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TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s R2 gambit

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transpor...

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Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in...

AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularize...

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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?

Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startup...

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the cont...

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Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation

Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedl...

The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called ...

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Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy f...

The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled.

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PayPal might not be looking to sell itself: Report

PayPal might not be looking to sell itself: Report

PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a pr...

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Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he "cannot in good conscience acce...

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Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee ba...

Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may ha...

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Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, gi...

In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bro...

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Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale

Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.

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Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s VP explains what to do

Is your startup’s check engine light on? Google Cloud’s...

Startup founders are being pushed to move faster than ever, using AI while facin...

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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to ...

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, ...

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Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBay for $1.2B

Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBa...

The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy purchased Depop for $1.62 billion, a...

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OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partnership

OpenAI deepens India push with Pine Labs fintech partne...

OpenAI moves beyond ChatGPT in India with a Pine Labs deal targeting enterprise ...

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OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in India, eyes 1GW

OpenAI taps Tata for 100MW AI data center capacity in I...

OpenAI also plans to expand its presence in India with new offices in Mumbai and...

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Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies

Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can s...

A new report claims the e-commerce giant is looking to create a pipeline of lice...