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May 7, 2026 at 21:02 TechCrunch

Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million see...

May 7, 2026 at 20:10 TechCrunch

Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark

The new benchmark rating applies to 2026 Tesla Model Y vehicles assembled on or after November 12, 2025.

May 7, 2026 at 19:06 TechCrunch

Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says

Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past comments about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI -- Bumble is even worki...

May 7, 2026 at 18:38 TechCrunch

Tome, another Goodreads book-tracker rival, shuts down

Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community -- creators who discuss and review books on TikTok -- the app offered ...

May 7, 2026 at 15:17 TechCrunch

Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air

The device comes with health and fitness tracking like 24/7 heart rate, heart rhythm monitoring with A-fib alerts, SpO2, resting heart ra...

May 7, 2026 at 15:00 TechCrunch

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27: A shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100K

Startup Battlefield 200 applications are open, but only for three more weeks. Apply by May 27 for your shot at VC access, global visibili...

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TechCrunch Apr 30, 2026 at 23:07 Startups
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Sources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeks

Anthropic is asking investors to submit allocations for the AI company’s latest fundraise within the next 48 hours, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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TechCrunch Apr 30, 2026 at 20:14 Startups
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Legal AI startup Legora hits $5.6B valuation and its battle with Harvey just got hotter

The two wildly fast-growing rivals have raised massive sums, pushed into each other's home turf, and now have dueling ad campaigns.

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TechCrunch Apr 30, 2026 at 19:36 Startups
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Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.

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TechCrunch Apr 30, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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Netflix wants you to watch ‘Clips,’ its TikTok-like vertical video feed

Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing highlights from original Netflix progra...

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 23:02 Startups
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Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it

Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said on Wednesday that the number of users and engagement is growing.

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 18:33 Startups
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Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 15:12 Startups
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Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 13:10 Startups
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BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 12:34 Startups
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Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

When you translate a word, sentence, or phrase, you can navigate into the "Practice" menu to find a "Pronounce" button, which shows you phonetics that you can say out loud to pr...

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 12:00 Startups
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Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Divine offers access to an archive of roughly 500,000 Vine videos, restored from a backup of the original service, and allows creators to post new Vines once again.

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TechCrunch Apr 29, 2026 at 09:45 Startups
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Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp

We visited Scout AI's training ground where it's working on AI agents that can help individual soldiers control fleets of autonomous vehicles.

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TechCrunch Apr 28, 2026 at 16:18 Startups
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US Supreme Court appears split over controversial use of ‘geofence’ search warrants

The U.S. top court is expected to rule on whether to allow police to identify criminal suspects by dragnet searching the databases of tech giants.

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