Tesla’s insurance division accused of “severe delays” and “complete systemic disorder” by CA regulators
According to the new submission, Tesla has been subject to enforcement action by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to routinely deny or delay customer claims despite years of warnings from state regulators. Tesla’s insurance division, along with its partner state national insurance companies, engaged in “willful, unfair claims settlement practices” that included “significant delays […]
With the latest acquisition, Openai doubles personalized consumer AI
Openai has acquired ROI, an AI-powered personal finance app. In line with recent trends in the AI industry, only CEOs are jumping. Chief Executive and co-founder Sujis Vishwajis announced the acquisition on Friday, and sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that he was only one of the four ROI staff members who joined Openai. […]
Source: Naveen Rao’s new AI hardware startup targets a $5 billion valuation with backing from the A16Z
Naveen Rao, formerly head of artificial intelligence at Databricks, is in talks to raise $1 billion at a $5 billion valuation of a new startup building a new type of computer, according to four people familiar with the discussion. Andreessen Horowitz has agreed to lead the investment, and Lightspeed and Lux Capital are also taking […]
Google’s GeminiAI app can quickly get a big transformation
After the success of Openai’s video editing app Sora, currently at the top of the US app store, Google may be trying to offer visually focused improvements to the Gemini AI app. The company appears to be experimenting with a new user interface that shifts apps from chatbot-style look and feel to those that provide […]
Does it seem like a YC partner? This game will help you find it
Welcome to YC Arena. This is a game suite that gives you a vague sense of what it’s like to be a partner in YC, rather than a top secret fight club for the founders of Y Combinator. YC Partner Simulator Game for YC Arena, created by students in Berlin, is released along with the […]
Supabase will win a $5 billion valuation four months after reaching $20 billion
A selection database of atmosphere worlds: For Supabase, it was a whirlwind year. On Friday, Supabase announced it had raised a fresh $100 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation led by Accel and Peak XV. This is just four months after closing the $200 million Series D at a $2 billion valuation led […]
Ends the 2025 Founder and Investor Bundle Sale tonight
TechCrunch’s founder and investor bundle sale will be live in 2025, but only until 11:59pm tonight. This is the only chance of this year, savings on the group bundle of founder pass and even bigger discounts on group investors’ passes. From today, these transactions have disappeared. Disruption 2025 brings together over 10,000 founders, investors and […]
Hacking Groups are claiming theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce’s customer database
The well-known English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to force victims and threatened to release around a billion records from companies that store customer data in a cloud database hosted by Salesforce. A leisurely organized group known as Lapsus $, publishes a dedicated data leak site on the Dark Web, known as the scattered […]
New search engine raises $1.1 million to force obsessive fans to dig into internet rabbit holes
Zehra Naqvi, 26, grew up as an obsessive fangirl in the 2010s. This was the time of Tumblr and Twitter. She gets up all night, breaking Marvel movie release dates and analyzing the movements of One Direction members. She eventually gained 250,000 followers on two platforms. “These early internet rabbit holes taught me how magical […]
Apple removes ice blocks and similar tracking apps from the App Store
Apple removed ice blocks and other apps from the App Store, allowing users to anonymously report sightings of US Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents under pressure from the Trump administration. The app went viral earlier this year, so users are legally sharing information about where they saw the ice agent within a 5-mile radius of […]