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• A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index [318d]
• Instagram is beefing up its search to compete with TikTok [318d]
• Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI ‘reasoning’ models [318d]
• No, Stripe is not becoming a bank [318d]
• Inside the EV startup secretly backed by Jeff Bezos [318d]
• At last, MrBeast weighs in on the global economic crisis du jour [318d]
• Does Colossal Biosciences’ dire wolf creation justify its $10B+ valuation? [318d]
• A nonprofit is using AI agents to raise money for charity [318d]
• Tapestry’s app can now de-dupe your social feeds [318d]
• Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers [318d]
• Take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Apply to speak now [318d]
• Amazon’s Zoox begins robotaxi testing in Los Angeles [318d]
• Los Angeles-based Rain raised a $75M Series B in another good sign for fintech [318d]
• Founders, TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is calling! Apply to enter! [318d]
• Trump to endorse coal for data center power in the face of grim market realities [318d]
• Volunteer your time for a free ticket to TechCrunch Sessions: AI [318d]
• Waymo may use interior camera data to train generative AI models, but riders will be able to opt out [318d]
• Meet the new Audience Choice winners to lead breakouts at TechCrunch Sessions: AI [318d]
• Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisors [318d]
• Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers [318d]
• Snapchat rolls out Sponsored AI Lenses for brands [318d]
• Amazon unveils a new AI voice model, Nova Sonic [318d]
• Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants [319d]
• XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power [319d]
• Sizl raises $3.5M to expand its cook-to-order food delivery service [319d]