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The 9 most sought-after startups from YC Demo Day

The 9 most sought-after startups from YC Demo Day

We asked YC-focused investors to name the startups from the Summer 2025 batch th...

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Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all retail investors 

Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all r...

The “Robinhood Ventures Fund I” is intended to allow any retail investor to make...

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Divergent raises $290M to expand production of specialized military parts

Divergent raises $290M to expand production of speciali...

Divergent Technologies' new round will help the company expand its manufacturing...

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With no DOJ breakup, Alphabet becomes a $3 trillion company 

With no DOJ breakup, Alphabet becomes a $3 trillion com...

Investors continue to reward Alphabet's stock after a judge declined to break up...

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Rodatherm Energy wants to make geothermal more efficient, but will it be cheaper?

Rodatherm Energy wants to make geothermal more efficien...

Rodatherm Energy emerged from stealth with $38 million in Series A funding. It p...

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iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything else announced at Apple’s hardware event

iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything el...

From a new slim iPhone Air model to redesigned AirPods, here's what was announc...

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Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, AGI evangelists, and the cost of belief

Karen Hao on the Empire of AI, AGI evangelists, and the...

OpenAI’s rise isn’t just a business story — it’s an ideological one. On Equity, ...

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Users turn to chatbots for spiritual guidance

Users turn to chatbots for spiritual guidance

At least one website claims to allow users to chat with God.

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Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it

Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters...

TechCrunch spoke to experienced coders about their time using AI-generated code ...

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OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we’re in an AI bubble (but that’s okay)

OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we’re in an AI bubb...

Like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bret Taylor thinks we're in an AI bubble — but he do...

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Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

From phone spyware and facial recognition to forensic phone hacking technology t...

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xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data annotation team

xAI reportedly lays off 500 workers from data annotatio...

Elon Musk's AI startup says it's shifting focus from generalist AI tutors to spe...

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California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Newsom could still veto

California lawmakers pass AI safety bill SB 53 — but Ne...

The state's landmark safety bill sets new transparency requirements for large AI...

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Tesla board chair calls debate over Elon Musk’s $1T pay package ‘a little bit weird’

Tesla board chair calls debate over Elon Musk’s $1T pay...

Tesla's board chair is defending a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation pa...

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Google is a ‘bad actor’ says People CEO, accusing the company of stealing content

Google is a ‘bad actor’ says People CEO, accusing the c...

People CEO Neil Vogel says Google's AI crawler can't be blocked because it would...

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Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise

Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise

The $300B deal is a reminder that despite Oracle’s legacy status, it shouldn’t b...