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SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to

SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to

TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy,...

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Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI

Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with...

Microsoft is accelerating its push to compete with OpenAI, its longtime collaborator,...

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Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms

Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding...

Investor interest in AI coding assistants is exploding. Anysphere, the developer...

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Mach Industries, founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, lands US Army contract, builds weapons factory

Mach Industries, founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton,...

Sequoia-backed Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton,...

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Mistral urges telcos to get into the hyperscaler game

Mistral urges telcos to get into the hyperscaler game

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch brought a sales pitch to Mobile World Congress on Tuesday,...

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Uber users in Austin are getting matched with Waymo robotaxis

Uber users in Austin are getting matched with Waymo robotaxis

Uber users in Austin now have a choice between a Waymo robotaxi and a human driver....

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Hotel management platform Mews books $75M round led by Tiger Global

Hotel management platform Mews books $75M round led by...

Despite clouds of uncertainty looming over the economy and geopolitics, people still...

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LlamaIndex launches a cloud service for building unstructed data agents

LlamaIndex launches a cloud service for building unstructed...

Agents are the next big thing in AI. Some define these “agents” differently from...

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2025 TechCrunch Events Calendar

2025 TechCrunch Events Calendar

For two decades, TechCrunch has provided a front row view to the future of technology,...

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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first...

Almost two weeks after The New York Times reported that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia...

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OpenAI’s Sora is now available in the EU, UK

OpenAI’s Sora is now available in the EU, UK

OpenAI is finally making its video generation model, Sora, available to users in...

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Belgium investigating alleged cyberattack on intelligence agency by China-linked hackers

Belgium investigating alleged cyberattack on intelligence...

The hackers reportedly exploited a flaw in US cybersecurity firm Barracuda’s software...

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Microsoft hangs up on Skype: service to shut down May 5, 2025

Microsoft hangs up on Skype: service to shut down May 5,...

After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype...

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Key Cambridge, UK VC launches $126M fund to stem later stage flight

Key Cambridge, UK VC launches $126M fund to stem later...

It’s often said that the UK and Europe lack the huge level of growth funding for...

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Yope is sparking GenZ (and VC) interest with an Instagram-like app for private groups

Yope is sparking GenZ (and VC) interest with an Instagram-like...

Photo and video apps targeting young adults with social hooks are a dime a dozen...

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Apple commits $500B to US manufacturing, including a new AI server facility in Houston

Apple commits $500B to US manufacturing, including a new...

The U.S. government is leaning hard on tech companies to make more commitments to...

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