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TechCrunch Startup News

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8:02

Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/18

While an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed that the AI firm did not acquire Humanloop or its IP, that’s a moot point in an industry where IP lives in the brain. And what Humanloop’s team is bringing to Anthropic is experience developing the tools that help enterprises run safe, reliable AI at scale. Also, India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato. Rapido's beta food delivery service has popped up in three key localities in Bengaluru before a broader rollout. Learn more

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8:08

Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/15

Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta's former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech giant's fundamental AI research (FAIR) lab. In her newly created Chief AI Officer role, Pineau will oversee AI strategy across Cohere's research, product and policy teams. Also, Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale. The tractors were the only vehicles being built by Foxconn in Ohio after Lordstown Motors, Fisker Inc., and IndiEV went bankrupt.Learn more about your ad

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4:46

Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron leaves to join self-driving...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/15

Self-driving truck maker Waabi has hired autonomous vehicle industry veteran and Uber Freight CEO, Lior Ron, to step in as chief operating officer, as the startup looks to scale its commercial operations ahead of its planned launch of driverless trucks on public highways later this year.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:06

Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/14

Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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4:52

Anduril opens solid rocket motor factory amidst...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/14

As more solid rocket motor suppliers are coming online, a supply chain chokepoint looms.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:06

TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/13

Ultraviolette aims to expand its electric motorcycles to 40 European countries, as well as Latin America and Southeast Asia.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:08

Nigerian profitable food delivery Chowdeck lands $9M...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/13

Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:29

Why investors just bet $85M on this Indian company’s...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/12

Truemeds has taken a different route from other Indian online pharmacies — and it has helped the startup double its revenue.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:51

AI agents aren’t the ‘new Google,’ says Airbnb CEO

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/12

"I think we're still kind of feeling out the space," CEO Brian Chesky told investors on the Q2 earnings call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:32

The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/11

Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:50

AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/11

AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark wearing sneakers and a ballerina with a cappuccino for a head. One startup driving this trend is OpenArt, founded by two former Google employees in 2022. It touts around 3 million monthly active users. In other news, OpenAI astounded the tech industry for the second time this week by launching its

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4:37

Billing platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/08

Lava is a digital wallet that lets merchants use credits to facilitate transactions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:06

Photo-sharing app Locket is banking on a new...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/08

Celebrity Lockets is a new feature where celebrities can engage with their most loyal followers on their home screens. Also, Tavity, the one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:00

For the first time, OpenAI models are available on...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/07

This is a juicy competitive move for both companies after AWS faced an onslaught of criticism over its progress with AI.In other news, the AI audio-generation unicorn ElevenLabs announced the launch of a new model that allows users to generate music that's cleared for commercial use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:48

Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/07

-The AI sales automation startup raised fresh funds, led by CapitalG, just months after its last round. -While the ActivityPub integration is a main selling point for Ghost 6, this major release includes a number of other changes and new additions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:46

OpenMind wants to be the Android operating system of...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/06

OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:15

Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/06

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:02

Jeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/05

Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:04

Anthropic cut off OpenAI’s access to its Claude...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/05

Anthropic has revoked OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models, according to a report in Wired. Sources told Wired that OpenAI was connecting Claude to internal tools that allowed the company to compare Claude’s performance to its own models in categories like coding, writing, and safety. Also, as Silicon Valley races toward a future where AI agents do most of the software programming, a new problem is created: finding the AI-generated bugs before they are put into production. Even OpenAI

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5:20

Handwave lends a hand to retailers with its European...

TechCrunch Startup News ·

2025/08/04

Latvian startup Handwave aims to compete with Amazon palm payments by offering an independent alternative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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