The community has no expectations of raising $5 million and hopes to be “IPO ready” within three years.
Hardware maker Nothing is letting its userbase buy its stock as part of a new $5 million community investment round. The new round, which begins Dec. 10, will allow consumers to buy shares in the company at a Series C valuation of $1.3 billion. The company announced that it has raised a total of $8 […]
India lifts obligation to pre-install government apps on smartphones after intense backlash
India has backed away from a plan to force smartphone makers to pre-install government apps on all devices, following backlash and growing concerns that the mandate would give the state greater access to users’ devices and weaken privacy protections. India’s telecom ministry said Wednesday that anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app Sanchar Saathi will remain optional […]
The biggest news from AWS’s big technology show re:Invent 2025
Amazon Web Services’ annual technology conference, AWS re:Invent, has concluded its first official day of programming and is already delivering an endless stream of product news. Naturally, the theme is enterprise AI, but this year is all about upgrades that give customers more control to customize their AI agents, including one that AWS claims can […]
Amazon takes on competitors with on-premises Nvidia “AI Factory”
Amazon on Tuesday announced a new product called “AI Factories” that will allow large companies and governments to run AI systems in their data centers. Or, in AWS’s words, the customer supplies the power and data center, and AWS integrates and manages the AI system and connects it to other AWS cloud services. The idea […]
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Eventbrite for $500 million to revive stalled brand
Vending Spoons, a company that buys and turns struggling tech companies, agreed to buy Eventbrite for about $500 million, a far cry from the $1.76 billion the company was worth when it went public in 2018. Like many of Bending Spoons’ previous acquisitions, including Evernote, Meetup, Vimeo and AOL, Eventbrite has a strong brand, but […]
Kalsi raises $1 billion at $11 billion valuation, doubling in value in less than two months
Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $1 billion funding round at an $11 billion valuation, confirming a TechCrunch scoop from last month. The round was led by returning investor Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Capital G, and other existing […]
Google tests AI Overview and AI Mode integration
As OpenAI goes into “Code Red” citing competitive pressures, Google announced it has begun testing a new feature that will integrate AI Overview and AI Mode in Search. This means that on top of your search results, you’ll typically be provided with an AI-generated snapshot of important information about your topic or question, and you […]
The future of deep tech will be discussed at StrictlyVC Palo Alto on December 3rd
Tomorrow evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the last StrictlyVC event of 2025 and the line-up is truly ridiculous. Image credit: Aaron V Barrera Photography This series has traveled the world under the auspices of TechCrunch. […]
Microreactor startup Antares raises $96 million for nuclear power on land, sea and space
Nuclear power startup Antares announced Tuesday that it has raised $96 million in Series B funding as it advances the design of a small modular nuclear reactor. The round was led by Shine Capital, with participation from Alt Capital, Caffeinated, FiftyThree Stations, Industrious and others, and consists of $71 million in equity and $25 million […]
Livestreamed Mushroom Travel Spectacle with Brian Johnson
When I was 18, I bought cheap tickets from my college class’s Facebook group to go see Grimes perform at a nearby music festival. That sunny afternoon, in the crowd, a drug-addicted man kept trying to climb a young, fragile tree for a better view. He failed again and again, but it was simply impossible […]