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TechCrunch Startup News

Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.

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A cloud seeding startup did not cause the Texas floods

July 15, 2025 • 5 mins
Despite conspiracy theories, there's no way that cloud seeding operations days before the storm could have influenced the floods, scientists say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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RealSense spins out of Intel to scale its stereoscopic imaging technology

July 15, 2025 • 3 mins
RealSense is building vision tech that helps machines like robots and drones navigate and respond to a 3D world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Helios wants to be the AI operating system for public policy professionals

July 14, 2025 • 5 mins
Helios, a startup aiming to build an AI-powered operating system for policy professionals, has raised $4 million in seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’ ... and more

July 14, 2025 • 3 mins
Devin won’t replace humans developers at the bank. It will be supervised by them. Also, Sarah Smith launches $16M fund, says AI can ‘unlock’ so much for solo GPs like herself. Smith launched her eponymous fund in 2022 and is a solo GP. She said she’s “stunned” by what AI can unlock for firms like hers, solo and next-generation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Knox lands $6.5M to compete with Palantir in the federal compliance market

July 11, 2025 • 4 mins
While highly sought after, federal software contracts frequently come with a hidden cost: Achieving government SaaS security compliance, known as FedRAMP, can take years and require substantial resources. Achieving this certification typically takes up to three years and costs more than $3 million, covering everything from security operations engineer salaries to security audits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...
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Rivian spinoff Also raises another $200M to build e-bikes and more

July 11, 2025 • 2 mins
The micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian this year, was raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital. Also, French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund, reports Bloomberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraine’s war zones

July 10, 2025 • 9 mins
With a fundraising target of €25 million, Darkstar’s goal is to help startups bring battle-tested products to military customers both in Ukraine and throughout Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say

July 10, 2025 • 3 mins
AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Why this LA-based VC firm was an early investor in Slate Auto

July 9, 2025 • 5 mins
Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year with a surprising – and surprisingly affordable – customizable electric truck, has raised $700 million to date. But long before the EV startup broke cover, it quietly raised a Series A round of more than $100 million in 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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UAE proptech Huspy raises $59M to scale in Europe

July 9, 2025 • 5 mins
If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes digitally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

July 8, 2025 • 5 mins
Competitors to Darragh Buckley's Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to "own" a bank, someone has been trying to stop him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Lovable on track to raise $150M at $2B valuation

July 8, 2025 • 3 mins
Lovable released its vibe coder in late November. Within six month, the startup hit $50 million in ARR, CEO Anton Osika said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Former SpaceX manager alleges harassment, retaliation, and security violations in lawsuit

July 7, 2025 • 3 mins
SpaceX is facing another lawsuit alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production

July 7, 2025 • 3 mins
Lucid sold 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a new record for the EV maker. Still, the company must ramp up production of its Gravity SUV to meet its 2025 target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Israeli quantum startup Qedma just raised $26 million, with IBM joining in

July 4, 2025 • 7 mins
Qedma specializes in error mitigation software. Its main piece of software, QESEM, standing for Quantum Error Suppression and Error Mitigation, analyzes noise patterns to suppress some classes of errors while the algorithm is running and mitigate others in post-processing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

July 4, 2025 • 2 mins
Genesis AI, which aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with $105M in seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sri Mandir keeps investors hooked as digital devotion grows

July 3, 2025 • 7 mins
AppsForBharat, the Indian startup behind the Hindu devotional app Sri Mandir, has raised $20 million in a new round — just over nine months after securing $18 million — as the app continues to attract not only devotees but also strong investor interest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Tailor, a ‘headless’ ERP startup, raises $22M Series A

July 2, 2025 • 4 mins
Tailor, a San Francisco- and Tokyo-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round. Investors include ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC VGI), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Spiral Capital and Y Combinator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Rubrik acquires Predibase to accelerate adoption of AI agents

July 2, 2025 • 2 mins
Predibase helps companies train and fine-tune open source AI models which will help Rubrik customers deploy AI agents faster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems

July 1, 2025 • 4 mins
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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