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How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change

Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.

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YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature that boosts smaller creators launches globally

Viewers have the opportunity to hype up to three videos per week for a favorite creator. This gives the video points, which helps it gain traction on a new, ranked leaderboard.

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Eyebot gets $20M Series A to boost to expand eye care access

This vision care startup secures $20M Series A for 90-second prescription kiosk.

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Frontier buys $31M worth of antacids for the ocean

The deal will require Planetary to remove 115,000 metric tons of carbon by increasing the alkalinity of water flowing into the sea.

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Spotify launches a messaging feature in a bid to become more social

Spotify said that messages are not end-to-end encrypted, and that Spotify proactively looks at messages to check if they break its rules.

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a16z spends $1.49M in Washington lobbying, while rivals mostly sit out

Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz is burning cash to shape policy on the Hill.

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Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show

Instead, a jury awarded plaintiffs $242.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

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Road to Battlefield: Central Eurasia’s largest startup competition in history sends four winners to TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield

The startup ecosystem in Central Eurasia is having its moment. What started as 485 applications from across 27 countries — including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, … Continue reading

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Next set of VC judges locked in for Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year’s $100,000 champion … Continue reading

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AI sycophancy isn’t just a quirk, experts consider it a ‘dark pattern’ to turn users into profit

Experts say that many of the AI industry’s design decisions are likely to fuel episodes of AI psychosis. Many raised concerns about several tendencies that are unrelated to underlying capability.

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