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• A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index [9d]
• Instagram is beefing up its search to compete with TikTok [9d]
• Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI ‘reasoning’ models [9d]
• No, Stripe is not becoming a bank [9d]
• Inside the EV startup secretly backed by Jeff Bezos [9d]
• At last, MrBeast weighs in on the global economic crisis du jour [9d]
• Does Colossal Biosciences’ dire wolf creation justify its $10B+ valuation? [9d]
• A nonprofit is using AI agents to raise money for charity [9d]
• Tapestry’s app can now de-dupe your social feeds [9d]
• Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers [9d]
• Take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Apply to speak now [9d]
• Amazon’s Zoox begins robotaxi testing in Los Angeles [9d]
• Los Angeles-based Rain raised a $75M Series B in another good sign for fintech [9d]
• Founders, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is calling! Apply to enter! [9d]
• Trump to endorse coal for data center power in the face of grim market realities [9d]
• Volunteer your time for a free ticket to TechCrunch Sessions: AI [9d]
• Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, but riders will be able to opt out [10d]
• Meet the new Audience Choice winners to lead breakouts at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [10d]
• Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisors [10d]
• Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers [10d]
• Snapchat rolls out Sponsored AI Lenses for brands [10d]
• Amazon unveils a new AI voice model, Nova Sonic [10d]
• Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants [10d]
• XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power [10d]
• Sizl raises $3.5M to expand its cook-to-order food delivery service [10d]
• Meta introduces restricted Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger [10d]
• Turkey’s Sipay raises $78M to expand its Stripe-like services into emerging markets [10d]
• Apple might import more iPhones from India to side-step China tariffs [10d]
• IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI [10d]