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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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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is pushing UK regulator to unbundle Google’s search and AI crawlers

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is urging regulators to rein in Google’s AI practices, arguing the tech giant’s dominance in search gives it an unfair edge in the AI race.

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Bill Gates’s old climate lobbyists launch a new firm

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Members of Breakthrough Energy’s policy team are back with a new organization, the Clean Economy Project, aimed at nudging lawmakers toward clean energy.

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I spent a month living with a $430 AI pet, the Casio Moflin

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

Casio’s Moflin, a hamster-like robot pet, uses AI to develop a personality over time.

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As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Techme101

We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.

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