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 […]
How developers use Apple’s local AI model on iOS26
Earlier this year, Apple introduced the basic model framework in WWDC 2025. This allows developers to use their local AI model to enhance their application capabilities. The company touted that with this framework, developers can access AI models without worrying about inference costs. Additionally, these local models have features such as guided generation and built-in […]
After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it?
AI coding startups like Cursor close frowned rounds in just three years’ existence, but the road to a $3 billion valuation hasn’t been quick. For CEO Amjad Masad, who has been building tools to democratize programming since 2009, it’s a story surrounding multiple failed business models, a moment close to the year he was stuck […]
Amazon resumes drone delivery after crash in Arizona
Amazon will resume drone delivery services in Arizona starting Friday as two federal agencies continue to investigate crashes that occurred earlier this week. Amazon suspended operations in West Valley (now the only commercial market) in the Phoenix Metro area after crash fell on Wednesday. Two of the company’s major air delivery drones collided with a […]
Department of Energy cancels $7.5 billion clean energy projects primarily in the blue state
The Department of Energy said Wednesday night it had cancelled 321 awards worth $7.56 billion, largely focusing on clean energy. The agency did not publish a list of affected projects and did not provide it to TechCrunch at the time of publication. Most of the cuts have hit states that went to Kamala Harris in […]