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TechCrunch Elon Musk made a $1B investment in Skydance, report says

The investment will provide a much-needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.

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TechCrunch Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thou...

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TechCrunch 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password

The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secur...

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TechCabal A new live tech show wants to change African tech coverage

Fatu Ogwuche is launching a weekly live technology show, betting that African tech audiences want to hear directly from the founde...

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TechCrunch Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants

Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with elect...

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TechCrunch Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

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TechCrunch DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agen...

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TechCrunch Developer platform Railway urges ‘all users’ to revoke secret keys after cyberattack

The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt...

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TechCrunch Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents

Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.

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TechCabal Spend first, measure later: Inside African banking’s AI boom

African banks are scaling AI, but proving its financial returns remains difficult.

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TechCabal Africa’s stablecoin promise breaks at the off-ramp

While stablecoins offer rapid finality for cross-border payments in Africa, high conversion costs, thin local liquidity, and stric...

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TechCabal Flutterwave employees can borrow against shares without selling them

Flutterwave employees can now borrow money with their shares and keep them, as the $3.25 billion fintech begins to offer loans to...

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are th...

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TechCrunch Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide...

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TechCrunch Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught

The company is looking to roll out the gold two-seater robotaxis to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number...

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TechCrunch Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a ‘routine improvement’

Spotify told investors its rollout of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a "crac...

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TechCrunch Investors break down how founders can raise a Series A today

Raising a Series A these days isn't so simple — top investors break down what founders need to know now.

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TechCrunch Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.

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TechCabal One platform, many realities: Yango’s playbook for scaling across Africa

Adeniyi Adebayo, Yango’s Chief Business Officer speaks on scaling digital services across fragmented African markets.

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TechCabal CANAL+ faces a South African turnaround test as MultiChoice revenue falls 3%

CANAL+ is banking on new DStv packages and stronger content to revive MultiChoice in South Africa after revenue fell 3% in the nin...

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TechCabal Africa must own its digital future or risk exploitation, says Luminate CEO

At the Build 2026 Conference in Abuja, Luminate CEO Melanie Hui warned that Nigeria loses millions annually to foreign cloud depen...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – ‘Crypto averts catastrophe’

On today's edition: South Africa reverses proposed crypto rule || Foreign capital reduces in Kenya’s KCB || Bolt expands EV bet in...

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TechCrunch Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year

There is at least one obstacle that could throw off Tesla's Cybercab fleet plans. The NHTSA announced last month that it had opene...

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TechCrunch Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

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