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Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation

The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.

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At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

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Korea’s Coupang says data breach exposed nearly 34M customers’ personal information

E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea.

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Varda says it has proven space manufacturing works — now it wants to make it boring

CEO Will Bruey says people often get Varda wrong. The company isn’t “in the space industry; we’re in-space industry,” he said. Space is “just another place to ship to.”

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‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn’t make him a fan of generative AI.

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New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role

David Sacks’ role as President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar could work out very well for his investments, according to a new report. However, Sacks fired back, calling the story a “nothing burger.”

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ChatGPT launched three years ago today

It’s no hyperbole to suggest that ChatGPT subsequently transformed the worlds of business and tech.

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Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland

TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva.

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Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk

Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family aircraft has revealed … Continue reading

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Black Friday sets online spending record of $11.8B, Adobe says

American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites.

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