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TechCrunch India’s Ringg gets backing from Peak XV as it pushes voice AI past the phone call

Ringg has raised $10 million from Peak XV as a part of its Series A extension.

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – MonieWorld, MonieExit

In today's edition: Moniepoint is phasing out remittance product || Courier platforms must submit data in Kenya || MTN targets 30...

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TechCrunch Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say

The $200 million extension comes just months after the physical AI startup reached a $2 billion valuation.

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TechCrunch OpenAI loses a top data center exec as stream of high-profile departures continues

In a statement to TechCrunch about Malone's departure, OpenAI said it had "recently reorganized" its "infrastructure organization...

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TechCrunch Your vote matters! Decide which Audience Choice sessions will make it to TechCrunch Founder Summit

Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder Summit in Boston on Novembe...

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TechCrunch Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding

The company's new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.

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TechCrunch SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana

The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.

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TechCabal Lisk shuts down blockchain, cutting off a backer of African startups

The blockchain shutdown could end an important funding pipeline for African early-stage Web3 startups at a time when venture capit...

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TechCrunch X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping

X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instanc...

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TechCrunch Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ feature aims to make editing Reels less tedious

Instagram says the process can produce a first pass in under 10 seconds, potentially saving creators significant editing time whil...

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TechCrunch Pacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power

Fusion startup Pacific Fusion broke ground on a demonstration facility in New Mexico that it says will generate enough energy to p...

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TechCrunch Life360 expands pet tracking with new $8 scannable tags and zoomie alerts

Life360’s new $7.99 scannable pet tags alert families when a lost pet is found and share its last known location, while new care-t...

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TechCrunch Waymo robotaxis are headed to Munich

Germany's autonomous vehicle regulations have made it a hotspot for autonomous vehicle testing and eventual commercial robotaxi de...

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TechCrunch Tonight marks your last chance to save up to $300 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass

If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of...

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TechCrunch Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat

Anthropic is giving Claude a shared memory across chat and Cowork, so users no longer have to repeatedly brief the AI on projects,...

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TechCrunch That fake Grand Theft Auto VI demo is actually just malware

Grand Theft Auto fans, eager for news about one of the most anticipated video games of all time, appear especially vulnerable to t...

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TechCabal MTN has 5 million fintech users in Nigeria. It wants 30 million.

That opportunity is most pronounced in Nigeria, where the telecom giant has five million fintech customers but sees a path to as m...

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TechCabal YC-backed startup ThriveAgric raises $3.93 million in commercial paper sale

The move marks ThriveAgric's first foray into Nigeria’s debt capital markets and opens another channel beyond bank lending for a c...

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TechCrunch Apple debuts its ‘most powerful chip ever’ in M5 Ultra and M6

Apple unveils these new processors alongside an updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio.

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TechCrunch Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal

The funding, Gatik's largest so far, was led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies.

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TechCrunch Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup Lica

Lica co-founders are going to work on Gamma's new research team.

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TechCrunch Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap

Apple says it will no longer ditch using its icloud.com domain for hiding people's email addresses.

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TechCabal Fibre is changing Nigeria’s Internet. The hard part is getting everyone connected

Nigeria’s fibre boom is reshaping the country’s broadband market, lifting speeds and bringing more users onto faster networks. But...

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TechCrunch Apple’s latest Mac Mini runs on a new M6 chip, and starts at $899

The base model of the Mac Mini comes with 256GB of storage, 16GB of RAM, and costs $899.

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