timef 07/04/2025
- EU says it will continue rolling out AI legislation on schedule techcrunch.com2025-07-04 20:23:50
The European Union said it will stick to its timeline for rolling out its AI legislation, ignoring calls by tech companies to delay the bloc's AI rules.
- Slate Auto drops “under $20,000” pricing after Trump administration ends federal EV tax credit techcrunch.com2025-07-04 06:47:52
Slate Auto has updated its website after Congress passed President Trump's tax cut bill, which will eliminate the federal EV tax credit.
- Everyone in tech has an opinion about Soham Parekh techcrunch.com2025-07-04 06:41:07
You got into Y Combinator, raised $20 million from a16z, and then exited to Meta? That’s cool, I guess. But did Soham Parekh apply to work at your startup? There is now a new badge of honor for startup founders: your proximity to one previously unknown Indian software engineer named Soham Parekh. The Anna Delvey […]
- Cluely’s ARR doubled in a week to $7M, founder Roy Lee says. But rivals are coming. techcrunch.com2025-07-04 06:33:48
Cluely's rapid ascend may be challenged by free copycat products.
- Who is Soham Parekh, the serial moonlighter Silicon Valley startups can’t stop hiring? techcrunch.com2025-07-04 06:00:35
In the last week, social media users have shared dozens of stories about encounters with Soham Parekh, a software engineer who seems to have been simultaneously working at multiple Silicon Valley startups — unbeknownst to the companies — for the last several years. But who is Parekh, how did he pull off his career as […]
- TechCrunch All Stage brings back early launch prices for a limited time techcrunch.com2025-07-04 04:11:12
We’re almost there, and ticket rates have officially rolled back with savings of up to $425. TechCrunch All Stage, the founder summit of the year, is just around the corner. On July 15, Boston becomes startup central. Are you ready to gain the insights and strategies you need to launch or scale? Now’s the moment […]
- Wonder Dynamics co-founder Nikola Todorovic joins the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 techcrunch.com2025-07-04 03:30:00
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into what’s next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations aren’t just technical — they’re creative, cinematic, and boundary-pushing. That’s why Nikola Todorovic is headed to the AI […]
- Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank techcrunch.com2025-07-04 02:55:59
Competitors to Darragh Buckley's Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to "own" a bank, someone has been trying to stop him.
- Final GOP bill kneecaps renewables and hydrogen, but lifts nuclear and geothermal techcrunch.com2025-07-04 02:38:52
The final bill is largely what emerged from the Senate Finance Committee in mid-June.
- Not everyone is thrilled with Threads’ DMs techcrunch.com2025-07-04 02:30:42
Earlier this week, Instagram Threads launched what the company said was its most-requested feature to date: direct messages, also known as DMs. However, the company is now facing a bit of a user backlash over the addition, as users, primarily women, are arguing that there should be a way to opt out of DMs entirely, […]
- Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit techcrunch.com2025-07-04 01:29:07
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024.
- Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to the Foundation Stage at TechCrunch All Stage techcrunch.com2025-07-04 01:27:03
At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape.”
- Y Combinator alum launched a new $34M fund dedicated to YC startups, backed by Garry Tan techcrunch.com2025-07-04 01:00:00
Kulveer Taggar, a two-time YC alum and founder of Zeus Living, founded Phosphor Capital last year
- Trump admin unlawfully killed health websites related to gender, court rules techcrunch.com2025-07-04 00:46:57
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management did not comply with all necessary laws when it ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to speedily comply with the president’s executive order on “gender ideology.” On the first day of his term, President Trump passed […]
- Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first techcrunch.com2025-07-04 00:34:22
Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.
