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This young startup is tackling a perfume industry that hasn’t changed in almost half a century | TechCrunch
Fragrance technology company Patina says it has raised $2 million from investors including Betaworks and True Ventures. The company focuses...
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General Catalyst just launched a $63 million bet on the Indian travel payments market | TechCrunch
Scapiaan Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, has raised $63 million in a...
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From teenage hacker to Iron Dome researcher, this founder has raised $28 million to fight AI phishing | TechCrunch
Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. He earned money as a hacker as a teenager, but after...
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South Korea’s LetinAR builds optics behind AI glasses | TechCrunch
Imagine you're riding a motorcycle at 100 miles per hour when an arrow appears, floating on the road in front...
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The haves and have-nots of the AI gold rush | TechCrunch
Brief Published: 1:17 p.m. PDT · May 16, 2026 The mood around the current AI boom isn't great, even in...
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OpenAI trial ends and Musk’s founding machine continues to spin
The Musk v. Altman trial concluded this week, and the final arguments still revolved around a single question: can we...
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Lovable just backed a company looking to bring ambiance coding to hardware | TechCrunch
Lovable, the AI-powered app creation platform, has backed a Danish hardware startup Atechwho wants to introduce “vibe coding” into the...
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Clio’s $500 million milestone comes as Anthropic ups the ante | TechCrunch
While AI is now applied to everything from healthcare to customer support, no use case has yet been as popular...
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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third $450 million fund | TechCrunch
Brief Published: 11:45 a.m. PDT · May 12, 2026 Venture capital firm A* announced Tuesday a Fund III of $450...
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Capitalizing on an AI Rally, Robinhood Prepares IPO for Its Second Retail Business | TechCrunch
Just two months after listing its first venture capital fund, Robinhood is preparing to launch a second. The company has...
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