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TechCrunch ElevenLabs now lets users publish AI-generated music directly on SoundCloud

ElevenLabs said more than 25 million tracks have been generated using its music models.

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TechCrunch Instagram brings Edits to desktop to take on CapCut

The move puts Edits in more direct competition with ByteDance's CapCut, the video-editing app Meta sought to challenge when it lau...

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TechCrunch Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick and a mic so you can talk to AI agents

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.

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TechCrunch TikTok quietly launches a standalone TikTok Shop app

The app will offer personalized product recommendations, shopping through live streams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals,...

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TechCrunch Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure

The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models...

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TechCrunch Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

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TechCrunch RadianX promises solar-powered devices that never need charging

Today’s portable devices are too hungry to run on traditional solar panels, but RadianX says its perovskite cells promise to make...

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TechCrunch Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery

Zipline raised $1.5 billion and ramped up its partnership with Walmart.

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TechCrunch Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night

Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.

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TechCabal Africa must integrate before pursuing a common currency, says Access Bank chair Aig-Imoukhuede

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, chairman of Nigerian tier-1 lender Access Bank Group and financial services holding company Coronation Gro...

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TechCabal After seven years training developers, Web3Bridge is turning to startups

After seven years of training blockchain developers, Web3Bridge is expanding into startup incubation with a paid founder residency...

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TechCrunch Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime

Amazon has made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States.

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TechCrunch A YC startup is putting $1M behind five unsolved materials science problems for AI

Discovered Materials, a months-old YC startup that uses AI to find chip materials, is offering $200,000 for each solution to five...

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TechCabal How a car-importing problem became a cross-border payments business

Clea is a cross-border payments platform to serve African businesses importing goods from overseas.

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TechCrunch Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly-traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

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TechCabal Flutterwave spent a decade moving money. Now it wants to keep more of it.

After stints at PayPal, GTBank, a tier-one Nigerian bank, and South Africa’s Standard Bank, Agboola was frustrated by how difficul...

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TechCabal “Data is the collateral”: Sparkle CEO Uzoma Dozie on fixing Nigeria’s SME lending blind spot

Uzoma Dozie, CEO of Sparkle MFB, says Nigerian banks must rethink collateral requirements and use transaction data and AI to expan...

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TechCabal Paga expands Direct Debit access for businesses beyond its network

Paga is expanding its Direct Debit access to let businesses using Paga Engine collect recurring payments from accounts outside its...

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TechCabal Safaricom makes more from M-PESA overdrafts as borrower numbers surge

Safaricom generated KES 4.9 billion ($38 million) from M-PESA Fuliza, its overdraft service that lets customers complete transacti...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – A Chinese plot twist

In today's edition: China inquiry prompted OPay to halt US IPO || Kenyan Treasury calls for cheaper bank loans || Africa’s credit...

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TechCrunch After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.

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TechCrunch Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage

The company is said to be significantly dropping the amount it's spending on AI for its engineering teams.

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TechCrunch AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the...

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TechCrunch Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to...

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