitch for its Saga AI software. The Tesla Semis will be available to customers across North America.
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OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach | TechCrunch
The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process.
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Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch | TechCrunch
A new feature added to Comcast's newest routers can detect if there is motion is inside your home without needing traditional motion sensors.
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Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack | TechCrunch
This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
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Detroit startup Grounded raises $5M to customize electric and gas-powered vans | TechCrunch
The company has shifted from making van-life builds to custom outfitting vehicles for small businesses, all while the EV landscape in the U.S. changed dramatically.
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Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries | TechCrunch
Battery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.
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Why Apple's camera-equipped AirPods may not be the 'pervert pods' consumers fear | TechCrunch
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.
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Warp's new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development | TechCrunch
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
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Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India | TechCrunch
Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.
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Apple overhauls its EU App Store fees, loosens rules for alternative app stores | TechCrunch
Apple is simplifying its EU App Store fees, replacing its per-install fee with a 5% commission for apps distributed outside the App Store and making it easier for developers to operate alternative app marketplaces.
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Fairphone is launching its latest repairable phone in the US too | TechCrunch
The Fairphone 6+ is a midrange Android offering, but given the increasing prices of consumer gadgets amid the ongoing component shortages, a repairable device that can be made to last for years may prove a good proposition.
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Etched's valuation doubles to $21B in a month | TechCrunch
Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.
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Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 | TechCrunch
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
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Daniel Ek's body-scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York | TechCrunch
The scanning and bloodwork health startup founded by Spotify's founder will officially launch in New York in about a month.
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Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to 'expand human potential' | TechCrunch
Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265 million Fund V.
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Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans | TechCrunch
"These price changes allow Peacock to continue to create the best experience for its viewers, remain competitive in the marketplace, and deliver unique content across all genres," the company wrote on a support page.
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OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it | TechCrunch
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.
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Apple's new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera | TechCrunch
A video in a MacOS Tahoe release candidate version shows a user wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and talking to Siri.
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Anthropic's annualized revenue surges to $65B | TechCrunch
The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
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AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google's Chrome team | TechCrunch
"We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get things done, and I’ll have more to share soon," Jacob Bank, Relay founder and CEO, said.