Trump’s prospective TikTok buyer reportedly includes Oracle, Blackstone, a16z

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

After pushing the TikTok sale date back yet again, President Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday that he had found a potential buyer for the ByteDance-owned platform. Though the president said he will not reveal the identities of the buyers for another couple of weeks, Bloomberg is reporting that the buyer is a […]

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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 of Andreessen Horowitz will take the mic for a fireside chat focused on one of […]

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

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US Senate removes controversial ‘AI moratorium’ from budget bill

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

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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