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TechCrunch 5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for...

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TechCrunch TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

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TechCabal What African startups returned to investors in a decade

The Class of 2016 raised about $1.89 billion, around 8.6% of the roughly $22 billion that flowed into African startups since 2016,...

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TechCabal JSE wants to turn 10 South African tech SMEs into investor-ready businesses

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Technology Innovation Agency have launched a 16-week pilot to help 10 South African tech SMEs...

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TechCabal Why VOA spends six months inside startups before deciding to invest

After backing Blockradar and REasy, VOA Venture Partners wants to invest in African fintechs that help move money in and outside t...

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TechCrunch The final Disrupt Stage lineup: Three days of conversations you won’t hear anywhere outside of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage lineup revealed, featuring Max Hodak, Mark Wahlberg, Benchmark partners, and more. Register now...

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TechCrunch Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don't hurt the real ones.

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TechCabal How a $231,000 dispute between Naivas and FlexPay ended in police cells

The internal memo called it an “immediate suspension” caused by “ongoing operational challenges.” Those three corporate words conc...

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TechCrunch Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’

Independent researchers discovered an agent swarm that seems to be running on Tencent's infrastructure and targeting Alibaba's map...

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TechCrunch Meet the Startup Battlefield 200 judges who’ll decide the winner at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Meet the final five Startup Battlefield judges who'll decide who wins the pitch competition at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Get your p...

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TechCabal Koko’s carbon credits find no buyer as creditors fund UK wind-down

The carbon credits are the UK arm’s main asset, as Koko Networks (UK) Limited sold them and guaranteed group debts.

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TechCabal Five numbers showing how GTCO’s payment strategy is taking shape

This is Follow the Money, our weekly series that unpacks the earnings, business, and scaling strategies of African fintechs, finan...

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TechCrunch Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Learn how founders are choosing between building on open or closed AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register now to save up to $100...

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TechCrunch Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database

The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people...

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TechCrunch OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results

The new ads will begin to appear later this month in the U.S. only for now, and will feature products and services from an initial...

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TechCrunch Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips

Lola Vision Systems is one of the Startup Battlefield 200 companies battling it out at TechCrunch Disrupt, taking place October 13...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Jig is up for spam callers

In today's edition: Spam callers could face 1 year in jail || MTN, Telecel secure Ghanaian 5G licences || Ghana has new rules for...

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TechCrunch Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

AI slop seems to be overwhelming bug bounty programs.

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TechCrunch Can ‘super intelligence’ and a non-binding safety pact solve AI’s image problem?

On Equity, we discussed the Trump administration's attempts to rebrand AI.

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Mobility: Reining in robotaxis

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in...

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TechCrunch Trump unveils his new Super Intelligence Force

This new task force is Trump's latest response to the debate over AI safety.

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TechCrunch Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.

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TechCrunch Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her licens...

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TechCrunch OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning whi...

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