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Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, announced on Wednesday that its annual gross merchandise volume (GMV) surpassed $2 billion this year.  The GMV milestone comes on the heels of its recent product launch: Rewards … Continue reading →

Toyota is doubling down on Joby Aviation with a $500 million investment into the California-based company that’s developing electric air taxis. Toyota’s total investment in Joby, which includes a $394 million capital injection back in 2020, is now $894 million. … Continue reading →

The offices of plant-based protein startup Heura are tucked away down a narrow street a short distance from one of Barcelona’s main tourist draws. But the team of entrepreneurs and food scientists won’t be remixing their protein cocktails in close … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, the European Union requested more information from Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube about their respective algorithms for content recommendation, activity that falls under the bloc’s online governance rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA). In a press release the Commission … Continue reading →

Ameba takes the unstructured data in a retailer’s supply chain systems, sprinkles in some generative AI, and makes the whole thing more efficient.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The past few years have seen the topic of women’s health thrown into the sociopolitical spotlight. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

On Tuesday evening local time, Motier Ventures, an early stage tech investment firm based in Paris, unveiled a startup hub called La Maison. This relatively new investor in the French tech ecosystem is the family office of the Houzé family … Continue reading →

Peak XV, the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused venture firm, is reducing the size of some of its funds and lowering fees as it seeks to become “deeply aligned” with its limited partners. The firm, which raised $2.85 billion funds … Continue reading →

Palmer Luckey raged against America’s adversaries, endorsed completely autonomous weapons, and hinted at an Anduril IPO.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service.  The startup, which was founded by Tom Mueller three years ago, announced the … Continue reading →