timef 08/18/2025
- Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell techcrunch.com2025-08-18 23:00:55
Paradigm raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it's AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public.
- Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why techcrunch.com2025-08-18 22:46:17
Linktree is "investigating" an issue that has made its link-in-bio platform inaccessible in India for several days.
- HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach techcrunch.com2025-08-18 21:04:10
The HR tech giant said it had no indication of any unauthorized access to customer systems, but has not ruled out a breach affecting customers' personal information.
- Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks techcrunch.com2025-08-18 21:02:56
AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with the ability to transcribe Indian public companies' quarterly earnings calls live, as well as show schedules for post-results conference calls.
- Grammarly gets a design overhaul, multiple AI features techcrunch.com2025-08-18 21:00:00
Grammarly now has a new document-based interface, built on the back of Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The interface also sports an AI assistant, as well as a few AI tools meant for students and professionals, including an AI grader, proofreader and citation finder.
- GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now techcrunch.com2025-08-18 05:08:21
OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.”
- ‘Stranger Things’ creators may be leaving Netflix techcrunch.com2025-08-18 04:07:35
Netflix could soon lose the creative team behind one of its biggest hits, with the Duffer Brothers reportedly signing an exclusive deal with Paramount.
- Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood techcrunch.com2025-08-18 00:34:17
While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced backlash after declaring that Duolingo would become an “AI-first company,” he suggested in a new interview the real issue was that he “did not give enough context.”
