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May 9, 2016 - Ad blocking software's usage on the web, and now mobile, has forced the media and publishing industry to look to new revenue models. And one of the most

Apr 1, 2019 - If you took the photos and videos out of pornography, could it appeal to a new audience? Caroline Spiegel's first startup Quinn aims to bring some

Jan 24, 2020 - Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a

Sep 20, 2017 - Building hardware is fun but tough. We worked on Pebble for a full four years before we launched on Kickstarter in 2012. We went on to sell over $230

Apr 26, 2012 - If, for whatever reason, you need to cover your tracks while you are browsing the web on your desktop, you have plenty of options to keep anonymous. Thanks to...

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Jul 26, 2023 - Stable Diffusion has released its latest image-generating AI model, Stable Diffusion XL 1.0. It improves upon its predecessor in several key areas.

Feb 5, 2025 - Workday becomes the latest tech company in recent weeks to cut headcount. Amazon, Okta and Cruise have also laid off employees.

Dec 10, 2025 - Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy...

Dec 10, 2025 - Figma is launching a new image editing toolbar to bring all its features in one place.

Jun 17, 2025 - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta tried to poach its employees with nine-figure offers, but failed to recruit OpenAI's best people.

Dec 10, 2025 - The CEO of the AI data center provider, which has Nvidia as an investor and a supplier, described the environment as a "violent change" in demand.

May 5, 2025 - These are the terms of service for advertisers on TechCrunch.

Dec 2, 2025 - Gradium, a startup spawned out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of stealth on Tuesday.

Dec 10, 2025 - The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country's population.

Jan 23, 2026 - The Department of Justice may be conducting a criminal investigation. This is arguably the biggest drama between two HR startups ever.

Apr 5, 2018 - A year ago, I visited the Apple campus in Cupertino to figure out where the hell the new Mac Pro was. I joined a round-table discussion with Apple SVPs

Mar 1, 2023 - Sprinklr has laid off roughly 4% of its workforce — or more than 100 employees — as it realigns its headcount amid the economic slowdown.

Jan 15, 2026 - EtherealX is ramping engine tests and building a 150-acre rocket campus in India as it targets a 2027 launch mission.

Jan 13, 2026 - Pebble's founder talks about how his new company is doing things differently.

Nov 14, 2006 - Google announced today that they have completed the previously announced acquisition of YouTube. The final price included $15 million in cash, 3,217,560

Dec 17, 2025 - Luminar says trouble with Volvo started as early as 2022, and that the Swedish automaker made -- but then backed away from -- large orders of its lidar sensors.

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Nov 18, 2025 - The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality...

Dec 4, 2025 - Amazon Web Services announced four new AI models within its Nova model family and a frontier model service.

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Sep 17, 2019 - Ironclad, a startup that makes it easier for legal teams to manage their contracts workflow, today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series C

Nov 4, 2025 - Flock said around 3% of its law enforcement customers do not use multi-factor authentication, potentially leaving dozens of law enforcement agency accounts...

Jun 30, 2023 - River, an Indian EV startup that introduced its first two-wheeler in February, has raised $15 million in a funding round led by Dubai's Al Futtaim Group.

Nov 7, 2025 - GoWish, an app for making wish lists, is having a record year, and has doubled its users.

Nov 24, 2025 - Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate...

May 1, 2025 - In this episode of StrictlyVC Download, hosts TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos and StrictlyVC’s Alex Gove are joined by Ali Partovi, co-founder...

Read the latest fintech news, covering everything from disruptor banks and innovations at financial institutions to fintech companies and startups.

Dec 8, 2025 - More than 230 organizations signed a public letter urging members of Congress to take action.

Jul 29, 2016 - When software developer Todd Moore wrote up the code for his now-famous White Noise app in 2008, it was a side project to him and one of the first mobile

Dec 22, 2022 - The feds say cybercriminals are buying online ads to impersonate brands with the aim of stealing or extorting money from victims.

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Feb 4, 2025 - Cruise is laying off 50% of its workforce as the robotaxi program ends.

Jun 28, 2018 - Bram Cohen invented torrenting. Now he's building a cryptocurrency called Chia that doesn't waste electricity like Bitcoin, and top investors are...

May 4, 2024 - Let this be my personal notice to Twitter developers: The developer platform team is gone; the investment has been undone.

Jun 5, 2018 - Given all the hype and noise swirling around crypto and decentralized network projects, which runs the full gamut from scams and stupidity, to very clever

Nov 21, 2025 - We compiled all the hottest AI wearables currently available, including Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.

Feb 18, 2026 - Users will be able to use text, images, and videos as a reference to generate music.

Nov 27, 2025 - On Wednesday evening at PlayGround Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don't understand yet will explain what's

Dec 27, 2025 - VCs share their thoughts on what next year could bring to the market.

Dec 18, 2025 - Impactful talks and connections happen at StrictlyVC. Read the full 2025 recap and join the 2026 waitlist to get early bird tickets.

Dec 4, 2023 - Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

Oct 28, 2021 - VSC, a public relations firm that has helped the likes of startups such as ClearCo, Poshmark and Tile craft their stories, has raised millions to invest

Feb 19, 2026 - The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s standalone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Dec 11, 2025 - In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will...

Dec 11, 2025 - Runware lets developers integrate real-time image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

Jan 28, 2026 - The social media company's smartglasses are set to be released to the public later this year.

Jan 5, 2026 - There is no timeline for when these systems will become available. But once they do, Kodiak could bring its tech to more trucks, faster.

Nov 14, 2018 - I've said it before but I'll say it again: One of the biggest trends in crypto this year is companies raising money the old-fashioned way -- through

Jul 18, 2024 - Payroll management firm Deel has acquired Hofy, an IT device management startup, for over $100 million, according to a TechCrunch source.

May 2, 2024 - TikTok is adding new ad products that will allow marketers to better control what sort of content their ads appear against.

Nov 13, 2025 - In this episode recorded live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, TechCrunch’s editor-in-chief Connie Loizos talks with Vinod Khosla about entrepreneurship in...

Feb 13, 2026 - At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions...

Oct 27, 2025 - Amazon could be planning to cut up to 30,000 corporate positions starting on Tuesday.

Dec 6, 2025 - Daver is full of lessons for founders. Among them: "You have to repeat yourself all the time, and you have to say the same thing."

Nov 19, 2025 - Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about...

Feb 16, 2022 - African fintech Flutterwave has raised $250 million in a Series D round that tripled the company’s valuation to over $3 billion in just twelve months. In

Jan 26, 2026 - The nozzle is just the beginning – what company founder Sunny Sethi calls "the muscle on the ground.”

Oct 10, 2023 - Saronic, a startup building autonomous ships for customers including the U.S. Navy, has raised $55 million in venture funding.

Dec 18, 2025 - The merger would broaden Trump Media’s holdings into the nascent fusion power space while data centers clamor for more electricity amid the ongoing AI boom.

Dec 5, 2025 - The latest episode of Equity digs into the ROI on AI agents and why everyone wants their own version of Spotify Wrapped. 

Dec 16, 2025 - Riverside's year-end review is amusing, but it represents a creative culture that's increasingly entwined with AI.

Read the latest news and analysis about Elon Musk —from Tesla to SpaceX, PayPal to The Boring Company, Twitter to xAI—only onTechCrunch.

Jan 3, 2026 - Ilya Lichtenstein, who pled guilty to money laundering charges tied to his role in the massive hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, has apparently been released...

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Oct 31, 2024 - Watch as we announce the winner of TechCrunch’s iconic startup competition – Startup Battlefield 200. After impressing the judges, the winner walks...

Read the latest news and analysis about Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, an entrepreneur, and investor, on TechCrunch.

Jan 15, 2026 - The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies.

Dec 5, 2025 - PhonePe has shut down its Pincode app over two years after its debut. The company said it will now focus on working with offline retailers by expanding its B2B...

Read the latest news and updates about the biggest social media players, as well as funding and acquisitions of new social startups.

Aug 14, 2020 - RealityEngines.AI, the machine learning startup co-founded by former AWS and Google exec Bindu Reddy, today announced that it is rebranding as Abacus.AI

Dec 16, 2025 - It took Slate Auto about seven months to grow its customer list by 50%, but new reservations appear to be outpacing any cancelations.

Oct 27, 2024 - This week on the StrictlyVC Download, hosts Connie Loizos and Alex Gove explore the intersection of technology, power, and the future of the internet with...

Jan 7, 2026 - Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI. Larco, who’s been investing in consumer...

Jan 26, 2026 - Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates...

Nov 27, 2025 - Luna co-founder Jas Schembri-Stothart and Untapped Solutions founder Andre Peart share how they cracked go-to-market for audiences most startups avoid. In this...

Oct 22, 2025 - 5 days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in San Francisco. Buy your pass to save up to $444, plus get 60% off a second ticket. Save now.

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Jan 12, 2016 - In its latest feature expansion, 3D model repository Sketchfab has just added a VR button, allowing owners of Google Cardboard to don their VR goggles to get a...

Dec 23, 2025 - This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos spoke with Colin Angle, the founder and former CEO of iRobot. From his living room into a household...

Dec 8, 2025 - Shoppers will be able to go from recipe planning to checkout within the ChatGPT window.

Jan 13, 2021 - The last we heard from Luther.ai, the startup was participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in September. The company got a lot of attention

Jun 16, 2021 - Yet another SaaS startup, which began its journey in India, has attained the much-coveted unicorn status. BrowserStack, a startup that operates a giant

Nov 19, 2025 - Founders and investors alike are obsessed with AI, and even Neundorfer said her firm, January Ventures, is looking at ways to use AI to make their work more...

Mar 20, 2018 - Google has just confirmed its long-rumored purchase of Manhattan’s Chelsea Market building for $2.4 billion — all in all not a bad price, given that a

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Feb 19, 2026 - OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.

Oct 29, 2025 - Mogul is a film studio fantasy platform where players draft a team of actors, directors, and movies to earn points.

Jan 21, 2025 - Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments.

Jan 13, 2021 - This morning Webflow, a software company that helps businesses build no-code websites, announced that it has raised a $140 million Series B. The round,

Feb 17, 2026 - The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders. They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them.