IPO Firefly Aerospace File
Firefly Aerospace brings orbital ambitions to the open market. Carved into this year’s successes, including the historic commercial moonlanding, the company submitted a formal declaration to regulators on Friday, detailing its IPO plans. The S-1 document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not reveal the number of shares offered and the number […]
Can “ethical” spyware makers justify offering their technology to ice?
Paragon, an Israeli spyware company that claims to operate as an “ethical” surveillance vendor, faced scrutiny earlier this year when Italy was arrested using Paragon’s tools to spy on the phones of two journalists. Paragon responded by separating Italy from its surveillance products, becoming the first spyware company to reveal one of its customers following […]
Tesla reportedly is starting to sell in India
According to Bloomberg News, Tesla is ready to start selling electric vehicles in India. The company is about to open its first showroom in Mumbai, and delivery can begin as early as August, according to the report. Hours after Bloomberg published the report, Tesla created a special account for its Indian business on CEO Elon […]
AI coding tools may not be able to speed up all developers, learning shows
Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years with the influx of AI coding tools such as Cursor and Github Copilot. This promises to increase productivity by automatically writing lines of code, creating bug fixes, and testing changes automatically. The tool is powered by AI models from Openai, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and Xai, and […]
India’s wealthiest man wants to turn all his TV into PC
Jio Platforms, the digital arm of India’s Conglomerate Reliance Industries, has launched a virtual desktop service for set-top box users. This means that Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance, India’s wealthiest man, is hoping to turn millions of televisions into PCs in the world’s most populous country. Called JIOPC, the service offers a cloud-based PC experience […]
Cloudseed startups did not cause flooding in Texas
It is not uncommon to find answers wherever people can find a disaster. The catastrophic floods in Texas are no exception. There are many potential reasons why so many people have been killed by the rapid rise of water, but what some have settled is a practice known as cloud seeds. They claim that the […]
YC Back Apolink by 19-year-old Bag $4.3 million to build a 24/7 connection for Leo satellite
Apolink, a Y-combinator-assisted space technology startup founded by a 19-year-old Indian entrepreneur, raised $4.3 million in a “overregistered” seed round with a $45 million money post money rating, creating a real-time network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Startups are tackling the persistent issues of space communication. Satellites frequently travel offline in parts of orbit due […]
Helios wants to be an AI operating system for public policy experts
When Openai met the ChatGpt moment in 2022, Joe Scheidler, co-founder and CEO of Helios, was working on a different kind of challenge. It helps build the White House’s newly licensed cybersecurity office and navigates the complexities of public-private coordination regarding cyber policies. His current co-founder, Joseph Falsaf, is also at the State Department, working […]
All stages in Boston and 4 days until lowest ticket prices disappear
Time runs out. In just four days, TechCrunch All Stage 2025 will land on July 15th at the Sova Power Plant in Boston. This one-day summit has not been built for spectators. It is designed for founders, builders, backers and other performers who shape the following: Whether you’re going to raise your first round, prepare […]
Certainly Glassdoor lays off 1,300 staff in an AI push
In fact, Recruit Holdings, which is actually a Japanese parent, said on Friday it had fired about 1,300 employees from both companies. Layoffs are part of a wide range of restructuring that focuses on the operation of Glassdoor, which is actually integrated, and the use of AI. According to the CEO’s internal memo Hisayuki “Deko” […]