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TechCabal Kenya’s High Court voids Vodacom’s $1.5 billion Safaricom takeover

The ruling could unwind one of Kenya’s biggest corporate transactions and force the government to return a stake it had already so...

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TechCrunch Nitter and XCancel are dead (again) after X’s latest legal actions

The privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts without an account have gone dark again after X's escalated legal action.

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TechCrunch OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks

OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes...

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TechCrunch AEO startup Profound hits unicorn valuation, raises $180M Series D 7 months after last round

Profound has raised a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after it raised a $96 million Seri...

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TechCrunch US military says it has launched weapons into space

This is the first public acknowledgment that the U.S. military put a space weapon in Earth's orbit.

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TechCrunch Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far

From the massive DOGE data breach and the compromise of critical infrastructure to the hack of federal surveillance systems, here...

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TechCrunch Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge

Thatch helps employers keep healthcare costs manageable by offering an individual plan marketplace through an Individual Coverage...

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TechCrunch Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

Meta One bundles expanded access to the company’s AI tools with premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

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TechCrunch Wonder scores a $425 million partnership with DoorDash as it builds its food empire

Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery co...

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TechCrunch Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo

Essentially a camera app, Superpose analyzes selfies or photos and generates four potential poses using AI.

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TechCrunch Discover how to take your startup from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Learn how to scale your startup breakthrough from prototype to production at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 with scaling leaders, Adrian...

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TechCrunch Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women’s health research with vaginal microbiome data

Women’s health company Evvy announced Tuesday a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.

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TechCrunch India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network

India will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments made through UPI starting October 15.

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TechCabal Terrahex wants to build Bitcoin mines around Nigeria’s stranded power

It's a bet already being tested elsewhere on the continent, from flare-gas mining in Bayelsa, southern Nigeria, to Ethiopia's hydr...

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TechCabal Kenyan travel-booking startup BuuPass taps SafariBucks for cross-border travel payments

BuuPass has partnered with SafariBucks to let travellers pay for transport across African markets without switching between curren...

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TechCrunch 4 days left to exhibit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to exhibit at Disrupt is Sept 18. 4 days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators and te...

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TechCrunch Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear

Salesforce Koa is built on Nvidia's open-weight Nemotron model and is trained to do sales, marketing, and customer-support tasks.

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TechCabal Francophone Africa’s fintech boom solved access, not financial inclusion

Fintechs reached the customers banks struggled to serve. Now, the battle is moving to who controls the rails, deposits, credit, an...

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TechCrunch Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents

Their startup, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Ribbit Capita...

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TechCrunch Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids’ music from Wrapped and recommendations

Parents can finally get the kids' music out of Spotify Wrapped and other personalized playlists.

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TechCabal The picture in her head: How this blind creator teaches AI to be her eyes

A visually impaired entrepreneur uses AI to create logos, flyers and videos for her business, adapting different tools to work mor...

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TechCrunch New Italian unicorn Exein rides the physical AI wave

Italian startup Exein has raised a $270 million round of funding led by Headline at a $1.7 billion valuation.

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TechCabal Madica invests $200,000 in five African startups, enters Algeria and Cameroon

Madica has invested $200,000 each in five new African startups, including its first bets in Algeria and Cameroon, bringing this ye...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – IPO gold rush, fintech gridlock

In today's edition: Dangote Refinery’s IPO proves too hot to handle || Twiga Foods enters administration || Egypt's Beltone VC eye...

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