- by TechCrunch EventsAt TechCrunch All Stage 2025, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures, will take the Scale Stage to flip the script on conventional startup growth advice.
- by Aria AlamalhodaeiThe $10 billion addition to the Artemis architecture, which includes funding for additional Space Launch System rockets and an orbiting station around the moon called Gateway, is a rebuke to critics who wished to see alternative technologies used instead.
- ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticismby Zack WhittakerThe citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. attorney general.
- by Julie BortThe financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year.
- by Cindy ZackneyHistoric regional competition launches to showcase Central Eurasia’s rising startup ecosystem on Silicon Valley’s biggest stage. For the first time in its history, Central Eurasia will have a direct pathway to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield through the launch of “Road to Battlefield,” a groundbreaking regional competition that promises to put the underrepresented region firmly on the […]
- by Amanda SilberlingThe social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes, a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service now called X.
- by Dominic-Madori DavisCatalio Capital Management announced the closing of its more than $400 million Fund IV. The fund will continue the firm’s thesis of backing healthcare and biotechnology companies.
- by Tim De ChantGoogle has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth.
- by Sarah PerezAutomattic CEO Matt Mullenweg confirmed that the company is no longer working on migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced.
- by TechCrunch EventsAI-native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like — and too often, investors are still playing by the old ones. At TechCrunch All Stage, happening in Boston on July 15, Kleida Martiro, partner at Glasswing Ventures, will lead a breakout that cuts straight to the core of this disconnect.
- by Maggie StametsNothing stepped away from sensors in favor of a simple button to trigger your AI assistant or ChatGPT, if you have the Nothing X app, and a volume roller that can also be pressed to play, pause, and turn on and off noise canceling.
- by Sean O'KaneGM's EVs were popular in the second quarter, a complete contrast to the struggles by Ford, Tesla, Hyundai, and Kia to grow electric vehicle sales.
- by TC VideoNothing has revealed its first over-the-ear headphones. The aluminum and transparent Headphone (1) was designed in collaboration with KEF. They offer adaptive noise canceling, bass enhancement for deeper low frequencies, and spatial audio, for $299 at launch. But spoiler alert: The buttons on these headphones might be the best part.
- by Ivan MehtaNothing launched its newest flagship phone after a two-year gap. At an event in London, the company unveiled the Phone (3), which starts at $799 and aims to take on bigwigs like Samsung and Apple.
- by Aisha MalikThere are many iPad apps to help you organize recipes; sync tasks across devices; be more productive; and manage your notes.
- by TechCrunch EventsCathy Gao of Sapphire Ventures shares her playbook to scale a Series C+ at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 in Boston. Register now to save more than 60% on your tickets.
- by Rebecca SzkutakAs Amazon's fleet of robots has reaches a milestone, the company is also releasing a new AI model to make them more efficient.
- by Amanda SilberlingAt X, Bier could potentially build features that drive adoption beyond the user base that's typically drawn to text-first social networks.
- by Sarah PerezAt launch, Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats, preset emoji reactions, the ability to report spam, and mute DMs (as on Instagram). Other features, like group messaging, inbox filters, and more advanced message controls, will arrive in a later release.
- by Ivan MehtaStartups working on AI-powered e-commerce tools often rely on external data or user signals to build and improve their models. But Remark lets thousands of human experts chat with users while they are purchasing items, and then using that knowledge to train models.