timef 11/17/2025
- DoorDash confirms data breach impacting users’ phone numbers and physical addresses techcrunch.com2025-11-17 23:27:38
The delivery giant said “no sensitive information” was accessed, and did not specify the number of customers, delivery workers, and merchants who were impacted by the breach.
- PowerLattice attracts investment from ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger for its power saving chiplet techcrunch.com2025-11-17 23:08:23
PowerLattice, a startup founded by veteran electrical engineers from Qualcomm, NUVIA, and Intel in 2023, claims to have developed a groundbreaking approach that reduces the power needs of computer chips by more than 50%.
- Jeff Bezos reportedly returns to the trenches as co-CEO of new AI startup, Project Prometheus techcrunch.com2025-11-17 22:33:30
Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos seems to be getting his hands dirty once again: the billionaire is partly backing a new AI startup called Project Prometheus that has raised $6.2 billion in funding, and will take on duties as co-chief executive.
- Luminal raises $5.3 million to build a better GPU code framework techcrunch.com2025-11-17 22:03:33
Inference optimization startup Luminal has announced $5.3 million in a seed funding round led by Felicis Ventures, with angel investment from Paul Graham, Guillermo Rauch and Ben Porterfield.
- MCP AI agent security startup Runlayer launches with 8 unicorns, $11M from Khosla’s Keith Rabois and Felicis techcrunch.com2025-11-17 22:00:00
Three-time founder Andrew Berman is back with a startup that helps IT ensure business users' AI agents operate securely.
- Surveillance tech provider Protei was hacked, its data stolen and its website defaced techcrunch.com2025-11-17 21:09:47
The defacement of Protei's website said "another DPI/SORM provider bites the dust," apparently referring to the company selling its web intercept and surveillance products to phone and internet providers.
- Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics techcrunch.com2025-11-17 21:00:00
Bone AI, a South Korean startup, is combining AI and manufacturing to build next-gen defense robotics and challenge the region’s industry giants.
- Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan techcrunch.com2025-11-17 19:52:07
Sakana AI raised about $135M at a $2.65B post-money valuation in one of Japan’s largest fundraises this year.
- Danish startup FlatPay joins the club of European fintech unicorns to track techcrunch.com2025-11-17 15:45:12
Flatpay’s bet is that it can challenge larger players by charging small merchants a flat transaction rate to use its card terminals and point-of-sales systems.
- Beloved SF cat’s death fuels Waymo criticism techcrunch.com2025-11-17 06:09:22
The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has shaken San Francisco’s Mission District and prompted new debates about robotaxi safety.
- BNPL is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone techcrunch.com2025-11-17 04:00:00
As Morris watches his BNPL investments from the other side of the table, he seems to understand the warning signs better than most.
- Are we nearing the end of Apple’s Tim Cook era? techcrunch.com2025-11-17 03:35:55
Apple is getting serious about succession planning, according to a new report.
- Amazon satellite network gets a rebrand — and drops its affordability pitch techcrunch.com2025-11-17 02:46:03
The company has been quietly changing how it talks about who its internet customers will be before it announced a big name change last week.
- TechCrunch Mobility: The robotaxi expansion that really matters techcrunch.com2025-11-17 01:05:00
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
- How much of the AI data center boom will be powered by renewable energy? techcrunch.com2025-11-17 00:48:42
According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year — $40 billion more than will be spent finding new oil supplies.
