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In its announcement, Grammarly said it wants to build AI agents for emails using Superhuman's tech.

Ford sold fewer EVs in the second quarter, but a rise in hybrid vehicle sales.

WhatsApp is adding more AI features to its business suite. The company on Tuesday announced it’s introducing the ability for large businesses to reach customers through voice calls, which will allow the app to explore the use of AI-powered voice agents. The company is also looking into using AI to recommend products to users. WhatsApp […]

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to chart what’s next in tech. And on October 27, on the premiere industry stage: Going Public, David George of Andreessen Horowitz will take the mic for a fireside chat focused on one of […]

An IPO may not be on your near-term roadmap, but the best founders start planning for it long before the bankers show up. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Mo Jomaa, partner at CapitalG (Alphabet’s independent growth fund), will lead a session titled “What to Think About Now If […]

After going back and forth over the provision, Sen. Marsha Blackburn offered an amendment to strip the provision alongside Sen. Maria Cantwell. 

Genesis AI, which aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with $105M in seed funding.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has raised $5 billion in debt and $5 billion in equity, Morgan Stanley said on Monday.

Cloudflare, a cloud infrastructure provider that serves 20% of the web, announced Tuesday the launch of a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between website owners and AI companies — ideally giving publishers greater control over their content. For the last year, Cloudflare has launched tools for publishers to address the rampant rise of AI […]

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership […]

AppsForBharat, the Indian startup behind the Hindu devotional app Sri Mandir, has raised $20 million in a new round — just over nine months after securing $18 million — as the app continues to attract not only devotees but also strong investor interest. Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital led the Series C round with participation from […]

Clio, last valued at $3B, makes a bet on AI-powered legal data provider

The car traveled around 15 miles on highways, surface streets, and even a roundabout. But many questions remain about the stunt.

Levelpath raises a $55 million Series B led by Battery Ventures

Klarna and Bolt announced a partnership Monday, which will see Klarna’s payment options integrated into Bolt’s checkout operating system. This deal means Klarna will show up a buy-now-pay-later choice on Bolt devices. Merchants using Bolt can offer Klarna’s Pay in 4 or monthly financing options to shoppers in physical stores, and shoppers can choose that […]

Instagram announced Monday it's finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of songs they've shared from Spotify to Stories.

Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures will join the TechCrunch All Stage lineup to share what investors really see in early-stage startups. Register now.

While Siri can already call on ChatGPT for difficult questions, Apple now seems to be exploring a much deeper integration with technology from third-party AI providers.

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store. 

Netflix and NASA announced a new partnership that will bring live space programming to the streamer later this summer. 

A small company called Songscription launched last week with AI models that automate music transcription, turning an audio file of a song into sheet music within minutes. Operating on a freemium model, the product is geared toward both professional and hobbyist musicians. “We hope to make playing music more enjoyable,” Andrew Carlins, CEO of Songscription […]

Startup life is tough — funding rounds, team building, and managing finances can feel like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube blindfolded. That’s exactly why TechCrunch All Stage 2025 exists: to give founders like you the tools, tactics, and real talk from those who’ve been through it and built something lasting. If there’s one session […]

The Department of Justice indicated a total of 13 people involved in the fraudulent scheme to steal and launder money for North Korea’s regime.

Tailor, a San Francisco- and Tokyo-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round. Investors include ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC VGI), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Spiral Capital and Y Combinator. ERP systems typically come with a single interface that includes all the necessary functions, but this […]

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is restructuring the company’s AI efforts to center around building  AI “superintelligence.”  Going forward, all teams working on AI at Meta will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to Bloomberg, which viewed an internal memo sent Monday.  Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of data labeling startup Scale […]

The suit is looking for changes to the App Store and monetary damages, which Proton says will be donated to organizations fighting for democracy.

The suit is looking for changes to the App Store and monetary damages, which Proton says will be donated to organizations fighting for democracy.

A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill ahead of a key July 4 deadline. Here's what's at stake.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.

The watchdog revealed the 2018 incident as part of an audit of the FBI"s counter-surveillance efforts.

The travel industry has gathered extensive data over the years about trips and transportation, and founders are using it to use it to create every conceivable kind of AI travel startup. In fact, every word of this sentence is a link to a new AI travel tool. Now, startups and incumbent travel tech companies are […]