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Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

May 8, 2026 at 14:41 · TechCrunch

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

May 8, 2026 at 12:49 · TechCrunch

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.

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Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.

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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

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May 8, 2026 at 14:41 TechCrunch

Truecaller slashes 70 jobs amid declining ad sales

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs.
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Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent.
May 7, 2026 at 23:11 TechCrunch

Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in Nov...
May 7, 2026 at 22:24 TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other ...
May 7, 2026 at 21:49 TechCrunch

Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

The company made a series of other announcements during earnings, including a new commercial contract, a pilot program in Canada, and a c...

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With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance

Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Se...

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Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby

Although you can already track hotel prices at the city level, the new update lets you do so for a specific hotel that you're interested in.

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Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations

Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for content creation and recommendations.

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SaySo is a new short-form video app that aims to restore users’ trust in news

Users are fed up with misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. SaySo is a new short-form video app that delivers news from vetted creators and journalists.

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Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions

The San Francisco startup closed a Series C funding round led by Antonio Gracias' firm Valor, which is a major backer of xAI.

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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 02:55 Startups
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New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets

The fundraise is the first major capital raise under Sequoia's new leadership, with Alfred Lin and Pat Grady now serving as co-stewards of the 54-year-old firm.

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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 20:26 Startups
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Physical Intelligence, a hot robotics startup, says its new robot brain can figure out tasks it was never taught

The new model, called π0.7, represents what the company describes as an early but meaningful step toward the long-sought goal of a general-purpose robot brain.

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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 19:20 Startups
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Slash, a Ramp competitor founded by teenagers, raises $100M at $1.4B valuation

Five years later the founders, now 24 years old, say their startup has achieved $300 million in annualized revenue.

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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 19:18 Startups
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OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with beefed-up Codex that gives it more power over your desktop

OpenAI's agentic coding tool has gotten a major makeover, with a variety of new powers and abilities.

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Abilities Agentic Coding Anthropic Beefed Up
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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 18:53 Startups
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European police email 75,000 people asking them to stop DDoS attacks

Europol coordinated an operation against for-hire distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) services, including the arrest of four people and the takedown of 53 domains.

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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 18:28 Startups
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Anthropic CPO leaves Figma’s board after reports he will offer a competing product

Krieger's departure and any forthcoming design tools will be another data point for investors who fear the SaaSpocalypse — that the largest AI labs will come to dominate softwar...

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Anthropic CPO Any Forthcoming Businesses Competing Product
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TechCrunch Apr 16, 2026 at 17:03 Startups
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Everything we like is a psyop

If culture is shaped by TikTok's algorithmic feed, then it's time for us to decide where we draw the line between necessary marketing and inauthentic growth hacking.

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