Grain emerges from stealth with $50M to help any business hedge against FX volatility
Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian acquire Digg
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/kevin-rose-and-alexis-ohanian-acquire-digg/
Apple is challenging U.K.’s iCloud encryption backdoor order
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/apple-is-challenging-u-k-s-icloud-encryption-backdoor-order/
From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste
CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI
Defense tech startup Epirus raises $250M Series D to counter drone swarms
General Catalyst is reportedly weighing a potential IPO
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/general-catalyst-is-reportedly-weighing-a-potential-ipo/
Perplexity teases a web browser called Comet
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/perplexity-teases-a-web-browser-called-comet/
Perplexity launches its own freemium ‘deep research’ product
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/15/perplexity-launches-its-own-freemium-deep-research-product/
Figure AI is in talks to raise $1.5B at 15x its last valuation
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/figure-ai-is-in-talks-to-raise-1-5b-at-15x-its-last-valuation/
EU abandons ePrivacy, AI liability reforms, as bloc shifts focus to competitiveness and data access for AI
Google Whisk, an image remixing tool, is now available in 100+ countries
Microsoft Copilot: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s AI
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/microsoft-copilot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-ai/
Composo helps enterprises monitor how well AI apps work
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/composo-helps-enterprises-monitor-how-well-ai-apps-work/
Meta is studying how humans and robots can collaborate on housework
Swiggy, 2024’s biggest tech listing, falls below its IPO price and 2022 valuation
Pour one out for Cruise and why autonomous vehicle test miles dropped 50%
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity insists its not abandoning its DEI efforts
Superlogic raises $13.7M at a $200M valuation to help consumers use reward points toward cool ‘experiences’
Could this startup’s compact nuclear reactors revolutionize cancer detection?