Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karat’s banking product is a natural extension of its credit card offering with Visa. “Six years in, the problem we’re solving is still the same,” co-founder and co-CEO Eric Wei told TechCrunch. […]

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Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators | TechCrunch

Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product.

Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the company’s website. At least […]

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Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude | TechCrunch

Anthropic has begun to roll out a "voice mode" for its Claude chatbot apps.

Report: TuSimple sent sensitive self-driving data to China after US national security agreement Self-driving truck startup TuSimple sent a trove of sensitive data to a Beijing-owned firm after committing to the U.S. government that it would cease such transfers under a national security agreement

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Report: TuSimple sent sensitive self-driving data to China after US national security agreement | TechCrunch

Self-driving truck startup TuSimple sent a trove of sensitive data to a Beijing-owned firm after committing to the U.S. government that it would ce...

Week in Review: Notorious hacking group tied to the Spanish government Welcome back to Week in Review! Tons of news from this week for you, including a hacking group that’s linked to the Spanish government; CEOs using AI avatars to deliver company earnings; Pocket shutting down — or is it?; and much more. Let’s get to it!  More than 10 years in the making: Kaspersky first […]

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Welcome back to Week in Review! Tons of news from this week for you, including a hacking group that's linked to the Spanish government; CEOs u...

Startups Weekly: Cutting through Google I/O noise Google I/O didn't stop startups from taking their chances and announcing some big deals this week.

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Startups Weekly: Cutting through Google I/O noise | TechCrunch

Google I/O didn't stop startups from taking their chances and announcing some big deals this week.

Microsoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more One of Microsoft’s latest AI models can accurately predict air quality, hurricanes, typhoons, and other weather-related phenomena, the company claims. In a paper published in the journal Nature and an accompanying blog post this week, Microsoft detailed Aurora, which the tech giant says can forecast atmospheric events with greater precision and speed than traditional meteorological […]

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Microsoft says its Aurora AI can accurately predict air quality, typhoons, and more | TechCrunch

One of Microsoft's latest AI models can accurately predict air quality, hurricanes, typhoons, and other weather-related phenomena, the company...

California prepares to sue feds after Senate revokes the state’s EV rule The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.

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California prepares to sue feds after Senate revokes the state's EV rule | TechCrunch

The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.

RevenueCat raises $50M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization Key to the company's growth are the next products RevenueCat has on its roadmap, the company's founder says.

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RevenueCat raises $50M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization | TechCrunch

Key to the company's growth are the next products RevenueCat has on its roadmap, the company's founder says.

Field raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Field, hopes to automate the grunt work. “The tax industry is facing a genuine crisis,” Leroy Kerry, Field’s co-founder CEO, told TechCrunch. Many CPAs are approaching retirement while a dwindling […]

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Filed raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep | TechCrunch

There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Filed, hopes t...

Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models Meta is launching a new program to incentivize startups to adopt its Llama AI models. The program, Llama for Startups, provides companies “direct support” from Meta’s Llama team, as well as funding in certain cases. Any U.S.-based firm that is incorporated, has raised less than $10 million in funding, has at least one developer on […]

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Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models | TechCrunch

Meta is launching a new program, Llama for Startups, to incentivize startups to adopt its Llama AI models.

Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.

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Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging | TechCrunch

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.

US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students Prosecutors say the hacker stole information on 60 million students, an incident that matches the data breach at PowerSchool.

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US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students | TechCrunch

Prosecutors say the hacker stole information on 60 million students, an incident that matches the data breach at PowerSchool.

Uber Freight bets big on AI tools to grow its business Three years ago, as the pandemic caused chaos for companies big and small, Colgate-Palmolive’s chief supply chain officer Luciano Sieber orchestrated a “logistics blitz.”  The result gave Sieber a better understanding of how Colgate-Palmolive moves its products around the world. But it stuck Sieber with another problem: too much data.  About a year ago, Sieber […]

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Three years ago, as the pandemic caused chaos for companies big and small, Colgate-Palmolive’s chief supply chain officer Luciano Sieber orchestr...

Twelve Labs CEO Jae Lee is coming to TechCrunch Sessions: AI When you claim to have the world’s most powerful video intelligence platform, you probably know a thing or two about foundational models. We’re pleased to announce that Twelve Labs’ CEO, Jae Lee, will be joining us on the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, happening June 5th at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. One of the […]

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Jae Lee of Twelve Labs will join the main stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Save up to $300 on your...

Amazon’s Zoox to start testing AVs in Atlanta, following Waymo Amazon’s autonomous vehicle unit Zoox is about to start mapping and gathering data in Atlanta, Georgia, a precursor to testing its self-driving vehicles and eventually offering public rides in the city. Atlanta will become the seventh city in the U.S. where Zoox is testing its vehicles. The company announced its testing plans just one day […]

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Amazon's Zoox to start testing AVs in Atlanta, following Waymo | TechCrunch

Amazon's autonomous vehicle unit Zoox is about to start testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta, Georgia, a precursor to eventually offer...

SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.

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Exclusive: SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments | TechCrunch

SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.

Affiniti’s 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed Affiniti founders Aaron Bai and Sahil Phadnis are building the kind of expense management software for main street small businesses that tech startups have enjoyed for years.

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Affiniti's 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed | TechCrunch

Affiniti founders Aaron Bai and Sahil Phadnis are building the kind of expense management software for main street small businesses that tech start...

AMD strikes a deal to sell ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business for $3B Semiconductor giant AMD followed through with its plan to spin out ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business. AMD announced on Monday that it was selling ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business to electronic manufacturing services company Sanmina. The $3 billion deal is a mix of cash and stock: $2.25 billion in cash, a $300 million premium including 50% cash […]

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AMD strikes a deal to sell ZT Systems' server-manufacturing business for $3B | TechCrunch

AMD announced plans to divest ZT Systems' server-manufacturing business when it acquired the company in 2024.

AI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paint Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered apps on Windows devices. On Monday during its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced Windows AI Foundry, a rebranding and expansion of the Windows Copilot Runtime service the company launched last May. Microsoft describes Windows AI Foundry as a “unified platform for local AI development” — […]

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AI dev tools for Windows get a fresh coat of paint | TechCrunch

Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered apps on Windows devices, so it's introducing a new suite of dev tools.

TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded […]

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Welcome back to Week in Review! We've got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’...