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6:01

TravelPerk raises $200M as valuation nearly doubles...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/30

Barcelona-based business travel management platform TravelPerk has raised $200 million at a hefty $2.7 billion valuation — almost double the $1.4 billion valuation at its previous fundraise last year. Alongside the raise, TravelPerk also announced it has acquired Swiss startup Yokoy to bring native expenses management into the fray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:49

Alice&Bob raises $104M, says quantum computers based...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/29

Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: it promises a huge leap in computing power, but only if someone can figure out how to square away the fault rates that prevent any scaling of the tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:55

Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/29

Kodiak Robotics has officially handed off two autonomous trucks to customer Atlas Energy Solutions, marking the startup’s first commercial launch. Atlas, a provider of proppant (i.e., sand) and oilfield logistics, received its first Kodiak-equipped trucks in December and began driverless operations in an off-road environment in West Texas’s remote Permian Basin shortly after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:29

Mistral’s origin story has an insuretech founder at...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/28

If you’ve been following the AI industry, Mistral should be a familiar name by now. The French AI startup with a $6 billion valuation is arguably the biggest AI company working on foundation models in Europe. Alan, on the other hand, isn’t as well known.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:09

Fundraise Up claims its AI can boost nonprofit donations

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/28

Many nonprofits are stuck with outdated, expensive, and limited tech that hinders their ability to fund their mission or cause. While most consider adopting tech to be a priority, they’re faced with a number of blockers, including siloed data and issues with integration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:54

Allara lands $26M to expand women’s hormone telehealth

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/27

Growing up with an OB-GYN father, Rachel Blank assumed that most women received excellent gynecological care. She regularly witnessed her dad’s patients thanking him for delivering their child when they would bump into him around town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:14

Some shareholders of a16z-backed Divvy Homes may not...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/27

The $1 billion acquisition of rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes, which was announced Wednesday, is expected to leave some shareholders without a payout, according to sources familiar with the deal. The terms — and Divvy’s journey from buzzy startup to acquisition target — reflects the rollercoaster ride the proptech industry has endured over the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:15

Neko, the body-scanning startup co-founded by...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/24

Stockholm startup Neko Health has made a big bet on consumers wanting to learn about their state of health and how to prevent things going wrong. Now, investors are making a big bet on Neko. The startup has raised a fresh $260 million in funding, a Series B that values Neko at $1.8 billion post-moneyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:56

Sales knowledge automation platform 1up gets a third...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/24

When George Avetisov was the founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup HYPR, he spent a lot of time in the trenches with the company’s sales team. He quickly realized that regardless of how good his sales team was, they were consistently pulling in other departments to answer customer questions or fill out technical questionnaires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:36

Vertice raises $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/23

London startup Vertice has made a name for itself over the years in the very crowded world of expense management with a focus on applying AI to optimize a single area where businesses, collectively, are currently sinking hundreds of billions of dollars in IT budgets that are exceeding $5 trillion annually.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:19

US safety regulators expand Ford hands-free driving...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/23

A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation launched a probe into Ford BlueCruise last April after the agency confirmed the system was active. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:27

At the Microsoft Excel World Championship, selfies...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/22

An arena. A hype tunnel, the kind through which NBA players typically streak. A competitor dressed in a jersey patterned with a six-pack abs. In a new piece, the New York Times takes readers to an event that organizers call the Microsoft Excel World Championship, a 40-minute, Las Vegas-based competition featuring 12 contestants; Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that the company plans to release a “two-way” voice mode for its chatbot, Claude, as well as a memory feature that lets Claude remember more

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3:57

Teal Health raises $10M to create at-home cervical...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/22

The process of getting screened for cervical cancer is quite intimidating. It’s the once-a-year, sometimes life-changing treatment that involves the bright lights of a doctor’s office and an uncomfortable insertion that always seems to last too long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:21

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/21

Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the Supreme Court, users have been fleeing to other video platforms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:38

Dub.co is an open-source URL shortener and link...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/21

In the last few weeks, PayPal-owned Honey, which claims to find you the best coupon codes for a deal, has been at the center of controversy. Allegedly, the tool sneakily earned affiliate money by changing attributes of product links creators posted on their videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:10

Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/20

Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:50

Hyperline secures $10 million for its automated...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/20

French startup Hyperline wants to build the next-generation Chargebee. Over the past two years, the startup has built a new billing platform that can be used for recurring subscriptions, one-off purchases, usage-based billing and more. Hyperline raised an initial €4 million funding round from Index Ventures back in 2023 ($4.1 million at today’s exchange rate). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:27

Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/17

Nvidia has been doubling down on the opportunity to build robotics and other industrial AI applications, with the launch of its Omniverse platform, and most recently Mega, an Omniverse Blueprint framework to create digital twins to operate these applications. It’s also investing in digital twin startups to get the effort off the ground.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:36

EV startup Harbinger’s obsession with simplicity...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/17

It’s not an easy time to raise money for an electric vehicle startup, especially given how many have failed or are close to failing. But Los Angeles-based Harbinger has pulled it off by taking a hyper-focused approach to electrifying commercial trucking E-commerce giant eBay has announced plans to acquire Caramel, a startup that helps car sellers and buyers complete the final steps of the transaction — including verification, financing, paperwork, ownership transfer, insurance, and more. Founded out

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6:56

Nelly raises $51 million to digitalize medical...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/01/16

Nelly wants to become the biggest fintech startup in the healthcare industry. The Berlin-based startup is already working with more than 1,200 medical practices in a handful of European countries. But there are thousands more that could benefit from an upgrade for their administrative workflows.Float Financial, an expense management and corporate card startup focused on the Canadian market, has raised $48.5 million in a Series B funding round. The Toronto-based fintech likens itself to U.S.-based

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