Pinterest experiments with new AI-powered personalized boards

On Monday, Pinterest announced new AI-powered upgrades to its boards designed to create a more personalized experience for users. These features include an AI-driven collage tool called Styled for you that helps users create outfits from saved fashion Pins, and…

Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C

Mercor, which connects AI labs with domain experts for training their foundational AI models, has raised three hundred and fifty million dollars at a ten billion dollar valuation. The company confirmed this funding to TechCrunch. Felicis Ventures, which led the…

Threads adds ‘ghost posts’ that disappear after 24 hours

Meta’s Threads is introducing a new feature called “ghost posts,” which allows content to disappear after 24 hours. This feature is available to the app’s more than 400 million monthly users worldwide starting on Monday. To create a ghost post…

Israeli intelligence vets raise $20M to track developer buying signals

Developers often dislike ineffective marketing, but they still need methods to discover useful tools and services. This is why many developers gather on forums and sites like Hacker News, Reddit, and Stack Overflow to discuss their development kits and compare…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day 1

Today, Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, is in full swing. Ten thousand founders, investors, and builders have flooded into Moscone West for a nonstop schedule of ideas, demos, and deals. The energy is electric, with conversations happening everywhere and…

Workout app Ladder launches nutrition-tracking experience

As advanced AI models become better at understanding different types of input like text, voice, and images and converting them into nutritional data, fitness apps that let people log their food using these methods have exploded in popularity. We have…

Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups

Storied investors Accel and Prosus have launched a new investment partnership to back Indian startups from day zero. The alliance targets founders building large-scale solutions with the potential to serve the masses in the South Asian nation. Announced on Monday,…

Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year

Apple Maps users could start seeing ads in the app as soon as next year, according to a new report. The plan is to allow restaurants and other businesses with physical locations to pay to promote themselves in search results.…