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Rivian makes its second small workforce cut of the year ahead of R2 SUV launch

Rivian makes its second small workforce cut of the year...

The company previously laid off around 140 workers in its manufacturing division...

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Bret Taylor’s Sierra raises $350M at a $10B valuation

Bret Taylor’s Sierra raises $350M at a $10B valuation

Customer service AI agent startup Sierra claims to have hundreds of customers, i...

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FirstClub bucks India’s speed obsession, quickly triples valuation to $120M with premium approach

FirstClub bucks India’s speed obsession, quickly triple...

FirstClub has raised $23 million in a Series A round co-led by Accel and RTP Glo...

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xAI’s CFO is the latest executive to leave Elon Musk’s AI firm

xAI’s CFO is the latest executive to leave Elon Musk’s ...

While at xAI, Mike Liberatore helped orchestrate the company's $5 billion debt r...

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Apple’s Siri upgrade could reportedly be powered by Google Gemini

Apple’s Siri upgrade could reportedly be powered by Goo...

An AI Siri is in the works and it could be running Gemini under the hood.

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Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, alleging they tried to steal its biggest customers  

Scale AI is suing a former employee and rival Mercor, a...

Scale is clearly concerned enough about the threat of Mercor, and the poaching o...

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Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp of securing a $14B valuation

Mistral, the French AI giant, is reportedly on the cusp...

The two-year-old OpenAI rival, founded by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, ...

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Amazon launches Lens Live, an AI-powered shopping tool for use in the real world

Amazon launches Lens Live, an AI-powered shopping tool ...

Lens Live will not replace Amazon's existing visual search tool, Amazon Lens, wh...

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Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits

Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Redu...

An appellate court found that the Trump administration was within its rights to ...

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OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, introduce parental controls

OpenAI to route sensitive conversations to GPT-5, intro...

OpenAI said Tuesday it plans to route sensitive conversations to reasoning model...

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Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in  antitrust trial

Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive se...

U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined remedies on Tuesday that would ...

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Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made...

Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its ...

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Only 5 days left: Exhibit tables are disappearing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Only 5 days left: Exhibit tables are disappearing for T...

Every founder says they want visibility, traction, and growth. But with just 10 ...

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Behind the scenes and front-row access: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 while you still can

Behind the scenes and front-row access: Volunteer at Te...

With just over a month until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits San Francisco, we’re c...

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Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket science requirements

Space investing goes mainstream as VCs ditch the rocket...

Seven Seven Six's Katelin Holloway represents non-technical VCs pouring billions...

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LayerX uses AI to cut enterprise back-office workload, scores $100M in Series B

LayerX uses AI to cut enterprise back-office workload, ...

This Japanese AI startup just raised $100M to cut businesses’ admin burden.