Naveen Rao, the former head of artificial intelligence at Databricks, is in talks to raise one billion dollars at a five billion dollar valuation for his new startup, Unconventional, Inc. The company is building a new type of computer, according…
Following the success of OpenAI’s video editing app Sora, which recently reached the top of the U.S. App Store, Google may be planning a visually focused revamp for its Gemini AI app. The company appears to be experimenting with a…
Nearly a decade after becoming a digital time capsule for life’s moments, Snapchat is putting a price on its Memories feature. The company announced last week that it is capping free Memories storage at 5GB. If your Memories exceed this…
OpenAI is preparing to host its third annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on Monday. The company states that more than 1,500 people are scheduled to gather at Fort Mason in San Francisco for what OpenAI calls its biggest event yet.…
It has been a whirlwind year for Supabase, the database of choice in the vibe-coding world. On Friday, Supabase announced it raised a fresh one hundred million dollar Series E round at a five billion dollar valuation. This round was…
The United States government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem.…
Welcome to YC Arena, which is not a top secret fight club for Y Combinator founders, but a suite of games that give you a vague sense of what it is like to be a partner at YC. Created by…
Rivian is changing the door handle design on its upcoming R2 SUV after employees and customers raised safety concerns. The automaker is one of many that has used electronically-latched door handles in recent years. While this allows for a sleeker…
While AI coding startups like Cursor raise impressive funding rounds after barely three years, Replit’s journey to a three billion dollar valuation has been far from swift. For CEO Amjad Masad, who has been building tools to democratize programming since…
This week, the Department of Energy canceled nearly eight billion dollars worth of awards. The Trump administration presented the move as an effort to protect fossil fuels at the expense of renewable energy. However, documents obtained by TechCrunch reveal the…
