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OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and … Continue reading

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This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he … Continue reading

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Vibe coding Anything nabs a $100M valuation, after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks

Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

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Brave updates its AI-powered search with a detailed answers feature

Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search

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Final day to apply: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

If you’ve been thinking about applying to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, this is it — applications close tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Only accepting local Bay Area applicants.

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Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’

A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.

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OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT 

The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users’ delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations — including the death of a teenage boy by suicide.

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Snapchat caps free Memory storage, launches paid storage plans

The social media giant announced that free access to the feature will be limited to 5GB.

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Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company’s assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle, Wired reported, citing an email sent to Sunshine’s shareholders.

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