timef 07/20/2025
- Tesla loses its charm for India’s loyalists — even as Musk finally delivers techcrunch.com2025-07-20 22:00:00
Tesla's debut in India has not convinced its early backers, who waited for the company to enter the market for nearly a decade.
- Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work techcrunch.com2025-07-20 05:20:53
Following a Pro Publica report that Microsoft was using engineers in China to help maintain cloud computing systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company said it’s made changes to ensure this will no longer happen.
- Astronomer CEO resigns following Coldplay concert scandal techcrunch.com2025-07-20 04:22:56
Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer. Byron, who is married, was captured on a Coldplay concert “kiss cam” with his arms around the company’s chief people officer Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide from […]
- David Sacks and the blurred lines of government service techcrunch.com2025-07-20 01:56:28
When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures, the firm “co-founded by White House AI adviser David Sacks.” The announcement has raised questions about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration, where Sacks serves as both AI and crypto czar […]
- Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal techcrunch.com2025-07-20 01:20:00
Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart, with Google DeepMind instead hiring the startup’s […]
- The perfect pitch: This NEA partner says every founder should answer these 5 questions techcrunch.com2025-07-20 00:00:00
Tiffany Luck, a partner at NEA, outlined what she looks for in a pitch, during a presentation at TechCrunch’s All Stage event in Boston.
