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TechCabal Airtel’s virtual card will test Safaricom’s grip on Kenya’s online payments

Airtel Mobile Commerce plans to launch a virtual payment card in Kenya, setting up a new contest with Safaricom over international...

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TechCabal The Next Wave: The unfinished business of a startup’s collapse

Copia and Koko expose distinct weaknesses in businesses built to solve costly problems, from Copia's need for sufficient margins a...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Microsoft closes a Window in Nairobi

In today's edition: Microsoft shuts down Nairobi hub || UK fintech Wise receives licence confirmation || iOCO profit jumps 39% ||...

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TechCrunch Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of US companies

U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. co...

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TechCrunch Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, h...

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TechCrunch Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks

Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.

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TechCrunch Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home

Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running...

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TechCrunch Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient

Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PR...

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TechCrunch Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case

A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private mess...

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TechCrunch FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room

It's not clear exactly for what purpose the recording device was used, but FBI director Kash Patel said the scheme was to "capture...

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TechCrunch Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads

Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.

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TechCrunch Rivian’s startup Mind Robotics hires former Ford EV chief Doug Field

Field also worked on Apple's secretive car project and oversaw development of the Tesla Model 3.

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TechCrunch Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device

Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion...

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TechCrunch Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes

The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and...

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TechCrunch Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution

The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and impro...

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TechCrunch Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt

Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.

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TechCrunch Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.

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TechCrunch Google Play now lets anyone build private, vibe-coded apps that run on Android

Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyo...

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TechCrunch Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world

University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-drivi...

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TechCrunch Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache

The problem with giving everyone in a company access to AI tools is that people will use them in unexpected ways. And that fact is...

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TechCrunch MIT startup says it can turn diesel trucks into cheaper hydrogen haulers — see it at Disrupt

Diesel is expensive and polluting, and LNK Energies says it has come up with a way to replace it with hydrogen, all while undercut...

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TechCrunch Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm

Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” a feature it first launched on Instagram.

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TechCabal Africa Bitcoin Corporation’s boardroom battle leaves just two directors standing

Africa Bitcoin Corporation is left with two directors after four resign amid a shareholder dispute over board appointments, while...

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TechCabal This Kenyan founder built a tool to help startups find funding faster

Launched in October 2025, Startup Map Hub helps founders find funding opportunities, check their eligibility, and prepare applicat...

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