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TechCabal Airtel Money targets $7 billion valuation in London IPO debut

The listing gives investors a price for a business processing more than $245 billion in annualised transactions.

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TechCabal Nigeria’s healthcare system is broken. Who fills the gaps?

Nigeria's primary healthcare centres are chronically underfunded, and fixing that starts with how badly fiscal policy misses the p...

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TechCabal Luno built a crypto exchange. Now it wants to sell crypto as a service.

Luno's plan brings together an exchange, a stablecoin issuer, and a payments platform to serve institutions across Africa and othe...

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TechCrunch Photon held a funeral for mobile apps. Now it has $4.5M to help replace them with agents.

The startup helps developers build AI agents that work over iMessage, SMS/RCS, email, and other messaging platforms. It's a bet th...

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TechCrunch Hearing tech startup Legato launches its AI hearing glasses

The glasses stem from the startup’s goal of making hearing care more accessible by addressing the cost, comfort, and stigma associ...

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TechCrunch Audible’s new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters

Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, a...

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TechCrunch The new Kindle ditches the raised bezel in a push toward a smaller, lighter e-reader

The new Kindle lineup features its lightest and thinnest designs yet, with a sleek, front-flush display that eliminates bezels for...

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TechCrunch Amazon introduces Kindle Click, a $35 remote for turning pages

The compact Bluetooth remote is designed to let readers turn pages without touching their Kindle.

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TechCrunch Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies' satellites, versus Space...

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TechCabal The plan to build virtual data centres in space just got $8 million backing

Its longer-term plan is to connect computing resources across different satellites and turn them into what it calls virtual AI dat...

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TechCabal Whispers to the machine: The secrets 1,200 Kenyans only tell their screen

What do 1,200 Kenyans tell a chatbot that they won’t tell another human being? Many people think generative AI was built to draft...

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TechCabal Meta appeals ruling that it can’t force Nigerians to accept ad tracking

Meta is appealing a Lagos High Court ruling that limits how it can use Nigerians’ Facebook and Instagram data for behavioural adve...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Dangote’s cross-border IPO dash

In today's edition: Kenyans may soon be able to buy Dangote shares || Woolworths is mastering dark store strategy || JPMorgan hire...

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TechCrunch Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

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TechCrunch The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt G...

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TechCrunch Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation

Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

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TechCrunch Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition

VC Chris Degnan and former board adviser to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for competitor Cognition -- and ev...

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TechCrunch Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America

Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only c...

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TechCrunch Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach

The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been...

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TechCrunch DoorDash’s drone strategy started on the ground

DoorDash unveiled the six-propeller aircraft that will be used in its new drone delivery business at its annual Dash Forward 2026...

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TechCrunch BMW built the same car for gas and electric. The EV is $4,400 cheaper.

The new BMW 3 Series shows just how quickly EVs have caught up to fossil fuel vehicles on pricing.

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TechCrunch OpenAI’s Jev clone could help the frontier lab stop its swarming agents

OpenAI's "Decisions API" is a Jev clone that confirms the importance of fast, cheap intelligence.

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TechCrunch AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

The $300 million employee tender was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price.

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TechCrunch Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

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