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Juicebox raises $30M from Sequoia to revolutionize hiring with LLM-powered search The recruiting startup has over 2,500 customers, including recruiters at Perplexity, Ramp and OpenAI. The recruiting startup has over…
Steph Curry’s VC firm just backed an AI startup that wants to fix food supply chains Food supply chains are notoriously messy. Orders arrive through different channels, staff spend hours…
Amazon to pay $2.5B in FTC settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics The company will be required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds back…
LGBTQ+ youth have worse mental health outcomes without access to safe online spaces, studies show These online communities have become more critical in a time LGBTQ+ rights are under attack…
OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs A new test from OpenAI aims to understand how close AI is to outperforming humans at economically…
Elon Musk’s xAI offers Grok to federal government for 42 cents xAI has reached a deal with the U.S. GSA to sell Grok to federal agencies for 42 cents over…
Love, lies, and algorithms: Is AI really helping us find ‘the one’? Live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 From dating apps and AI-powered matchmaking to full-on digital companionship, artificial intelligence is…
Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries Doorstep integrates into existing delivery apps and then, using phone sensors, tracks when a driver has entered a building, gone…
What top VCs want from AI founders: Inside the investor lens with Jon McNeill, Aileen Lee, and Steve Jang at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 Jon McNeill (DVx Ventures), Aileen Lee (Cowboy…
Meta rolls out Teen Accounts on Facebook and Messenger globally Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram a year ago after Meta and other popular social networks were grilled by…