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A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index

If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a

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Instagram is beefing up its search to compete with TikTok

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the company is looking to improve the app’s search functionality, admitting this is an area

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No, Stripe is not becoming a bank

Last week, details emerged about an application that fintech giant Stripe had submitted for a U.S. banking license. There was

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Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI ‘reasoning’ models

A new company, Deep Cogito, has emerged from stealth with a family of openly available AI models that can be

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A nonprofit is using AI agents to raise money for charity

Tech giants like Microsoft might be touting AI “agents” as profit-boosting tools for corporations, but a nonprofit is trying to

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Does Colossal Biosciences’ dire wolf creation justify its $10B+ valuation?

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures

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Tapestry’s app can now de-dupe your social feeds

Tapestry, a new app designed to organize the open social web, is adding a valuable feature to help people who

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Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers

On Monday, Google released an update for Android that fixes two zero-day flaws that “may be under limited, targeted exploitation,”

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Volunteer your time for a free ticket to Sessions: AI

Join us for an unforgettable opportunity at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on June 5! We’re

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Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisors

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab, has gained two new prominent advisors: Bob McGrew, previously OpenAI’s