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COI Energy solves a conundrum: Letting businesses sell unused electricity — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Large enterprises routinely buy more electricity than they use. COI Energy has a patented platform that lets them sell and share.

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Skyline Nav AI’s software can guide you anywhere, without GPS — find it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The company’s so-called Pathfinder software can look at almost anything — buildings, tree-lined roads, even aerial views — and quickly match it to a database and generate real-time navigation.

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AI startup Mercor now valued at $10 billion with new $350 million funding round

The company was able to take advantage of the pivot to data-labeling after Meta paid $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI in June

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Airbnb wants to prevent Halloween parties in the U.S. and Canada

Airbnb will take a number of factors into consideration to block reservations it deems higher risks of being used for Halloween parties.

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Apple says U.S. passport digital IDs are coming to Wallet ‘soon’

Apple says it will soon introduce an Apple Wallet feature to allow U.S. users to create a digital ID using their passport, which can be used at select TSA checkpoints for domestic travel.

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: How to watch Astro Teller, Startup Battlefield, and more live

If you’re not able to attend in person, the next best thing is to check out our livestream of the Disrupt Stage, tune in right here starting at 10am PT.

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Pinterest experiments with new AI-powered personalized boards

Pinterest is testing an AI-driven collage to help users create outfits from saved Pins and personalized boards curated with AI. 

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Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C

Mercor, which connects AI labs with domain experts for training their foundational AI models, is close to raising $350 million at a $10 billion valuation.

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Qualcomm announces AI chips to compete with AMD and Nvidia — stock soars 15%

The AI200, expected in 2026, and the AI250, planned for 2027, both can come in a system that fills up a full, liquid-cooled server rack, Qualcomm said.

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Saudi Arabia, Rich With Oil, Wants to Be Known as the A.I. Exporter

The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.

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