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Google says it will automatically add a disclosure to ads that are made with its AI advertising tools, expanding the disclosure beyond election ads to all ads (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago Google AI

Character.AI launches three human-written, AI-generated microdramas, whose characters users can chat with, and aims to eventually let users make their own shows (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago AI

Ollama, which helps developers run open-weight AI models locally, raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Venture, following a $15M Series A led by Benchmark (techcrunch.com)
12 days ago AI

Prime Intellect, which helps companies build their own AI agents by offering computing power and specialized tools, raised a $130M Series A at a $1B valuation (techcrunch.com)
13 days ago AI

US autonomous military vehicle startup Forterra says it deployed 100+ Lancer UGVs, based on Polaris ATVs, in Ukraine since 2025, completing 1,100+ missions (techcrunch.com)
15 days ago Startup Ukraine

Q&A with Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson on why the startup is going public via SPAC, the physical layer as its proprietary advantage, safety, and more (techcrunch.com)
16 days ago Startup Robot

Shenzhen-based Even Realities, a startup that makes smart glasses without cameras, raised a $150M pre-Series B led by Meituan and Tencent (techcrunch.com)
16 days ago Startup Tencent Shenzhen

Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant hedge funds and is founded by three ex-Google DeepMind researchers, raised a Series A at a $500M valuation (techcrunch.com)
18 days ago Google AI

Finnish quantum computing company IQM closed up 2% in its Nasdaq debut Thursday after going public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1.9B valuation (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago Finland Quantum

Travel app Hopper agrees to a $35M FTC settlement over allegations the company misled users by imposing hidden fees and misrepresenting the total costs (techcrunch.com)
19 days ago

Venice AI, which offers access to 200+ AI models while allowing users to retain their privacy, raised a $65M Series A led by Dragonfly at a $1B valuation (techcrunch.com)
20 days ago AI

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago Google

Omen AI, which provides real-time coolant health monitoring for data centers, raised a $31M Series A led by Nava Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.5M (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago AI

Anthropic launches Claude Science, an AI workbench that uses existing Claude models like Opus 4.8 to integrate 60+ scientific databases and specialized toolkits (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago AI

AWS launches an internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers, backed by $1B in resources, following OpenAI and others in launching FDE teams (techcrunch.com)
21 days ago AI

AI coding startup 8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures; founder Chamath Palihapitiya announces that he will lead the company as CEO (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago Startup AI Salesforce

AI leaderboard provider Arena says it hit $100M in annualized run-rate revenue eight months after launching AI Evaluations, which offers performance analytics (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago AI

Google says the Gemini app now offers Nano Banana image generation to eligible US users for free; it was previously only available to Plus, Pro, and Ultra users (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago Google

Waymo and Uber quietly ended their partnership in Phoenix in May; Uber says it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago Uber Autonomous Car

SCOTUS limits the law enforcement use of “geofence” warrants, saying people have “a reasonable expectation of privacy” in their cell-phone location data (techcrunch.com)
22 days ago

Sakana AI's Fugu and 360's cybersecurity model Tulongfeng claim to rival Anthropic's banned Mythos and Fable 5 models amid the US export ban (techcrunch.com)
24 days ago AI Ban

Insurance tech startup Corgi denies accusations that it used Papermark's open source software code to develop its software and present it as its own (techcrunch.com)
25 days ago Startup Insurance

OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US (techcrunch.com)
25 days ago India Uber

YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, including adding a setting to double playback speed, eliminating the “dislike” button, and more (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago YouTube

NHTSA proposes eliminating the mandate for manual brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems” (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago

Patronus AI, which builds simulated digital environments for evaluating AI agents, raised a $50M Series B led by Greenfield, bringing its total funding to $70M (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago AI

Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago

Google launches a Google Finance app for Android, with market data, financial news, and an AI-powered “Key Moments” feature, and plans an iOS version this year (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago Android IOS Google AI

General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $320M led by Khosla at a $2.3B valuation, for $454M in total funding (techcrunch.com)
26 days ago AI

Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (techcrunch.com)
27 days ago Facebook AI chatbot

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