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Travel booking app Hopper hit with 35 million FTC penalty over hidden fee practices
The Federal Trade Commission has secured a $35 million settlement from travel…
Apptronik opens Robot Park in Austin to train humanoid robots for real-world jobs
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Propeller launches Kernel Camp, bringing MENA AI startups to Silicon Valley
Propeller, a venture capital firm focused on AI infrastructure, has wrapped up…
Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for AI coding startup, takes CEO role
Chamath Palihapitiya, the billionaire venture capitalist and All-In podcast co-host, announced Monday…
Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note-taking devices
Y Combinator-backed Pocket has raised $11 million from Accel, Y Combinator, and…
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
The AI model leaderboard platform Arena, which began as a research project…
Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
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Google Builds Alumni-Focused AI Incubator to Reconnect With Former DeepMind and Xoogler Founders
Google is reportedly developing an AI startup incubator aimed at its former employees, offering funding, model access, and technical collaboration to keep its alumni network close to the company’s frontier…
YC Spring 2026 Demo Day startups are hitting 8-figure valuations before graduation
Y Combinator’s Spring 2026 Demo Day just wrapped, and the batch is setting new records. TechCrunch spoke with eight investors…
Founders Fund backs Shinkei’s robot that humanely kills fish at scale
Founders Fund is betting on an unlikely category: robots that kill fish. The firm has backed Shinkei Systems, a startup…
Orbio raises $21M to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers
Orbio, a Barcelona-based enterprise startup, has raised $21 million in Series A funding to bring AI-powered automation to the way businesses hire,…
Go eyes robotaxis and expansion after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026
Go, Japan's largest taxi-hailing app operator, has raised ¥88.6 billion ($553 million) in what stands as the country's biggest IPO…
Elastic to acquire AI-powered debugging startup DeductiveAI for up to $85 million
Enterprise search and analytics company Elastic has agreed to acquire DeductiveAI, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect…
