French startup Kog is developing software optimization techniques to achieve extremely fast AI inference on standard datacenter GPUs, aiming to target professional workflows and larger models.
Selena Gomez and her mother face a lawsuit alleging securities fraud and breach of contract over their mental health startup Wondermind, with investors claiming $1.2M loss due to unmet commitments and undisclosed financial troubles.
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, faces accusations of using a 'cookie stuffing' scheme at her startup Phia, potentially constituting federal wire fraud. Internal communications show knowledge of the practice for months, contradicting initial claims of a recent software issue.
Surveillance startup Flock announced new policies and tools, including a recommendation to cut data retention to seven days and making its Audit Assistance tool mandatory by year's end, amid skepticism from privacy experts.
Sports prediction market startup Novig launched a responsible trading framework with a 21-plus age restriction and filed lawsuits against four states over regulatory crackdowns on event contracts.
Anthropic PBC is in talks to acquire AI startup Decart AI for approximately $6 billion. The potential deal aims to leverage Decart's software to reduce AI model training costs and improve chip efficiency ahead of Anthropic's anticipated IPO.
The Road to Battlefield competition has selected 22 regional finalists from a record 726 applicants across 39 countries, offering founders from Central Eurasia and beyond a direct route to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 in San Francisco.
VideoVerse's $250 million acquisition by Minute Media has collapsed less than a year later amid multiple lawsuits, allegations of fraud, forged documents, and missing millions involving former CEO Vinayak Shrivastav.
Lovable confirmed a $400 million Series C funding round led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, valuing the European vibe-coding startup at $13.3 billion.
ModelBest, a Chinese AI startup, has initiated its pre-IPO tutoring process for a mainland China listing, leveraging demand for compact AI models and navigating chip shortages with lightweight, domestically optimized systems.
Kyoto Fusioneering, a major fusion-power supply chain startup, is moving its U.S. headquarters to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and building a prototype fuel breeding device called Unity-3 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Cybersecurity researchers set up a fake crypto startup, Ballena Azul, to infiltrate and study the infrastructure, methods, and AI tool usage of suspected North Korean IT workers.
Shopping startup Phia, co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, faces new allegations that it intentionally used cookie stuffing to generate affiliate commissions, contradicting earlier claims that the practice was an accidental bug.
AI startup River, founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, secured $1.1 billion in a seed/Series A funding round led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with backing from Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Y Combinator, and Temasek.
Sila secured a $1.4 billion U.S. Department of Defense loan to expand production of its silicon-carbon battery material in Moses Lake, Washington, helping offset supply chain reliance on China for defense and mobility applications.
Journalists Ina and David Steiner survived a 2019 cross-country harassment campaign orchestrated by eBay executives unhappy with their reporting, ultimately securing a $55.7m settlement.
Boeing is selling three subsidiaries—Wisk Aero, SkyGrid, and Insitu—to Archer Aviation in exchange for a 19.75% stake in Archer to focus on core aerospace operations.
HR startup Rippling sued MCP gateway startup Runlayer for patent infringement following a previous lawsuit from Runlayer accusing Rippling of contract breach and intellectual property theft after a failed vendor trial.
The FAA awarded an $875 million contract to startup Air Space Intelligence to modernize U.S. airspace using AI, aiming to improve efficiency and prevent bottlenecks after successful trials with airlines like Alaska.
Investment firms of ultrawealthy families maintained steady dealmaking in July with 57 direct investments, heavily favoring AI startups and clean energy firms driven by surging power demands.
AIxCrypto Holdings entered Q3 with $577,328 in cash after its balance plunged 97% in six months, reporting a $10.27 million first-half net loss while preparing its RoboShare robot-rental pilot in Los Angeles.
Russian forces will relinquish control of the Hmeimem air base and Tartus naval base in Syria, transitioning them into joint training centres under a new bilateral agreement.
AI hedge fund Situational Awareness invested $400 million in Stanford startup Source Foundry to speed up chip manufacturing, despite recent steep losses and liquidating most of its public portfolio.
Base Power, founded by Zach Dell in 2023, seeks to replace gas-powered home generators with battery systems, offering backup power and reduced electricity bills, with plans for US and European expansion after a $13 billion valuation.
