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Jack Altman raised a new $275M early-stage fund in a mere week Altman's first fund, raised in early 2024, was $150 million. So this is a big step up, too.…

Tesla is recalling Powerwall 2 batteries over fire risk Tesla is recalling an unspecified number of Powerwall 2 home batteries in Australia after receiving reports of fires. Tesla is recalling…

Silicon Valley bets big on ‘environments’ to train AI agents A wave of startups are creating RL environments to help AI labs train agents. It might be Silicon Valley’s next…

CodeRabbit raises $60M, valuing the 2-year-old AI code review startup at $550M The round, which brought the two-year-old startup’s total funding to $88 million, was led by Scale Venture Partners.…

Google rolls out new Windows desktop app with Spotlight-like search tool The app will allow people to use an Alt + Space shortcut to instantly search for information from their…

Gemini overtakes ChatGPT on App Store, as its Nano Banana AI model drives downloads up 45% Though the month is only half over, Gemini's app has already gained 12.6 million…

Rivian breaks ground on $5B Georgia factory ahead of construction in 2026 While largely ceremonial, it's an important step for a project that has dealt with a lot of uncertainty…

Andrew Yang took inspiration from Mark Cuban for his budget cell carrier Noble Mobile “I’m as guilty of doomscrolling as the next person, but knowing that doomscrolling is actually costing…

Waymo’s Tekedra Mawakana on Scaling Self-Driving Beyond the Hype Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana takes the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 (Oct 27–29, SF) to share the realities of scaling…

Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round Figure raised more than $1 billion in a Series C round led by Parkway Venture Capital in addition to numerous other investors.…