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• Nvidia just became the world's largest company amid AI boom (Techcrunch)
  Nvidia on Tuesday exceeded Apple’s market capitalization to become the world’s largest company, on the strength of a global AI push.
• After pivoting from crypto to payroll, Rollfi gets acquired | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Kirubha Perumalsamy co-founded Rollfi during crypto’s heyday in 2021 to help companies process crypto payroll.
• Gemini on Android becomes more capable and works with Gmail, Messages, YouTube and more (Techcrunch)
  Soon, Android users will be able to drag and drop AI-generated images directly into their Gmail, Google Messages and other apps.
• Researchers develop a way to power wearables through human skin (Techcrunch)
  The dream of battery-free devices has taken an unlikely turn, as Carnegie Mellon researchers debuted Power-Over-Skin.
• Why former Alibaba scientist wants to back founders outside the Ivory Tower (Techcrunch)
  Min Wanli had a career path much coveted by those pursuing a career in computer science.
• Angel investor Hannah Bronfman is ready to launch her own fund (Techcrunch)
  Early Thursday morning, excited Afro Tech attendees shuffled into a conference room to see one thing: Hannah Bronfman, a noted angel invest…
• Elon Musk’s false and misleading election claims have been viewed 2 billion times on X (Techcrunch)
  The world’s richest man buys out one of the most popular social media platforms and uses it as a propaganda and disinformation machine in s…
• TechCrunch Space: Everything is bigger in Texas! (Techcrunch)
  Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space!
• Samsung Unpacked 2025: Samsung’s AI-focused Galaxy S25 Ultra ships February 7 for $1,300 (Techcrunch)
  Samsung on Wednesday announced the latest additions to its Galaxy S flagship smartphone line at the company's annual Samsung Unpacked 2025.
• US laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope (Techcrunch)
  Policymakers have struggled to pass comprehensive AI regulation in the U.S.
• Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025 | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Google has confirmed plans to strongarm all Cloud customers to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) starting in 2025.
• Alloy Automation, Fiveable and Parthean founders discuss raising first dollars at TC Disrupt (Techcrunch)
  When you’re building a startup and thinking about what it’s going to take to raise your first dollars in a slowing capital market, perspect…
• Gravity Sketch raises $33M in round led by Accel (Techcrunch)
  Gravity Sketch leverages tools like virtual reality headsets to let designers and others dive into and better visualize a product's design…
• China's Zhiyi Tech raises $100M to help fashion brands predict bestsellers | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  In China, livestreaming promotion is emerging as a popular way for brands and influencers to reach consumers, challenging the traditional e…
• Affirm spinout Resolve raises $25M in Insight Partners-led round to grow B2B buy now, pay later (Techcrunch)
  Resolve, which specializes in “buy now, pay later” capabilities for B2B transactions, announced today that it has raised $25 million in equ…
• Japan's Geniee acquires AdPushup-operator Zelto for $70 million | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Japanese marketing tech firm Geniee, part of the SoftBank Group, paid about $70 million in cash to acquire Zelto (formerly known as AdPushu…
• Mantel’s app lets collectors show off their sports cards and other treasures (Techcrunch)
  Back in February, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian teamed up with Brent Montgomery (“Pawn Stars” producer) and Evan Parker (former general…
• Jack Ma’s fintech giant tops 1.3 billion users globally (Techcrunch)
  The speculation that Alibaba's fintech affiliate Ant Group will go public has been swirling around for years.
• ‘If you actually are solving a problem, you don’t talk about any of the hype,’ investor says (Techcrunch)
  The hype is palpable: As tech folks from near and far converge for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2024 in San Fransisco — one of the only places where…
• Y Combinator grad Spaceium raises oversubscribed $6.3M for space re-fueling | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Back in 2023, Ashi Dissanayake, co-founder of in-space fueling startup Spaceium, was so bootstrapped she used the surface of her clothes dr…
• Adobe and Figma end $20B acquisition plans after regulatory headwinds in Europe | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Adobe's $20B bid to buy rival Figma is now officially dead, with the companies blaming regulatory pushback in Europe for nixing the deal.
• Farfetch files for IPO to trade on NYSE as FTCH; has nearly 1M active users of its luxury goods (Techcrunch)
  Farfetch, the UK-based marketplace for high-end fashion and other luxury goods, has confirmed its plans to go public.
• Cash-and-send fintech startup Diem raises $5.5M seed led by Fasanara Capital | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Diem, a London, U.K.-based fintech startup, has raised a seed round of $5.5 million led by Fasanara Capital, and angel investor Chris Adels…
• HongShan, Peak XV back stablecoin-powered neobank KAST (Techcrunch)
  Peak XV and HongShan, the Indian and Chinese investment firms that split from powerhouse Sequoia last year, have co-led a $10 million seed…
• Authorities catch ‘SMS blaster’ gang that drove around Bangkok sending thousands of phishing (Techcrunch)
  Thai authorities said the crime gang sent around a million malicious SMS text messages to nearby residents over a three-day period in Novem…
• OpenAI may preview its agent tool for users on the $200-per-month Pro plan | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  We may see OpenAI’s agent tool, Operator, released sooner rather than later.
• CISA, FBI urge Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to combat Chinese telco hackers (Techcrunch)
  government officials urged Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to avoid having their communications tapped by Chinese spies.
• EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Global partner Alex Cook to leave firm, sources say (Techcrunch)
  Alex Cook, a partner at Tiger Global who oversaw some of its largest fintech investments and India deals, is departing the firm after a ten…
• Amazon is officially in the online car sales business (Techcrunch)
  Amazon expanded Tuesday into online car sales with the launch of Amazon Autos, an e-commerce business that lets customers find, order, and…
• Govtech giant Conduent won't rule out cyberattack as outage drags on (Techcrunch)
  At least four states reported being affected by the outage, which Conduent says is ongoing.
• Cabify returns to Barcelona with a workaround for ride-hailing wait limits (Techcrunch)
  Despite warning loudly and publicly that incoming changes to private-hire vehicle (VTC) rules in Catalonia would drive it out of Barcelona…
• Ben Affleck tells actors and writers not to worry about AI (Techcrunch)
  Unions representing Hollywood actors and writers went on strike last year to secure protections against AI systems taking their jobs.
• Anyscale, from the creators of the Ray-distributed computing project, launches with $20.6M led (Techcrunch)
  Open source has become a critical building block of modern software, and today a new startup is coming out of stealth to capitalise on one…
• Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google's NotebookLM (Techcrunch)
  Spotify Wrapped, the streamer's highly anticipated annual listening recap, has arrived.
• A billionaire private astronaut and SpaceX supporter may be the next NASA head (Techcrunch)
  Incoming president Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, to lead NASA through what c…
• How Uber is growth hacking in Spain despite regulatory roadblocks (Techcrunch)
  Taxi drivers in Spain are protesting against ride-hailing apps Uber and Cabify today, holding strikes in multiple cities and a protest marc…
• Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly shortsighted' decision (Techcrunch)
  The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
• A new disclosure shows, again, how badly Tiger’s ‘spray and pray’ fund performed (Techcrunch)
  Tiger Global famously fueled the pandemic-era venture capital boom, investing heavily in a wide range of startups, setting up bidding wars…
• The current legal cases against generative AI are just the beginning (Techcrunch)
  Generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 have entered the mainstream -- and attracted investors' attention.
• Waymo unleashes laser bear, Bird spreads its wings, Lyft tightens its belt (Techcrunch)
  Welcome back to the TechCrunch transportation newsletter; I'm your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch.
• Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute (Techcrunch)
  The prolific Clop ransomware gang has named dozens of corporate victims it claims to have hacked in recent weeks after exploiting a vulnera…
• As Instacart looks to cut its valuation, will it kick off a trend? (Techcrunch)
  The change in price won’t enthuse Instacart’s most recent investors – no one likes losses, paper or otherwise.
• Instabase raises $100M to help companies process unstructured document data | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Instabase, a company that creates software for extracting processing unstructured data from myriad document types, has raised $100m.
• Trouva, an online marketplace for independent boutiques, raises $22M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Amazon helped pioneer and now dominates the online marketplace business model, where a variety of merchants post items for sale on its plat…
• New bank, who dis? Lifestyle-focused neobank Cogni pivots to web3 (Techcrunch)
  Digital banking startup Cogni is joining the ranks of companies hopping on the crypto bandwagon.
• This Week in AI: It's shockingly easy to make a Kamala Harris deepfake (Techcrunch)
  In this edition of This Week in AI, TechCrunch's AI newsletter, we look at how easy it is to create a political deepfake.
• Datadog challenger Dash0 aims to dash observability bill shock (Techcrunch)
  The end of zero-interest rates has driven companies to look for savings wherever they can, but one area continues to be a major budget drai…
• Sample Angel pitch deck: Card Blanch's $460K deck | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  We've seen attempts at gathering all cards (credit, debit, loyalty, etc.) in one before, but Card Blanch claims to have a fresh take on the…
• Latin America fintech will be a market to watch in 2025 (Techcrunch)
  Funding volume in 2024 is up compared to 2023 and investors are excited about the quality of companies looking to raise in LatAm.
• Women in AI: Sophia Velastegui believes AI is moving too fast | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  As a part of Tech Crunch’s ongoing Women in AI series, which seeks to give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved (and o…