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Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M jus...

This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface indu...

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TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transpor...

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Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in...

AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularize...

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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?

Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startup...

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the cont...

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Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedl...

The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called ...

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Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy f...

The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled.

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FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance systems: Report

FBI investigating hack on its wiretap and surveillance ...

Hackers allegedly broke into the FBI’s networks, according to a report by CNN.

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AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for healthcare

AWS launches a new AI agent platform specifically for h...

AWS is launching Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform that will help with...

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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about reven...

The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last s...

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DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable

DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A rese...

Instead of relying on expensive management consultants, the startup uses AI voic...

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Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense'...

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Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay

Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-ba...

The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5...

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Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center

Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center

Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass t...

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ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while...

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India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year

India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation j...

Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rival...

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Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue

Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue

The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three mo...