Hermeus raises $350M to build autonomous hypersonic fighters: The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go supersonic. Read More
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Spotify's prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too: Spotify will now allow users to input natural language prompts to create podcast playlist. Read More
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Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline: Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow. Read More
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Disrupt 2026: Where deals and ideas ignite |
Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.
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Framer helps teams design, build, and launch their marketing sites lightning fast. With the ability to publish hundreds of CMS pages in a single click, operate at a global scale with seamless localization, and even host unified content across multiple domains, teams have never been able to ship faster. Trusted by companies like Miro, Bilt, and Zapier.
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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost: Rocket's new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation. Read More
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A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.: Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke. Read More
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund : Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks. Read More
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Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency's budget by $700 million: The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the President." Read More
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Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps: Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install. Read More
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4 days left to save close to $500 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 passes: 4 days left to save up to $482 on your TechCrunch disrupt 2026 ticket. These low rates will disappear on April 10 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here. Read More
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