timef 12/15/2025
- Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver techcrunch.com2025-12-15 23:16:26
It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.
- Snapchat rolls out its end-of-year Recaps techcrunch.com2025-12-15 23:13:49
The Recap is a short video that offers a personalized look at highlights from Snaps, Stories, and Chats, showing how users connected and expressed themselves throughout the year.
- First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion helps you build habits techcrunch.com2025-12-15 22:48:24
First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speed run, SignalFire, True Global, and other investors.
- Nvidia is reportedly weighs ramping up H200 production to meet surging demand in China techcrunch.com2025-12-15 22:28:20
After successfully lobbying the Trump administration to approve the sales of its H200 chips to China, Nvidia is now thinking of adding capacity to produce more of the chips.
- Mirelo raises $41M from Index and a16z to solve AI video’s silent problem techcrunch.com2025-12-15 20:30:00
Mirelo, a German startup that is building AI to add synced sound effects to videos, has raised a $41 million seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
- Thea Energy previews Helios, its pixel-inspired fusion power plant techcrunch.com2025-12-15 20:30:00
Thea Energy says that its planar-coil fusion power plant could be cheaper and easier to build thanks to AI-powered control software.
- How iRobot lost its way home techcrunch.com2025-12-15 10:29:22
iRobot survived three decades of competition, but couldn't survive European regulators killing its Amazon buyout. Now it's being taken over by its own supplier in bankruptcy court.
- WhatsApp’s biggest market is becoming its toughest test techcrunch.com2025-12-15 09:30:00
Meta has three months to comply with Indian government directions that could affect how WhatsApp operates in the country.
- Grok gets the facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting techcrunch.com2025-12-15 07:17:47
Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media platform X, appears to have repeatedly spread misinformation about today’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia.
- Mesa shuts down credit card that rewarded cardholders for paying their mortgages techcrunch.com2025-12-15 05:37:44
Fintech startup Mesa has shut down its Homeowners Card, which awarded points to cardholders for paying their mortgages.
- Making sense of the risky Netflix-Warner Bros. deal techcrunch.com2025-12-15 01:27:05
Netflix's $82.6 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. encapsulates a fraught moment for Hollywood, as the entertainment business is increasingly overshadowed by tech giants.
- TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s survival plan involves more than cars techcrunch.com2025-12-15 01:00:00
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
