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TechCrunch Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia

Mecka AI collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots. The startup pays people to re...

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TechCrunch While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’

Endeavor Catalyst just raised $320 million to keep backing founders outside Silicon Valley. Half the profits go back to the nonpro...

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TechCrunch Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users

The developer of Hermes Agent raised a $90 million Series B.

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TechCrunch Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11

Microsoft revealed the specs and price for its Surface Laptop Ultra, AI PCs that run on Nvidia chips that are designed to run AI m...

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TechCrunch Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office

As it turns out, the cure for stuffy, chemical-infused office air might be a tower of leafy greenery.

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TechCrunch Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material

Meta launches new AI tools after discovering ads on its platforms that may look normal but direct users to harmful content elsewhe...

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TechCrunch CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190M, including gold bars

CIA officer David Rush, who worked on highly sensitive intelligence programs, reached a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors after he w...

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TechCrunch Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut

Meta’s AI agent Muse is now available on iPad, just a month after its mobile debut, as the company rapidly expands the assistant’s...

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TechCrunch ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards are meant to protect vulnerable users, but new testing found the chatbot continues encouraging engagemen...

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TechCrunch X expands its ‘Gametime’ sports hub beyond the NFL, starting with MLB

X is turning its NFL-focused Gametime feature into a year-round sports destination, starting with MLB and with other professional...

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TechCrunch ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface

OpenAI is launching a new user interface that will bring interactive visuals to ChatGPT.

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TechCabal M-KOPA acquires Finnish device-locking company KilpiTek Oy for $8 million

The company acquired 100% of KilpiTek’s voting shares on March 26 in a cash-and-stock transaction, according to M-KOPA’s financial...

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TechCabal Cowrywise crosses 1 million stock trades as retail investing grows

As younger investors use apps to buy equities more frequently, investment fintechs are competing not only on access and ease of tr...

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TechCabal TikTok sued over alleged access restrictions in northern Nigeria

The case will test whether Nigerian courts can hold a global technology company accountable for allegedly restricting access to it...

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TechCabal Kenyan brands want digital audiences but still crave newspaper prestige

Kenyan brands, including large companies, can understand that their customers are online, yet still want their big announcements i...

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TechCrunch Ring’s first smart lock can be hand-cranked when its battery dies

Amazon-owned Ring is entering the smart lock market with a device designed to tackle a common concern: getting locked out when the...

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TechCrunch Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

From Nvidia and Chime to Obvious Ventures and Anthropic, explore the entire roundtable agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register...

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TechCrunch 6 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Save on your pass before doors open

In 6 days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for...

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TechCrunch Google’s new SynthID website can identify AI-generated media

Google on Tuesday launched a new site that lets anyone verify whether a piece of media, be it an image, a video, or an audio clip,...

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TechCrunch Google experiments with an AI-powered gaming platform

Google Labs is working on a new AI-powered game-creation platform called Playground for users to build browser-based games using s...

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TechCrunch Another personal AI assistant has launched — Meet Tab, which emerged from stealth with a $300M valuation

A new personal AI assistant has arrived. Meet Tab, which announced Tuesday that it had officially emerged from stealth.

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TechCrunch OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — days after the launch of Dots

OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, just days after the launch of Dots. Join this c...

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TechCabal From sneaking onto his mom’s typewriter at age six to building Europe’s AI supercomputers

Ifetayo Agboola didn’t follow a corporate playbook. From sneaking out at age six to turn on his mother’s computer in Ilorin, Kwara...

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TechCabal PiggyVest helped Nigerians save and became more than a savings app

The hurdles PiggyVest had to scale to pay out $2.3 billion to its customers since it started a decade ago.

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