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Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras
The tech industry has spent the last decade asking whether self-driving cars need lidar sensors, cameras, or all of the…
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Y Combinator alum Skio sells for $105M cash, only raised $8M, founder says
Skio, a 2020 Y Combinator alum that was founded by self-described college dropout Kennan Frost, has been acquired by competitor…
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Sources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeks
Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to…
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EV startup Faraday Future paid $7.5M to company tied to founder Jia Yueting
Faraday Future paid around $7.5 million to a company controlled by its founder Jia Yueting in 2025, according to a…
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Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India
Amazon and Meta are among the big companies set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe…
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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.
At a US military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but…
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How one venture firm is investing in an increasingly fragmented world
The world today is riven by cultural differences, political divisions, and geopolitical disputes — a challenging environment for any investor…
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Founder of Shark Tank-backed startup Scholly sues his acquirer Sallie Mae
When Chris Gray sold his Shark Tank-backed scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, he thought he had…
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The climate tech IPO window could finally be cracking open
Climate tech startups are capital intensive, timelines are long, and the technology is often considered “first of its kind.” What’s…
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Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage
Series, a social networking app, announced that it raised a $5.1 million pre-seed round, with investors including Venmo co-founder Iqram…
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Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring
Redwood Materials chief operating officer Chris Lister is leaving the battery recycling company to retire, TechCrunch has learned — and…
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NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale
Earlier this month, NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts to orbit the Moon and used new laser communications systems…
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