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• The creator economy’s ad revenue problem and India’s AI ambitions [23d]
• Remember HQ? ‘Quiz Daddy’ Scott Rogowsky is back with TextSavvy, a daily mobile game show [24d]
• Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC [24d]
• Apple’s iOS 26.4 arrives in public beta with AI music playlists, video podcasts, and more [24d]
• InScope nabs $14.5M to solve the pain of financial reporting [24d]
• Great news for xAI: Grok is now pretty good at answering questions about Baldur’s Gate [24d]
• Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies [24d]
• Tesla loses bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict [24d]
• Threads posts can now be shared directly to your Instagram Story without leaving the app [24d]
• Toy Story 5 takes aim at creepy AI toys: ‘I’m always listening’ [24d]
• Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality [24d]
• Lucid Motors slashes 12% of its workforce as it seeks profitability [24d]
• AI’s promise to indie filmmakers: faster, cheaper, lonelier [24d]
• Prepare for pitch battle: Startup Battlefield 200 nominations are open [24d]
• Peak XV raises $1.3B, doubles down on AI as global VC rivalry in India heats up [24d]
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Super Early Bird rates end in 1 week [24d]
• Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers [24d]
• OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India [24d]
• The OpenAI mafia: 18 startups founded by alumni [24d]
• UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India [24d]
• General Catalyst commits $5B to India over five years [24d]
• Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model with low-dilution terms [24d]
• Google’s new Gemini Pro model has record benchmark scores—again [24d]
• Nvidia deepens early-stage push into India’s AI startup ecosystem [24d]