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TechCrunch May 12, 2026 at 16:34 Startups Rising Hot

Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok

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Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its GenAI tools

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TechCrunch May 12, 2026 at 17:33 Startups
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Potholes cost cities millions: This company is using AI and trucks to fix them

Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.

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Fresh coverage with immediate momentum.

TechCrunch May 12, 2026 at 17:30 Startups
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Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.

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