Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.

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Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.

Source: (Tech Crunch Startup ) 10 months ago 39

Dribbble is enforcing its terms of service that lets it take a cut of designers' work, and kicking out those who don't comply. One top designer has had enough, and is building his own startup instead.

Source: (Tech Crunch Startup ) 10 months ago 32

OpenMind is building humanoid robot operating software designed for robots that interact with people and other robots.

Source: (Tech Crunch Startup ) 10 months ago 36

A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of "letting startups grow into independently successful businesses."

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Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models.

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Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming mobile platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.

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Meta is still going all-in on the AI talent war, with Mark Zuckerberg reportedly reaching out to top recruits himself, throwing around jaw-dropping compensation packages that top $1 billion over multiple years. And Meta’s latest target? Mira Murati’s new...

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At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we’re getting real about what it takes to land a Series A in today’s market — no smoke, no mirrors, just the unfiltered perspective from...

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Autonomous weapons, decentralized strategy, and startup speed — this isn’t the future of defense, it’s the now. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Ethan Thornton, CEO and founder of Mach Industries, steps onto the AI Stage to talk about how next-gen...

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