Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but your conversations can't be used for training or advertising.

Now, the startup is turning its attention to building the business, fundraising, and striking commercial deals.

Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools, and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies

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Venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. Yet here's Sequoia, already invested in both OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI, now throwing its weight behind Anthropic…

TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner BioticsAI announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images. 

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U.S.-based AI startups continue to rake in venture funding with multiple companies already raising impressive rounds in 2025.

The combined business will serve more than 4,000 customers globally and surpass $100 million in annual revenue.

For the first time, Meta's Oversight Board is looking for specific policy recommendations around disabled accounts.

However, the streaming giant is still offering the same $27.75 the companies had agreed on for WBD's movie studio and streaming assets, and the deal continues to value the company at $82.7 billion.

The funding comes as the startup claims it has scaled ARR to $50 million and is targeting $100 million by April 2026.

Netflix said it the feature will be available globally and it will tally votes in real-time

The federal safety agency has hit SpaceX with a $115,850 fine after finding seven "serious" violations during its investigation.

The acquisition will give restaurants on Grubhub access to Claim’s customer acquisition and retention tools, while Grubhub diners can receive rewards.

Setapp Mobile, one of the first alternative app stores in the EU, is shutting down next month, citing Apple's ever-changing terms.

Another hopes to help companies address excess inventory before brands opt to sell items to bulk resellers. Corina Marshall, Another's founder, says items sold through such resellers may be deeply discounted, an outcome brands might not want.

ICE has been verified on Bluesky, and quickly becomes one of the top most-blocked accounts.

Jassy said on Tuesday that while Amazon is trying to keep prices low, price hikes may be unavoidable in some cases.

The automotive-focused company is looking to expand its Ethernet-based processors to fields like robotics.

The online mentoring site UStrive exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other non-public information to other logged-in users. The nonprofit told TechCrunch that the issue is now fixed, but wouldn't commit to alerting affected individuals.