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Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a ‘fight for our lives’
Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a 'fight for our lives' | TechCrunch
The automakers will work together to bring two Ford-branded EVs to European dealerships in 2028.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a ‘fight for our lives’
Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls
Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls | TechCrunch
Truecaller's Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026. The new feature lets up to five people join a family group overseen by one member who acts as the administrator and manages scam-blocking settings for the others.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers | TechCrunch
Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer
Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer | TechCrunch
OpenAI says that Dresser will be responsible for the company's revenue strategy in enterprise and customer success.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer
Rivian is building its own AI assistant
Rivian is building its own AI assistant | TechCrunch
The EV maker will likely share more details on its upcoming AI & Autonomy Day scheduled for December 11.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Rivian is building its own AI assistant
B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform
B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform | TechCrunch
Kabir Narang is laying the groundwork for a new investment platform slated for 2026 that will focus on "compounding at the intersection of technology, AI, and global capital flows."
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December 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
B Capital founding partner Kabir Narang leaves to launch new investment platform
Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI
Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI | TechCrunch
Cashew Research uses AI to automate the market research process while still collecting real-world data from humans.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Cashew Research is going after the $90B market research industry with AI
Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round
Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round | TechCrunch
Led by Naveen Rao, the former head of AI at Databricks, the new hardware startup is valued at $4.5 billion.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Unconventional AI confirms its massive $475M seed round
Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’
Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as 'working together' | TechCrunch
The CEO of the AI data center provider, which has Nvidia as an investor and a supplier, described the environment as a "violent change" in demand.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Coreweave CEO defends AI circular deals as ‘working together’
Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app
Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app | TechCrunch
Overtone is described as "an early-stage dating service focused on using AI and voice tools to help people connect in a more thoughtful and personal way."
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December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B | TechCrunch
The round, which was Fal’s third fundraise this year, also included a secondary sale for early investors, sources tell us.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B
SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5B valuation target
SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5T valuation target | TechCrunch
The company is looking to raise $30 billion, which would make it the biggest IPO ever, just ahead of Saudi Aramco's in 2019.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5B valuation target
Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup
Why Cursor's CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won't crush his startup | TechCrunch
After reaching $1 billion in annualized revenue, Anysphere CEO Michael Truell explained the features his company is focused on building out.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup
Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing
Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing | TechCrunch
While teenagers may start out using AI chatbots for basic questions, their relationship with chatbot platforms has the potential to turn addictive.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing
Amazon’s Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial recognition feature to video doorbells
Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch
Amazon says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Amazon’s Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial recognition feature to video doorbells
Google Photos launches new video editing tools
Google Photos launches new video editing tools | TechCrunch
Google Photos' new update helps make editing video reels in the app quicker, such as new templates that already add music and text to clips.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Google Photos launches new video editing tools
Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership
Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership | TechCrunch
The two companies are launching the Accenture Anthropic Business Group to bring Anthropic's AI to Accenture's employees.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership
Mistral AI surfs vibe coding tailwinds with new coding models
Mistral AI surfs vibe coding tailwinds with new coding models | TechCrunch
French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Mistral AI surfs vibe coding tailwinds with new coding models
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps | TechCrunch
Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform's AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid | TechCrunch
Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales | TechCrunch
Quilt has sold nearly 1,000 units in the U.S. and Canada, and the new funding should help expand sales operations to more states and provinces.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Heat pump startup Quilt raises $20M Series B to expand sales
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases 'Shared Feeds' | TechCrunch
Shared Feeds will surface new content tailored to both users' tastes, such as sports or winter activities, and their favorite creators.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
TikTok adds a space for organizing content with others, teases ‘Shared Feeds’
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds | TechCrunch
Anthropic launches Claude Code in Slack, letting developers delegate coding tasks from chat threads. It's part of a shift toward AI-embedded collaboration that could reshape software workflows.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds
Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction
Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction | TechCrunch
More than 230 organizations signed a public letter urging members of Congress to take action.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction
Google’s AI try-on app Doppl adds a shoppable discovery feed
Google's AI try-on app Doppl adds a shoppable discovery feed | TechCrunch
The tech giant says the idea behind the new feed is to display recommendations so users can discover and virtually try on items. Nearly everything in the feed is shoppable, with direct links to merchants.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Google’s AI try-on app Doppl adds a shoppable discovery feed