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TechCrunch Inspired Capital closes $450M fourth fund as New York pushes back on Silicon Valley’s gravitational pull

The raise comes as venture dollars pile up on the West Coast.

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TechCrunch Eka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving

Eka Robotics may be the first robotic arm that is actually good at picking up a wide range of objects, and it is so smooth and hum...

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TechCrunch US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems

The U.S. has ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built using its technology, ci...

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TechCrunch SpaceX alum’s aviation startup, Reliable Robotics, lands $115M, topping $1B valuation

Reliable Robotics extended its Series D round with $115 million in equity and $25 million in debt.

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TechCrunch Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol

Figma said it plans to support as many standards as possible without exposing all of its data.

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TechCabal Gabon’s first angel network is building more than a portfolio

Building a startup ecosystem takes more than funding. In Gabon, GAIN is working to bring together the investors, expertise and con...

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TechCrunch Oura adds new fitness metrics to show how workouts impact your body

While Oura has largely dominated the smart ring market for years, rivals like RingConn and Ultrahuman are emerging to dethrone it,...

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TechCabal NCC’s device verification tool exposes vulnerabilities in Nigeria’s mobile imports

The NCC’s new device verification tool helps buyers identify unapproved phones. But Nigeria’s import-dependent mobile market and f...

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TechCabal A data centre is not a cloud platform: Why the distinction matters

Data centres and cloud platforms have been used interchangeably but are not the same thing. With the Central Bank of Nigeria requi...

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TechCrunch Otter.ai raises $320 million from General Catalyst’s growth fund for its meeting tool

Meeting note-taking tool Otter.ai announced on Tuesday that it has raised $320 million from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund...

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TechCrunch Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant

Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to crea...

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TechCrunch Blackwall quadruples valuation to $2.2B as websites wrangle an increasingly crowded internet

Blackwall has raised $100M at a $2.2B valuation to continue building security and filtering tools that help websites grapple with...

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TechCabal High spectrum costs squeeze African telecom investment and digital growth

African operators face a higher spectrum cost burden despite holding fewer frequencies than their global peers. Lower fees could u...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Nedbank checks into Nairobi

In today's edition: Nedbank completes NCBA takeover || Why Onafriq shut down its Nigerian agent banking business || Union calls fo...

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TechCrunch Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal

If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year.

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TechCrunch Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand reg...

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TechCrunch Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India

Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch.

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TechCrunch Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’

Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents that employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and...

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TechCrunch Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says

The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly "neutral" third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has bee...

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TechCrunch Tolan snags $30M for its AI companion that helps users navigate life

AI companion app Tolan has raised another $30 million after attracting more than 250,000 active users.

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TechCrunch Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’ vehicle designs

Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said he thinks autonomy will allow his company to build radically different kinds of vehicles than the...

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TechCrunch AI assistant startup Town nabs unicorn valuation 4 months after launch

AI assistant startup Town nabbed a unicorn valuation on Monday, announcing a $108 million Series B round co-led by Forerunner Vent...

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TechCrunch Replika’s founder built the AI assistant she pitched at Disrupt 12 years ago

Eugenia Kuyda's newest startup Wabi is positioned to take advantage of an idea she had more than a decade ago. Wabi offers a perso...

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TechCrunch Tenstorrent hits $6.2B valuation to scale open-weight AI chips

After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.

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