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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 20:30 Startups Rising Hot

Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs

The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.

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Jun 18, 2026 at 20:30 TechCrunch

Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs

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Adobe adds its AI assistant to Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign

Adobe is updating its Firefly AI assistant with new chops, and adding it to Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign and Frame.io.

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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 21:20 Startups
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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 19:59 Startups
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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 19:31 Startups
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Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features

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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 21:20 Startups
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AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega round

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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 19:59 Startups
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OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO

OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week.

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TechCrunch Jun 18, 2026 at 19:31 Startups
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Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features

Plaintiffs in the class action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles.

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