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SolarSquare in talks to raise up to $60M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest
SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup that helps households and housing societies adopt solar power, is in advanced talks to…
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Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
Two years ago, IBM realized there was one glaring omission in its roster of sports partnerships: Formula One. Formula One…
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How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
Last month, Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of the legal AI startup Spellbook, took to X in an effort to…
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Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses
Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order…
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From teen hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder raised $28M to fight AI phishing
Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. As a teenager, he made money as a hacker, but after…
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A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
A hotel check-in system left more than one million customer passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos to the open…
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Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.
AI video generation startup Runway doesn’t have the typical Silicon Valley pedigree. No Stanford founders, no ex-Google founders, no nine-figure…
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Former Tesla exec and Heron Power CEO Drew Baglino has founded a heat pump startup
Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company…
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Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them
Potholes are a pesky problem — just ask scooter company Lime, which listed them as an official risk to its…
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AI voice startup Vapi hits $500M valuation after winning Amazon Ring over 40 rivals
Amazon Ring, facing a surge in customer-support calls during last year’s holiday season, evaluated more than 40 AI voice vendors…
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Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.
As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the…
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Amazon bets Nobel Prize-based dehumidification can cut its energy use
It’s not just you: restaurants, malls, and offices on steamy summer days really are kept colder than necessary. Air conditioning…
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