As rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns put Asia’s water-intensive rice farming under pressure, Mitti Labs, a New York- and Bengaluru-headquartered climate-tech startup, has raised $9.5 million in an investment…
Read article →Indian electric vehicle startup River on Wednesday said it had raised $120 million to scale manufacturing for its next phase of growth. The Series C round was led by Indian…
Read article →Robinhood this week unveiled a financial instrument that lets anyone feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. Robinhood Venture Fund II (RVII) is expected to…
Read article →Ukraine-based app developer MacPaw has partnered with Liquid AI to power its products with locally hosted AI models, and eventually make the tech stack available to developers. The company is…
Read article →Disney is partnering with TikTok to bring Disney-focused fan content directly into the Disney+ app. The companies are starting with a pilot program in the U.S. in the coming months,…
Read article →Anthropic is building a team to design its own custom chips for AI usage. Business Insider was first to report on the news, but Anthropic has since confirmed with TechCrunch.…
Read article →The Trump administration did not have the authority to terminate and claw back funding that had already been disbursed to climate nonprofits, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Eight nonprofit…
Read article →As Gen Z rethinks the point of online dating, Tinder is trying to stay in the game by expanding its in-person events to dozens of new cities by September, the…
Read article →At our past TechCrunch Disrupt events, AI has taken center stage, both throughout our programming and in a stage of its own. This year, the technology, implications, and players are…
Read article →Nearly a year ago, Zoox opened its robotaxi service to the public in Las Vegas. Now, it is ready to start charging for those rides. The Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology…
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