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Mo Jomaa breaks down IPO prep for founders on the Scale Stage at TechCrunch All Stage

Mo Jomaa of CapitalG, will lead a session, “What to Think About Now If You Want to IPO Someday” at TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 in Boston. Register now.

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David George from a16z on the future of going public at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is coming to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to chart what’s next in tech. And on October 27, on the premiere industry stage: Going Public, David George … Continue reading

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Public companies bought more bitcoin than ETFs did for the third quarter in a row

More companies are trying to benefit from MicroStrategy’s bitcoin acquisition playbook in a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment.

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AeroVironment stock drops 7% on offering plan to pay off debt

Last week, shares of the company rallied on strong fourth-quarter results, lifting higher as CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it the “next Palantir of hardware.”

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US Senate removes controversial ‘AI moratorium’ from budget bill

After going back and forth over the provision, Sen. Marsha Blackburn offered an amendment to strip the provision alongside Sen. Maria Cantwell. 

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Musk’s X appoints ‘king of virality’ in bid to draw in younger users

Nikita Bier has previously developed platforms that have proved popular with teen users.

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Xiaomi’s YU7 Is an SUV-Sized Middle Finger to Tesla’s Model Y

In just three minutes Xiaomi took 200,000 pre-orders for only its second ever EV—four times what Cybertruck has sold in its 18-month lifetime. But at $35,000, it’s really gunning for Elon’s family SUV.

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Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default

The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.

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Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

Genesis AI, which aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with $105M in seed funding.

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xAI raises $10B in debt and equity

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has raised $5 billion in debt and $5 billion in equity, Morgan Stanley said on Monday.

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