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Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air

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Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air

The device comes with health and fitness tracking like 24/7 heart rate, heart rhythm monitoring with Afib alerts, SpO2, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages and duration, and more.

Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K

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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K

Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, $100K equity-free, and more opportunities for major scaling impact. Pre-Series A founders — and anyone who knows a startup worth backing —...

TechCrunch Events 3 months ago

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Police arrest SMS blaster crew that sent malicious messages to thousands across Toronto

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Police arrest SMS blaster crew that sent malicious messages to thousands across Toronto

Toronto police said this is the "first known instance" of an SMS blaster being used in Canada.

Zack Whittaker 3 months ago

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Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Get in front of 10,000 decision-makers before space runs out

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Exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Get in front of 10,000 decision-makers before space runs out

If startup visibility, traction, and real deals matter, you should be on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit floor. Get your 6' exhibit table before your competitor does.

TechCrunch Events 3 months ago

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India’s first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch

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India’s first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch

Skyroot's valuation has more than doubled since 2023 as the Indian rocket startup prepares for the country's first private orbital launch.

Jagmeet Singh 3 months ago

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2 days left: Get 50% off a second pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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2 days left: Get 50% off a second pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Two days left to save up to $410 on your pass, and get a second one at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Offer ends May 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Register now.

TechCrunch Events 3 months ago

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China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets

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China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets

Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage.

Kate Park 3 months ago

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Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio

Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify

Ivan Mehta 3 months ago

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Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese

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Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese

Spotify's AI DJ feature now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese.

Ivan Mehta 3 months ago

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Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off

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Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off

Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tec...

Connie Loizos 3 months ago

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A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom

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A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom

The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.

Jagmeet Singh 3 months ago

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Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.

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Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.

Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’

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Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’

The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity's AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat.

Aisha Malik 3 months ago

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Is xAI a neocloud now?

xAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.

Russell Brandom 3 months ago

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Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A

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Insurance startup Corgi hits $1.3B valuation 4 months after its Series A

Corgi announced on Wednesday a $160 million Series B, led by TCV, valuing the startup at $1.3 billion.

Dominic-Madori Davis 3 months ago

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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals

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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals

The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting its key clean power goals at risk.

Tim De Chant 3 months ago

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Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

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Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private tech companies like OpenAI, Stripe, Databricks, and Oura before they go public.

Sarah Perez 3 months ago

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How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman

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How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman

Cutthroat negotiations between startup founders are rarely shared so publicly, especially when a company becomes as world-changing as OpenAI.

Tim Fernholz 3 months ago

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DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases

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DOJ says ransomware gang tapped into Russian government databases

U.S. prosecutors said a ransomware gang fueled Russian government corruption, and allowed the gang's leaders to avoid paying taxes and dodge the country's military draft.

Zack Whittaker 3 months ago

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AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys

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AI evaluation startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells every customer to rotate sensitive keys

Braintrust, a startup that makes an “operating system for engineers building AI software,” notified customers that hackers broke into one of its Amazon cloud environments, and is asking customers to rotate their API keys.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 3 months ago

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SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

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SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas

SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company that also houses his AI company, xAI, is considering spending $55 billion, at least initially, to build a semiconductor factory in Texas, according to a filing with Grimes County.

Ram Iyer 3 months ago

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