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• Bitski raises $19 million from a16z to become the 'Shopify for NFTs' | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  For every crypto-skeptic that see NFTs as yet another hype bubble, there’s an acolyte who sees NFTs as the key to unlocking the future of t…
• AWS makes its SageMaker HyperPod AI platform more efficient for training LLMs (Techcrunch)
  At last year's AWS re:Invent conference, Amazon's cloud computing unit launched SageMaker HyperPod, a platform for building foundation mode…
• Samsung Unpacked: Samsung’s Galaxy S25 will support Content Credentials to identify AI-generated (Techcrunch)
  Another tidbit just dropped following Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event.
• OpenAI is funding research into 'AI morality' (Techcrunch)
  OpenAI is funding academic research at Duke into algorithms that can predict humans' moral judgements.
• Zomato raises $1B in first major fundraise since 2021 listing | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Indian food delivery app Zomato has raised $1 billion from institutional investors, completing its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO.
• Nigerian financial management app for merchants Kippa bags $8.4M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Kippa said the investment will allow it to develop financial products that help SMEs grow their businesses and grow its team in Nigeria.
• LinkedIn adds free AI tools for job hunters and recruiters (Techcrunch)
  If you’ve ever applied or thought of applying for a job via Linked In, you’ll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening: Op…
• Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app (Techcrunch)
  It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber’s string of autonomous vehicle partnerships.
• Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry's best (Techcrunch)
  Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies.
• The emergence of super apps in Latin America (Techcrunch)
  Because of its vast population distributed in more or less similar countries regarding language, culture and religion, Latin America is an…
• Affirm’s CTO talks transparency and the tech that makes BNPL possible (Techcrunch)
  TechCrunch sat down with Libor Michalek, president of technology at Affirm, to understand just how the company differentiates itself from i…
• Snap emphasizes commerce in updates to its camera and AR platforms (Techcrunch)
  At Snap’s Partner Summit, the company announced a number of updates to the company’s developer tools and AR-focused Lens Studio, including…
• Movo grabs $22.5M to get more cities in LatAm scooting | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Madrid-based micromobility startup Movo has closed a €20 million (~$22.5M) Series A funding round to accelerate international expansion.
• Apple lists all apps it removed alongside TikTok in the US (Techcrunch)
  In a rare move amid the Tik Tok shutdown, Apple has published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inacces…
• Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner are raising money for a new consumer startup | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner are looking to raise $10 million for a new business called Khloud, according to an SEC filing.
• BNPL vendor Splitit moves to go private in exchange for fresh funds (Techcrunch)
  Splitit, a buy now, pay later vendor that last year pivoted to the merchant sector, is moving to go private in exchange for tens of million…
• Our Next Energy closes $25M Series A for battery tech with backing from Bill Gates, BMW | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy (ONE) has closed a $25 million Series A for tech that it says can double the range of EVs, as more a…
• Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI (Techcrunch)
  OpenAI confirmed to Tech Crunch that Caitlin Kalinowski will be joining the startup. Kalinowski is a hardware executive who began leading M…
• Alibaba undergoes major management reshuffle (Techcrunch)
  Alibaba is reassigning roles to four of its executives in one of the biggest reshuffles in its recent history, the company announced on Mon…
• Some frank advice for open source startups seeking product-market fit (Techcrunch)
  It is crazy how giving away your code for free has become a competitive business advantage.
• How a viral AI image catapulted a Mexican startup to a major Adidas contract (Techcrunch)
  Antonio Nuño, Fatima Alvarez, and Enrique Rodriguez have been friends since they were five years old.
• As the year draws to a close, startups don't pause (Techcrunch)
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• Motorway's auction platform for second-hand cars raises $67.7M Series B led by Index Ventures (Techcrunch)
  startup that allows professional car dealers to bid in an auction for privately owned cars for sale.
• Are debt financings the new venture round for fintechs? (Techcrunch)
  The drop in equity valuations is driving fintech startup founders to find less dilutive ways -- such as debt financings -- to extend runway.
• Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban (Techcrunch)
  The Supreme Court has upheld the law that will effectively ban TikTok on Sunday, January 19.
• Vanguard cuts Indian rideshare startup Ola's valuation to $2B | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Vanguard has revised its valuation of Indian ride-hailing startup Ola to about $2 billion as of the end of August.
• Lucid Motors' Gravity SUV nabs 450-mile EPA range estimate (Techcrunch)
  The Lucid Gravity SUV has an EPA estimated range of 450 miles, a skosh higher than expected.
• TechCrunch podcasts this week (Techcrunch)
  Tech Crunch is more than just a site with words. We’re also building a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relat…
• SpaceX and Blue Origin must investigate this week's big rocket tests, FAA says (Techcrunch)
  The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on their res…
• Corning, maker of toughened Gorilla Glass for phones, faces EU antitrust probe (Techcrunch)
  On Wednesday, the European Union opened an investigation of U.S. manufacturer Corning over possible anti-competitive practices.
• Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valuation to bring back woolly mammoths | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth and has raised $200 million at a $10.2 billion valuation to do it.
• OpenAI at one point considered acquiring AI chip startup Cerebras (Techcrunch)
  OpenAI was at one point considering acquiring Cerabras, an AI chipmaking company that's in the process of going public.
• Fintech startup Power flexes its credit card muscle following $316M equity, debt injection (Techcrunch)
  Power’s infrastructure is designed for brands and banks to embed fintech products into existing mobile and web applications.
• Akhetonics gets fresh funding for a contrarian bet on all-optical chips (Techcrunch)
  Photonics — a field that underpins light-based systems for manipulating data — has a bright future, as the rise of AI demands better comput…
• Ian Small, former head of TokBox, takes over as Evernote CEO from Chris O'Neill (Techcrunch)
  Former TokBox head Ian Small is replacing Chris O’Neill as CEO of Evernote, the note-taking and productivity app company said this morning.
• Union Square Ventures backs Indian EV infra startup Bolt.Earth in $20M funding | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Bolt.Earth, an Indian startup that offers charging infrastructure and software solutions for electric vehicles, has raised $20 million in a…
• Symbiotic Security helps developers find bugs as they code | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Symbiotic Security, which is announcing a $3 million seed round today, watches over developers as they code and points out potential securi…
• SpaceX mulls tender offer at $350B valuation | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  SpaceX’s valuation continues to rise at an eye-popping pace, with the company reportedly in talks to sell insider shares at a price that wo…
• Amazon to buy Indian BNPL startup Axio for over $150M | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian buy-now, pay-later startup Axio, deepening its push into financial services in one of its fastest-growi…
• Pestle recipe app can now save dishes from TikTok (Techcrunch)
  Recipe app Pestle is rolling out a new feature that can automatically turn your favorite Tik Tok recipe videos into detailed, step-by-step…
• EU cybersecurity rules for smart devices enter into force (Techcrunch)
  Rules for boosting the security of connected devices have entered into force in the European Union.
• Oil giant BP is killing 18 hydrogen projects, chilling the nascent industry (Techcrunch)
  The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grim out…
• Samsung launches credit card in India | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  The credit card is Samsung's latest addition to the growing roster of products and services it offers to consumers in India.
• SoftBank to trim Alibaba stake, poised to book $34B gain (Techcrunch)
  SoftBank plans to sell about 242 million American depository receipts of Alibaba, which will bring its stake in the company down to 14.6% f…
• Unpacking Qualtrics' brand-new S-1 filing (Techcrunch)
  The Exchange is taking a break from vacation to dig into the new Qualtrics S-1 filing. Then the column and newsletter are back on hold unti…
• Evernote is moving all its data, machine learning tech to Google Cloud Platform (Techcrunch)
  Evernote — the popular note taking and productivity startup with 200 million users — has built its reputation around an app that lets you r…
• Latin America roundup: Neobanks raise $205M+; Softbank backs VTEX | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Argentina’s Ualá became the most recent Latin American fintech to receive a growth-stage funding ($150 million) from Asian investors, Tence…
• General Motors slashes another 1,000 jobs to cut costs (Techcrunch)
  General Motors is laying off nearly 1,000 workers in the U.S. as part of a cost-cutting bid, just three months after cutting 1,000 software…
• Samsung Unpacked: Google makes Circle to Search more helpful (Techcrunch)
  At Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday, Google announced that it’s updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information…
• Money for tech that matters (Techcrunch)
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