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TechCrunch Jun 4, 2026 at 16:00 Startups
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Cash App launches a wand for tap-and-pay

Digital wallet app Cash App is launching a new gadget on Thursday, seemingly inspired by the social media trend that involves paying for items in the real world with a tap of a ...

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TechCrunch May 21, 2026 at 16:00 Startups
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This young startup is taking on a fragrance industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century

Fragrance tech company Patina announced Thursday a $2 million raise from investors, including Betaworks and True Ventures.

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TechCrunch May 21, 2026 at 04:00 Startups
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Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering

Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.

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TechCrunch May 16, 2026 at 19:26 Startups
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Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongs...

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TechCrunch May 2, 2026 at 06:36 Startups
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Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a...

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TechCrunch May 1, 2026 at 23:06 Startups
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Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, beginning with the question everyone in the industry is...

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TechCrunch Apr 23, 2026 at 13:59 Startups
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Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues

Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the company’s Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday to signal they are prepared to walk off the job for a...

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TechCrunch Apr 9, 2026 at 21:29 Startups
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ChatGPT finally offers $100/month Pro plan

OpenAI announced on Thursday something that power users have been asking for: a $100/month plan. Previously, subscriptions jumped from $20 to $200 per month.

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Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure
VentureBeat AI Jan 22, 2026 at 14:00 AI
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Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 mill...

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