Tag Archives: TechCrunch

Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production to 1 million units per year.

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Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules.

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EU launches antitrust probe into how Google’s anti-spam policy affects publishers’ search rankings

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

The Commission said on Thursday that it had identified that Google is using its spam policy to push news media and other publishers’ websites and content lower in search rankings when they include content from third parties.

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Harbinger raises $160M, will build trucks for FedEx

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

The Los Angeles-based startup will build more than 50 electric truck chassis for the delivery giant by the end of this year.

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Spotify adds a new, less repetitive shuffle, plus audiobook recaps

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Spotify’s new default shuffle option will queue up fewer songs from your recent listening history

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Coding assistant Cursor raises $2.3bn five months after its previous round

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Cursor plans to use the capital to continue developing Composer, the AI model the vibe coding startup released in October.

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Microsoft’s plan to fix its chip problem is, partly, to let OpenAI do the heavy lifting

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft is taking a page from OpenAI’s playbook, literally.

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Milestone raises $10M to make sure AI rhymes with ROI

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Israeli startup Milestone raised a $10 million seed funding round to correlate AI tool usage with engineering metrics, including code quality.

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Cash App debuts a new AI assistant that answers questions about your finances

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Cash App is adding a map to its app to let users discover places that accept bitcoin

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Willow’s voice keyboard lets you type across all your iOS apps — and actually edit what you said

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Techme101

Willow’s iOS keyboard lets you type or use your voice to dictate and input text.

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