They say don’t shoot the messenger, but what if The Messenger shoots itself? Media startup The Messenger burst on the scene last May with $5...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Autonomous vehicle company Motional is losing capital support from one of its primary backers as it aims to commercialize a robotaxi service...
It’s Friday, February 2, 2024. Today is the day. You’ve been eyeing the Vision Pro since Tim Cook stepped onstage with the product at last y...
Five social media CEOs were sworn in on Wednesday for what could have been the most eventful children’s online safety hearing yet. But even ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Universal Music Group (UMG), the label representing artists including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, says that it’ll pull it...
Giant Ventures, a UK-based VC that has made a habit of investing on both sides of the Atlantic, is launching two new funds, totalling $250 m...
You know you’ve screwed up when you’ve simultaneously angered the White House, the TIME Person of the Year, and pop culture’s most rabid fan...
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca flew solo with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, the c...
A new Germany-based startup, Semron, is developing what it describes as “3D-scaled” chips to run AI models locally on smartphones, earbuds, ...
Monday, January 29, 2024
Fidelity has cut the value of its holding in Meesho by 33.6% since the original investment, giving the Indian social commerce startup a valu...
Hexa, the Paris-based startup studio that recently raised $22 million, is launching a new vertical focused on improving the healthcare syste...
Rebellions, a South Korean fabless AI chip startup, said today it has closed $124 million (165 billion KRW) in a Series B round of funding t...
Sunday, January 28, 2024
BluSmart, an Indian ride-hailing startup that competes with Uber and homegrown rival Ola with its all-electric fleet, is looking to boost it...
An Indian state government has fixed security issues impacting its website that exposed the sensitive documents and personal information of ...
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Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts. But other researchers aren't convinced. © 202...
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! In this edition, I’m going to look at Brex’s latest round of layoffs, the state of...
Enterprises need to understand how much to budget into AI tools, how to weigh the benefits of AI vs. new recruits, and how to ensure their t...
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Richard Marcus Contributor Richard Marcus is the head of information security at AuditBoard. Many have described 2023 as the year of AI, and...
Friday, January 26, 2024
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal has resigned from the e-commerce group’s board, the two said Saturday. Sachin Bansal, the Bengaluru-headqua...
Count Spotify among those not thrilled with how Apple has chosen to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets the stage for...
Flexport, a logistics company with $2.7 billion in funding, is reportedly planning additional layoffs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserv...
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The company said the layoffs are part of a "reorganization of our corporate team to improve efficiencies and accelerate our path to pro...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
It’s been a little over 180 days since Worldcoin publicly launched – and its futuristic looking Orb device is getting an upgrade, Alex Blani...
The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” referring to Palworld-developer Pocketpair, to use...
Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from f...
Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle technology company aiming to launch a “driverless” self-driving trucks business by the end of 2024...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Last year’s tech-wide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher...
French small launch developer Latitude has closed $30 million in new capital as it eyes the first flight of its Zephyr rocket in 2025. While...
I tend to be wary when consumer electronics corporations dip their toes into the world of robotics. The category offers an attention grabbin...
Monday, January 22, 2024
In the middle of a long funding winter, AC Ventures’ latest news will give Southeast Asian startups hope. The Jakarta, Indonesia-based ventu...
European VC Plural has carved out a reputation for itself as one of the few VC’s in the region started and led by entrepreneurs who grew the...
MrBeast made over $263,000 in ad revenue from posting his latest video on X, but the YouTube icon says he thinks this number is “a bit of a ...
Sony called off the merger between its India unit and Zee Entertainment on Monday, ending a two-year acquisition deliberation that would hav...
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Singapore-based Terraform Labs (TFL), the company behind digital assets TerraUSD (UST) and Luna, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware...
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for fa...
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Distinct from the Ripple network and protocol, the XRP Ledger is a decentralized public ledger with an open-source code base that anyone can...
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
TikTok has been experimenting with an auto scrolling mechanic for months now, allowing you to watch TikTok hands-free. To use the auto scrol...
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories...
Friday, January 19, 2024
When Selkie, the fashion brand viral on Instagram and TikTok for its frothy, extravagant dresses, announces new collections, reception is ge...
On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that the hacking group it calls Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear — and widely believed to ...
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher ...
Is it a “fearful vocaloid wednesday morning,” a “yearning cottagecore thursday afternoon,” or perhaps a “heartbroken karaoke friday evening”...
VF Corp., the parent company of the popular apparel brands Vans, Supreme, and The North Face, said Thursday that hackers stole the personal ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
International Battery Company, a startup developing lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles, has raised $35 million as it plans to b...
Controversy continues to surround the world of AI-generated imagery, and even as AI-generated images used in elections became a source of co...
If the upcoming smart composter works as advertised, it'll help households reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from food waste, while ...
Berlin-based banking startup N26 is rolling out a new stock and ETF trading feature starting with Austria as the first market. This product ...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
India has warned tech companies that it is prepared to impose bans if they fail to take active measures against deepfake videos, a senior go...
Sierra Space is joining Rocket Lab as a current or formerly VC-backed space company to land a major satellite deal with the military. The Sp...
I can’t recall if there was ever a true lull in the weeks between CES and MWC, or whether this is the sort of thing we tell ourselves to cus...
London-based notetaking startup Goodnotes said today it is acquiring South Korean startup Dropthebit, which operates a meeting and video sum...
Monday, January 15, 2024
After using Figma to create user interfaces and experiences, developers are left with the hefty task of coding the designs in order to creat...
Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Fisker’s first electric vehicle over braking problems. The National Highway Traf...
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Traditional success metrics like the Rule of 40 and Magic Number must be revised amid an unpredictable and competitive market. © 2023 TechC...
Spot’s flagship product, VisionX, taps into deep learning and computer vision technologies to analyze consumer and theft behaviors. © 2023 ...
Logistics company FedEx announced its own commerce platform called FDX today. The platform will likely compete against Amazon by offering me...
LG Electronics has opened its first electric vehicle (EV) charger facility outside of South Korea — in Fort Worth, Texas — to capture a shar...
Sunday, January 14, 2024
As long as micro funds can be nimble enough to gain meaningful ownership, they shouldn't be too concerned about Countdown's fate. ©...
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! In this edition, I’m going to look at some hits and misses in the real estate fint...
Climate tech is suddenly so awash in cash that there are a number of websites, apps and startups rushing to track all the incentives availab...
Rodrigo Fernandes Contributor Share on X Rodrigo Fernandes is a professor at Fundação Dom Cabral and is the CFO at Pingback, a Brazilian sta...
Friday, January 12, 2024
Few tech demos can match the spectacle of robotics. Even as the field grows increasingly prevalent in a broad range of industrial workplaces...
In the depth of the pandemic, 500 or so backers chipped in to make Makera’s Carvera Kickstarter campaign, a fully automatic desktop CNC mach...
NASA and Lockheed Martin have finally taken the wraps off of the X-59, a “quiet supersonic” aircraft that may shape the future of both milit...
Artifact, the news aggregator-turned social network from Instagram’s founders, is shutting down. On Friday, the startup announced via a blog...
Thursday, January 11, 2024
The race to perfect the humanoid form factor will be one of 2024’s defining tech stories. Last year saw the category heat up, as companies l...
CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility-focused companies bring to Las Vegas, and CES 2024 has been no exc...
CES 2024 is in full swing in Las Vegas. We’re on the ground giving you the most talked about news and announcements from the event, but much...
Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
A new audio brand spun out of Japan’s NTT is showing off some personal audio tech at CES 2024 that is remarkable not for what it has, but wh...
Fall detection and autonomy for the elderly is front-and-center at CES in Las Vegas this year. Cherish Health introduced the $300 Serenity a...
Every few years, a new startup takes a stab at automatic pill dispensers to help with drug adherence and to prevent people from accidentally...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher ...
Apps that let users take, manipulate and share images have been some of the biggest hits in the world of mobile over the years. Now, the inf...
Monday, January 8, 2024
Remember Ballie, Samsung’s spherical home robot from CES 2020? I sure didn’t — until Samsung brought it back at this year’s keynote with a f...
The Space Development Agency is the mystery customer behind Rocket Lab’s up-to $515 million, 18-satellite order announced in late December, ...
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Basecamp founders’ email service Hey is fighting with Apple again — this time over the rejection of its new calendar app from the App Store....
SentinelOne’s deal to acquire PingSafe valued the Peak XV-backed young startup at over $100 million, two sources familiar with the matter to...
Aside from a brief on-again-off-again thing with Nokia, Withings has been quietly establishing itself as a home health powerhouse in recent ...
As companies, large and small, layer on generative AI features, they could struggle to find a pricing scheme that balances value and cost. ...
We started the year with news of a couple of new venture funds that will be writing checks into fintech startups. © 2023 TechCrunch. All ri...
Harnessing AI to drive innovation and deliver enhanced customer value will be critical to staying competitive in the AI-driven marketplace. ...
CES never disappoints when it comes to gadgets for pets. And Invoxia is going all out by releasing a new smart collar called Invoxia Minitai...
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories...
The time is nigh for the U.S. and other mature markets to get in the game before falling behind in a brave new world of data ownership right...
VinFast, Vietnam’s electric vehicle manufacturer, plans to initially invest $500 million to set up an integrated facility in India and break...
Friday, January 5, 2024
The countdown to launch is on. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Forc...
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Logan Paul is offering refunds for CryptoZoo, the failed and allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021. The ca...
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Moments before midnight on Tuesday, a single turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered 5 megawatts of renewable energy to the New England gri...
Satellite imagery and machine learning offer a new, far more detailed look at the maritime industry, specifically the number and activities ...
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites that will be able to connect directly to cell phones ahead of planned testing later t...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
When it comes to figuring out a formula for a hit game that keeps players coming back year after year, Saxs Persson would know. Now at Epic ...
Another proptech startup has run into trouble. Frontdesk, a startup that managed more than 1,000 furnished apartments across the United Stat...
Ruth Foxe Blader has left her role as partner at Anthemis Group after nearly seven years to start her own venture firm, Foxe Capital, TechCr...
Samsung’s mobile division ditched the big show unveils a while back. Gone, too, it seems are the days when the company would save its first ...
Tesla shipped a record number of electric vehicles in the fourth quarter to help it edge out its targets for the year. The company delivered...
While most of Europe was still knuckle deep in the holiday chocolate selection box late last month, ChatGPT maker OpenAI was busy firing out...
Mutual fund company Fidelity has marked down its investment in X holdings — the parent company of X (formerly Twitter) owned by Elon Musk — ...
Monday, January 1, 2024
Months after Meta launched its Quest 3 headset, the company is slashing prices for its older Quest 2 headset by $50 permanently. The 128GB v...
As the new year approaches, many of us are reminded of all the things we accomplished this year — getting a promotion, being more productive...
While much of the tech world has been besieged by layoffs, climate tech continued to hire. Next year looks no different. © 2023 TechCrunch....
