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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19 · TechCrunch

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, i...

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58 · TechCrunch

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39 · TechCrunch

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5...

Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party ...

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs mor...

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Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19 TechCrunch

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58 TechCrunch

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39 TechCrunch

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previo...
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:14 TechCrunch

Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover

The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering as users are increasingly handing over the reins o...
Jun 25, 2026 at 17:52 TechCrunch

a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most

Base Power is skipping the PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people's homes, offering backup services in e...
Jun 25, 2026 at 17:38 TechCrunch

Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT

Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.

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Hackers are abusing unpatched Windows security flaws to hack into organizations

A security researcher published details of three security vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, and the code used to exploit them. Now, hackers are taking advantage of the vulner...

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Zoom teams up with World to verify humans in meetings

Meeting platform Zoom has announced a partnership with World, Sam Altman's human ID verification company, to ensure that the people attending meetings are actually human and not...

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AI-generated Ai Generated Imposters Meeting Meeting Platform
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Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive

New iPhone app Gigs uses AI to turn old tickets, screenshots, and emails into a personal concert archive with stats, memories, and more.

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Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why

The company, which deploys AI-guided robot arms for food production, says it is looking to expand its services to provide for a broader array of customers.

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AI-guided Ai Guided Robot Chef Robotics Customers
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Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep

The new returns feature is the company's latest effort to become an everything app. There are limitations to the new service, and there is, of course, a courier fee.

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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 15:00 Startups
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Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.

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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 14:00 Startups
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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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Americans April Automatically Lapse Protecting Americans
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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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AI Mode Although Find Products Google
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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 13:17 Startups
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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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Netflix Netflix Plans Plans Recommendations
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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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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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Journalists Misinformation SaySo Short Form
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TechCrunch Apr 17, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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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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Antonio Gracias Disruptions Francisco Funding Round
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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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