timef 04/28/2026
- Founder of Shark Tank-backed startup Scholly sues his acquirer Sallie Mae techcrunch.com2026-04-28 23:33:27
Chris Gray is suing his startup’s acquirer, Sallie Mae, for wrongful termination and alleging it's selling student data through a subsidiary. Sallie Mae denies the allegations and vows to fight.
- Apple introduces a cheaper option for App Store subscriptions techcrunch.com2026-04-28 22:46:15
Apple is adding a new subscription option that lets app developers offer lower monthly pricing in exchange for a 12-month commitment.
- Snapchat brings AI-powered conversational advertising to its app techcrunch.com2026-04-28 21:57:19
Users will be able to chat with a brand's AI agent to do things like ask questions and get recommendations.
- YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers techcrunch.com2026-04-28 21:54:06
YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.
- BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables techcrunch.com2026-04-28 21:19:34
The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.
- Red Hat’s OpenClaw maintainer just made enterprise Claw deployments a lot safer techcrunch.com2026-04-28 21:00:00
Tank OS puts OpenClaw AI agents into a container that let's it run reliably and more safely, especially for those running fleets of them.
- Otter’s new feature lets users search across their enterprise tools techcrunch.com2026-04-28 20:00:00
Otter is also releasing a new Windows app that can capture meeting notes without joining one
- Drizzle on top: a new high-end dog food brand is coming for the 1% techcrunch.com2026-04-28 13:02:04
Golden Child is launching with two "five-star" products: a fresh frozen meal system and, more intriguingly, a "drizzle." It has also raised $37 million in funding.
- India’s Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up techcrunch.com2026-04-28 11:30:00
Snabbit now processes over 40,000 daily jobs and has cut costs sharply as it expands across cities and services.
- Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner techcrunch.com2026-04-28 04:37:49
Potential buyers of Letterboxd include Versant, the parent company of CNBC and MS NOW, and Hollywood media company The Ankler, according to Semafor.
- Consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, FTC reports techcrunch.com2026-04-28 03:09:53
The agency reports that losses from social media scams have increased eightfold, and that social media scams resulted in higher losses than any other method scammers used to contact consumers.
- OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal techcrunch.com2026-04-28 01:40:38
OpenAI has won major concessions from its largest shareholder, Microsoft, that will allow it to sell products on AWS, while Microsoft get more cash in a revenue-share agreement.
- DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data techcrunch.com2026-04-28 01:24:21
Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion.
- Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to U.S. techcrunch.com2026-04-28 01:07:06
Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole COVID-19-related research.
- Investors back Skye’s AI home screen app for iPhone ahead of launch techcrunch.com2026-04-28 00:13:02
Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
