Justin Wenig recalls his time at Y Combinator in 2019. He was then working on his first startup, Coursedog, which aimed to provide modern tools to higher education institutions and state departments. He quickly discovered that his peers disliked working…
It is common for people to open a short video thinking they will just watch one, only to realize they are still on the app an hour later. YouTube is adding a new timer feature to help users manage this…
Life360, the family safety app, is expanding into the pet technology market with its new Pet GPS tracking device. This device is designed to attach to a pet’s collar or harness, offering owners peace of mind through real-time location tracking…
When Manuele Aufiero was a child, his parents would take him hiking along a reservoir in northern Italy. It was not a typical reservoir. This one drained and refilled constantly, using pumps to raise the water level when electricity was…
In March, the Breakthrough Energy organization founded by Bill Gates disbanded its energy policy team, resulting in dozens of staff members being cut. Now, several of those former employees have established a new nonprofit called the Clean Economy Project. Similar…
Fal.ai, a startup that provides hosted image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has closed a new funding round that values the company at over four billion dollars. According to sources familiar with the deal, the company raised approximately…
The Disrupt Stage, only at Techcrunch Disrupt 2025, is where the biggest bets in technology are made, live and unfiltered. It is the place where startup dreams can turn into a one hundred thousand dollar prize in the Startup Battlefield…
For most enterprise companies, artificial intelligence remains either an unfulfilled promise or a significant security risk. A new effort by Lithuania’s most famous entrepreneur duo to solve this problem has attracted considerable attention and funding. Just months after Nexos.ai emerged…
LangChain announced on Monday that it has raised 125 million dollars at a valuation of 1.25 billion dollars. TechCrunch had previously reported in July that the company, a provider of a popular open source framework for building AI agents, was…
As the entertainment industry grapples with the role of generative AI in filmmaking, Netflix is embracing the technology. In its recent quarterly earnings report, the company informed investors that it is very well positioned to effectively leverage ongoing advances in…
