I’m thrilled to share that the TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is just around the corner, and tickets are now live at an unbeatable price! As a founder myself, I know how daunting scaling a startup can be – but I also know that it doesn’t have to be a lonely journey. That’s why I’m stoked to be a part of this event, where 1,100 fellow founders and investors will gather in Boston for a day of sharing knowledge, connections, and growth strategies. We’ve designed this event by founders, for founders, so you can expect a unique opportunity to connect with…
Author: Naveed Ahmad
**The Future of Data Centers: Redwood Supplies Scores a Whopping $425 Million to Fuel AI-Powered Knowledge Facilities** I’m not going to sugarcoat it – the future is all about data centers. And, as we all know, the key to making that a reality lies in energy storage. So, when I heard that Google and other deep-pocketed investors recently dropped a staggering $425 million into Redwood Supplies, a battery recycling and cathode manufacturing startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, I knew this was big. To put it into perspective, this latest investment brings their total capital raised to a…
The drama unfolds! So, you’re probably already aware that TikTok and Snap just settled a major lawsuit that’s got everyone talking – and rightfully so. The lawsuit claims that social media platforms, including TikTok and Snap, are intentionally designed to be super addictive, and I’m willing to bet I’m not the only one who’s guilty of mindless scrolling from time to time. As we await the trial, it’s hard not to wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes. Are social media companies creating products that are, indeed, addictive and bad for our mental and physical well-being? It’s a question…
**Waabi Revolutionizes Robotaxi Industry with $1 Billion Funding and Uber Partnership** I just heard the most epic news in the autonomous vehicle space – Waabi, a self-driving tech startup, just scored a whopping $1 billion in funding and partnered with Uber to bring its self-driving vehicles to the ride-hailing giant’s platform. This is a major milestone for Waabi, which has been making waves in the industry with its innovative approach to autonomous trucking. I got to chat with Waabi’s founder and CEO, Raquel Urtasun, and she’s convinced that their AI technology is uniquely positioned to succeed where others have struggled.…
**Google Gives JEE Aspirants a Major Boost with Full-Length AI-Powered Practice Tests** Okay, so I just heard some awesome news that’s going to make JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) aspirants extra stoked! Google has just leveled up its AI-powered learning platform, Gemini, by introducing full-length practice tests for the JEE. This is huge, guys! No more endless hours spent sifting through incomplete practice tests or subpar online resources. With Gemini, you can get a genuine taste of the real thing and fine-tune your skills in a structured way. So, what’s the deal with the JEE? It’s one of India’s most prestigious…
Hey there, fellow Amazon shoppers! You know that feeling when you think you’ve finally escaped the clutches of a pesky return only to find out you’re still on the hook for it? Yeah, I’ve been there too. But, thanks to a class-action lawsuit, Amazon is coughing up a whopping $309.5 million to make things right. Now, let me break it down for you. So, apparently, a group of customers got together and sued Amazon in 2023, claiming that the company wasn’t properly refunding folks for their returns. Like, allegedly, this wasn’t just a one-off thing. No, it was a regular…
Anthropic has doubled the quantity of VC funding it goals to lift, the FT reports, rising the goal from $10 billion to $20 billion. The spherical, anticipated to shut quickly, will give the corporate a valuation of $350 billion, sources instructed the FT. Anthropic, which makes the favored AI Claude and the equally fashionable Claude Code, determined to double its funding goal as a consequence of booming investor curiosity. Backers on this spherical are anticipated to incorporate Sequoia Capital (which additionally invests in its rival OpenAI), Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and funding administration agency Coatue, per the FT. Late final…
Google is bringing AI-powered photograph modifying to extra customers around the globe, making it simpler to repair your images with easy textual content instructions as an alternative of sophisticated modifying instruments. The corporate introduced Tuesday that it’s increasing pure language-based modifying in Google Pictures to extra international locations, together with Australia, India, and Japan. The function, which Google first launched for Pixel 10 customers within the U.S. final August, lets folks describe the modifications they need to make to their images relatively than manually adjusting sliders or studying advanced modifying software program. Customers in these newly supported international locations will…
Tencent Hunyuan has open sourced HPC-Ops, a manufacturing grade operator library for giant language mannequin inference structure units. HPC-Ops focuses on low degree CUDA kernels for core operators reminiscent of Consideration, Grouped GEMM, and Fused MoE, and exposes them via a compact-C and Python API for integration into present inference stacks. HPC-Ops runs in giant scale inside companies. In these deployments it delivers about 30 p.c queries per minute enchancment for Tencent-HY fashions and about 17 p.c enchancment for DeepSeek fashions on mainstream inference playing cards. These beneficial properties are reported on the service degree, so that they mirror the…
Shadowfax stumbled in its market debut, with shares falling as traders weighed issues concerning the logistics agency’s heavy reliance on a handful of huge e-commerce purchasers. The corporate raised about ₹19.07 billion (about $208.24 million) in its preliminary public providing. The shares fell about 9% from the supply value of ₹124 to ₹112.60 on Wednesday, valuing the Bengaluru-based logistics agency at roughly ₹64.7 billion (about $706.58 million) on debut, roughly matching its final personal valuation of near ₹60 billion (roughly $655.01 million) in early 2025. The providing, priced in a band of ₹118–124 per share, mixed a contemporary problem with…