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TechCrunch Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon

Recursive’s emphasis on self-improving AI systems means much of the budget that would traditionally go toward headcount and operat...

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TechCrunch Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises

Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models,...

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TechCrunch Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna

The rollout of the program comes as Apple has been struggling with supply chain issues related to "RAMageddon," which refers to th...

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TechCrunch Granola launches an Apple Watch app

AI note-taking app Granola is launching an app for the Apple Watch in hopes that its users will want to record meetings and take n...

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TechCabal Cape Verde got the world’s attention. Francophone African tech still needs it.

Cape Verde’s sudden global visibility mirrors a bigger problem: Francophone African startups are still fighting for investor atten...

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TechCabal Egyptian startup Fincart raises $2.8 million to expand AI commerce platform

The raise comes one year after Fincart's undisclosed pre-seed round and coincides with the startup’s pivot from a logistics manage...

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TechCabal Airtel Money wants a $1 billion IPO. Can London deliver?

Airtel Africa has finally settled on where it wants to take one of Africa’s biggest fintech businesses public. The bigger question...

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TechCabal Absa Kenya automated 71% of processes after $31 million tech spend

Absa Bank Kenya, one of the country’s largest commercial banks, said a KES 4 billion ($31 million) technology investment helped au...

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TechCabal Cheaper decoders, bigger profits: CANAL+ says MultiChoice is turning the corner

The company must now prove that traditional pay television can remain relevant as consumers weigh the cost of premium TV against s...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Zedcrest acquires Leatherback

In today's edition: Zedcrest acquires Leatherback || Kenyan courts shut out unlicenced lenders || Africa wants localised AI models...

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TechCrunch Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing

Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.

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TechCrunch Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins

Baidu's Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025.

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TechCrunch Anthropic’s Dario Amodei responds: doesn’t oppose open-weight models, but fears Chinese AI

Anthropic founder and CEO Dario Amodei made his views clear about open-weight models and China's growing AI capabilities.

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TechCrunch Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive

Companies without their own models — or without a layer of AI infrastructure known as AI gateways to separate their prompts from t...

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TechCrunch Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors

Fusion power startup Thea Energy snagged a $20 million award from ARPA-E to scale production of its high-temperature superconducti...

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TechCrunch As rivals chase acquisitions, Peacock bets on bundles through a new deal with YouTube

The deal means content will be integrated into the YouTube experience, allowing viewers to discover and watch Peacock content with...

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TechCrunch PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google

The issue appears to have originated from Claude’s “share chat” feature, which allows users to create links that enable anyone wit...

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TechCrunch Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M

Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent cr...

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TechCrunch Amazon’s new satellite network for mobile phones could turn up the heat on SpaceX

Amazon is expanding its plans for providing satellite connectivity to mobile phones.

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TechCrunch Antares raises $470M to build nuclear reactors for the US military

Antares has raised $470 million to build small modular reactors — 100 kW to 1 MW — for U.S. Air Force bases.

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TechCrunch OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach has reignited the debate over alignment and control

OpenAI's Hugging Face breach has reignited debate over AI alignment and control, exposing competing views on whether increasingly...

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TechCrunch Threads users can now chat with Meta AI in their DMs

Meta on Monday said it is rolling out its Meta AI chatbot within Threads' DMs, giving users a way to chat with the AI assistant.

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TechCrunch Google’s AI search is rapidly becoming the default, new data shows

Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, underscoring how quickly AI-generated answers are becoming the default way pe...

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TechCrunch Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system

Microsoft bolstered its AI cybersecurity offerings this week with the launch of its first AI security model and a new security pla...

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