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Last-minute TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 deal: Save 60% on your plus-one’s pass before doors open on Oct 27

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Techme101

5 days left until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in San Francisco. Buy your pass to save up to $444, plus get 60% off a second ticket. Save now.

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Sumble emerges from stealth with $38.5M to bring AI-powered context to sales intelligence

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Techme101

The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they’re making headway.

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Shuttle raises $6 million to fix vibe-coding’s deployment problem

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Techme101

The platform engineering startup Shuttle announced $6 million in seed funding to handle the infrastructure problems that start where products like Lovable and Cursor leave off.

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Life360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of a new GPS tracker

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Techme101

Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs.

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One startup’s quest to store electricity in the ocean

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Techme101

Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes.

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Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix “not worried about AI replacing creativity.”

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Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn.

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Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.

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OpenAI’s new browser is a broadside shot at Google 

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI’s new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.

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Sources: Multimodal AI startup Fal.ai already raised at $4B+ valuation

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Fal.ai announced its previous round at a $1.5 billion valuation in July.

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