Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures. 

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Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation | TechCrunch

Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale...

Google's AI Mode is rolling out in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese.

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Google's AI Mode adds 5 new languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Korean | TechCrunch

Google's AI Mode is rolling out in Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese.

AI needs a better brain — and Edo Liberty is building it. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search. With 10,000+ startup and VC […]

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Edo Liberty explores the missing link in enterprise AI at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

At TC Disrupt 2025, the AI conversation goes deeper than just the latest models and discusses the difference between knowledge and intelligence.

Signal introduces backups with both free and paid plans.

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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats | TechCrunch

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it's introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations...

The breach, now known to have begun in March, raises questions about why it took six months for Salesloft to detect the breach.

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Salesloft says Drift customer data thefts linked to March GitHub account hack | TechCrunch

The breach, now known to have begun in March, raises questions about why it took six months for Salesloft to detect the breach.

Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children's safety.

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Meta suppressed children's safety research, 4 whistleblowers claim | TechCrunch

Four whistleblowers share documents with Congress alleging that the company may have suppressed research on children's safety.

As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.

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Anthropic endorses California's AI safety bill, SB 53 | TechCrunch

As Anthropic endorses SB 53, much of Silicon Valley and the federal government are pushing back on AI safety efforts.

Just months after raising a whopping $10 billion, Databricks has confirmed another $1 billion raise at a $100 billion valuation.

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Databricks confirms new $100B valuation on $4B ARR | TechCrunch

Just months after raising a whopping $10 billion, Databricks has confirmed another $1 billion raise at a $100 billion valuation.

Over 17.3 million viewers tuned in for YouTube's first-ever exclusive global broadcast of an NFL game with the Chiefs and Chargers.

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YouTube’s first exclusive NFL broadcast attracts over 17M viewers | TechCrunch

Over 17.3 million viewers tuned in for YouTube's first-ever exclusive global broadcast of an NFL game with the Chiefs and Chargers.

In his early 20s, Harry Qi left a million-year hedge fund job to join Y Combinator. His SMB AI agent startup is now growing fast.

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Y Combinator-backed Motion raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI agents  | TechCrunch

In his early 20s, Harry Qi left a million-dollar-per-year hedge fund job to join Y Combinator. His SMB AI agent startup is now growing fast.