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TechCrunch Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

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TechCrunch Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts

Hosts are threatening to leave the platform after Airbnb says that they can no longer require guests to strip beds or do other tim...

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs an...

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TechCrunch Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity

Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during its Q3 earnings call. The AI...

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TechCrunch Year-old AI lab Flapping Airplanes raises $1B at a $6B valuation

Just 9 months after raising a $180 million seed round, Flapping Airplanes has landed a $1 billion Series A for its mission to buil...

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TechCrunch Tesla starts Optimus robot production in California as profit falls 43%

Tesla's revenue was flat and its expenses skyrocketed as it pressed the accelerator on its Optimus robots, AI, and autonomous driv...

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TechCrunch GM is betting compute and AI will help it compete with Chinese automakers

To compete with Tesla, Rivian, and a host of Chinese automakers, GM’s fourth-gen EV platform will roll out a new central computer...

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TechCrunch Meta ordered to pay $25B in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal

The payout is related to a recent trial involving the social media giant that revolved around its data privacy practices.

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TechCrunch Legal AI startup Legora raises $550M Series E at $8.8B valuation

Legal AI startup Legora announced Wednesday that it raised a $550 million Series E round, valuing it at $8.8 billion.

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TechCrunch PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.

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TechCrunch GM is giving OnStar an AI makeover

It's one of the biggest overhauls ever to the 30-year-old connected car product.

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TechCrunch While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat

As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that let...

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TechCrunch The internet is having a very bad cybersecurity day

From AI-discovered PHP vulnerabilities to flaws in Node.js and popular AI tool LiteLLM, cybersecurity teams have plenty to worry a...

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TechCrunch Automattic begins layoffs following board upheaval and executive departures

Sources say more cuts could follow as the company looks to improve its finances.

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TechCrunch Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI

Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early t...

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TechCrunch Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C

Blacksmith, a platform that lets companies build and test AI code more effectively, just announced a $66 million Series C round le...

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TechCrunch Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport

Waymo only just started offering rides to the public in Las Vegas in September but is already serving a 24-square-mile area in the...

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TechCabal African banks may be sitting on payment technology they aren’t fully using

“Technology is important, but modernisation should ultimately be driven by business priorities and opportunities,” Bautista said.

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TechCrunch Heat pump tech is 170 years old — Pascal thinks it’s time for an update

Refrigerants startup Pascal has a new take on heat pump and cooling tech using a sponge-like material that promises to be 20% more...

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TechCrunch Mach9 raises $34M after pivoting to AI CAD software

The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.

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TechCrunch Foursquare co-founder says equity holders saw no returns from the company’s acquisition

Foursquare raised $411 million in funding according to PitchBook data, but its equity holders saw no returns from its final acquis...

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TechCrunch AI promises productivity, but for managers, it’s mostly a headache for now

More than 50% of managers say they're finding it harder to evaluate employees' work after adopting AI, according to a new survey.

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TechCabal How curiosity took Victoria Abiodun from anatomy to crypto

Victoria Abiodun went from studying anatomy and doubting cryptocurrency to building Web3 startups and communities. Now, she is wri...

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TechCabal Bard Santner wants to turn Zimbabwe’s diaspora remittances into a banking business

Bard Santner is using its new microfinance banking licence to expand beyond remittances into savings, lending and financial servic...

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