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Reliable Robotics, which develops an autonomous flight system, raised a $115M extension for its $160M Series D, pushing its valuation to $1B+ (techcrunch.com)
7 hours ago Robot

Google launches TorchTPU, an open-source version of PyTorch to let AI apps run on TPUs and Google Cloud via simple configuration changes without rewriting code (techcrunch.com)
12 hours ago Google AI

Sensor Tower: Muse had 10.9M downloads since its September debut, 10.2M of those in the US, becoming the 12th app to hit 10M US downloads in its first 40 days (techcrunch.com)
13 hours ago Sensor

Eka Robotics, which is developing a “vision-force-action” architecture for its physical AI models, raised a $150M Series A at a $1.45B post-money valuation (techcrunch.com)
17 hours ago AI Robot

Spotify launches paid podcast memberships in 34 markets, including the US; creators can offer perks like bonus content or fewer ads and keep 90% of revenue (techcrunch.com)
18 hours ago Spotify

Note-taking tool Otter.ai raised $320M in non-dilutive capital from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund; PitchBook says it raised $50M prior to this round (techcrunch.com)
19 hours ago AI

Estonia-based web traffic security company Blackwall raised a $100M Series C led by AVP at a $2.2B valuation, after raising a $49.2M Series B in March 2025 (techcrunch.com)
20 hours ago

Town, which develops enterprise AI assistants, raised a $108M Series B at a $1B valuation, after announcing a $55M Series A in June (techcrunch.com)
1 day ago AI

Developers and vibe coders are using AI tools like Claude Code to get rid of sponsored ads on their smart TVs, disable tracking features, and more (techcrunch.com)
1 day ago AI

CEO Amjad Masad says Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, citing cost and saying “ChatGPT is better now”; source: the partnership is still in place (techcrunch.com)
4 days ago

Bluesky expands Attie, its AI tool for building custom feeds, with a “social vibe coding” feature to create sites, games, quizzes, and more on the AT Protocol (techcrunch.com)
5 days ago AI

Figma announces new features to define how AI agents work on its platform, including Figma Specs, a Markdown editor that lets users define their design language (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago AI

Flock CEO Garrett Langley defends his company's cameras, arguing that reducing crime means sacrificing privacy in return and that “we shouldn't pause progress” (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago

Zenzap, a private messenger with AI agents that aims to replace apps like WhatsApp in the workplace, raised $44M from Bessemer, Lightspeed, and others (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago AI WhatsApp

YouTube Music rolls out labels for songs created with the help of AI; Spotify has AI labels, and Apple Music plans to add “Made With AI” labels later this year (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago AI Apple YouTube Spotify

Bengaluru-based Scimplify, which uses AI agents and 500+ partner manufacturing facilities to accelerate chemical production, raised $25M led by Hitachi Ventures (techcrunch.com)
6 days ago AI Manufacturing

Pluto Security, which monitors AI agents and vibe-coded apps, exits stealth with $42M, including a $34M Series A, and says it has hit $2M+ in ARR since April (techcrunch.com)
7 days ago AI

Anthropic says it is barring live internet access for internal evals until monitoring is reliable, after its agents exploited websites and bypassed restrictions (techcrunch.com)
11 days ago

Vesta, which uses AI agents to automate much of the loan origination process, raised $30M led by Conversion, bringing its total funding to $85M (techcrunch.com)
11 days ago AI

Tesla renames Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe after pushback from Germany, whose transport minister will now back its EU-wide approval (techcrunch.com)
11 days ago Germany Europe Tesla

AI hardware startup Natura unveils Interface, a $99 smart ring that connects to AI agents and apps, including Muse, Instinct, Claude, Grokbot, and ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago Startup AI

Google debuts Google AI Edge Foresight, a local macOS note-taking app for meetings that uses its 740M-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 model and Gemma 4 assistant (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago Google AI

Mecka, which collects human motion data to train humanoid robots, raised a $60M Series B led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, M12, and others (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago Robot Nvidia

Meta rolls out AI tools to find ads that secretly lead users to CSAM and says it took action against 33.2M pieces of child exploitation content in H1 2026 (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago AI

Healthleap, which makes AI screening software to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, raised $38M across a $30M Series A and an $8M seed (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago AI

Parallel Systems, which builds autonomous freight trains, raised a $100M Series C led by AVP, taking its total funding to $200M+ (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago

Google launches SynthID Detector, a website that lets users detect AI-generated image, video, and audio media across dozens of common file formats (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago Google AI

Spotify expands audiobooks to 180+ markets, bringing its catalog to 750M+ users, and adds 350K+ titles in 120+ languages in partnership with 300+ publishers (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago Spotify

New York-based Melius, which provides AI tools for generating ad campaigns, images, and videos, raised $25M, including a $20M Series A and a $5M seed (techcrunch.com)
14 days ago AI New York

Flai, which makes AI tools for car dealerships to manage phone calls, emails, and texts, raised a $27M Series A led by Base10 Partners (techcrunch.com)
14 days ago AI

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