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Durable cements $14M to build bots and other AI tools for small businesses in service industries

Builders, bakers and body conditioners might not be the first trades that come to mind when you think about how AI is transforming how we work. But today a startup that’s building AI-powered business tools specifically for them — and … Continue reading

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CES 2024: TechCrunch wants to meet your startup

The temperature is plummeting, the stockings are hung by the fireplace with care, the sixth candle is soon to be lit and Santa Con is now, mercifully, little more than distant vomit stains. It’s the most wonderful time of the … Continue reading

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BeReal adds private groups and Live Photo-like features; Pew estimates 13% of US teens use app

The up-and-coming social app BeReal continues to vie for users’ attention with more and more bells and whistles. Next week, BeReal is rolling out two major new features: Behind the Scenes and RealGroups. Behind the Scenes functions like an iOS … Continue reading

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Three breakthroughs that earned Fourth Power its $19M Series A

A new type of thermal battery could store intermittent wind and solar energy. It forms the basis of a new company, Fourth Power. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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China’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerates global ambition

After years of aggressive expansion at home, China’s autonomous vehicle upstarts are now setting their gaze on overseas markets. WeRide, in particular, has been on a licensing spree. On Monday, WeRide announced it has obtained two licenses from Singapore that … Continue reading

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Lego Fortnite’s debut builds momentum with 2.4M people playing at once

If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of Epic’s true ambitions. Fortnite’s big, chaotic fight to the death matches may still get top billing, but Epic … Continue reading

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Omidyar Network to pull out of India market

Omidyar Network, backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, is shutting down its India operations, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in a stunning development for the impact venture firm that has backed nearly 75 startups in the South … Continue reading

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A spectral device using Generative AI could detect bad microbes in food factories in real time

The factories which process our food and beverages (newsflash: no, it doesn’t come straight from a farm) have to be kept very clean, or we’d all get very ill, to be blunt. That usually entails deploying all sorts of petri-dish-based … Continue reading

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Tribe Capital eyes leading $75M-plus funding in India’s Shiprocket

Tribe Capital is in talks to lead a $75 million to $100 million funding into the logistics aggregator Shiprocket, according to a person familiar with the matter, a notable financing deliberation at a time when most Indian startups are struggling … Continue reading

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Fortnite maker Epic Games wins its antitrust fight against Google

On Monday, a jury sided with Epic Games over Google in an antitrust case that could reshape how app marketplaces like Google Play are allowed to operate. The unanimous verdict wraps up a three-year-long legal battle between the companies. Epic, … Continue reading

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