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Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-07 01:25:21

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” – one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might not be impossible. Shlomo sold his six-month-old, bootstrapped vibe-coding startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million deal, Wix announced Wednesday. And the dea

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Introduction to the A* Algorithm

news.ycombinator.com Patel 2025-09-07 14:25:23

Created 26 May 2014, updated Aug 2014, Feb 2016, Jun 2016, Jun 2020, Jul 2023 Graph search algorithms let us find the shortest path on a map represented as a graph. Move the blob (start point) and cross (end point) to see the shortest path found by the A* Algorithm: A* is one of a family of related graph search algorithms: Breadth First Search[1] explores equally in all directions. Dijkstra’s Algorithm[2] takes into account movement costs. A*[3] explores more towards a single destination. In ad

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Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-08 21:09:59

The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it centered around “the most legendary party that never happened,” Cluely founder and CEO Roy Lee tells TechCrunch. Cluely had hoped to throw an after-party for a Y Combinator event occurring on Monday and Tuesday called AI Startup School. The event drew crowds thanks to scheduled speakers like Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and Elon Musk. Cluely is an AI startup born of controversy and rage-bait comedy marketing. True to

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Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-10 00:00:00

TechCrunch All Stage, our founder-focused summit, is gearing up to return to Boston on July 15! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to life. If you’ve ever wondered about the inner workings of tech events, now’s your chance to get involved. Volunteer spots are limited, so don’t miss out! Apply before the July 1 deadline to be considered. As a volunteer, you’ll gain exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes action, witnessing firsthand how these

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Observability startup Coralogix becomes a unicorn, eyes India expansion

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-09-10 17:00:00

Coralogix, an Israeli startup offering a full-stack observability and security platform, has raised $115 million at a pre-money valuation of over $1 billion, almost doubling in three years from its last round in 2022. With the influx of cash, the startup is looking to expand its engineering base in India and develop its AI agent. The all-equity and all-primary Series E round is led by California-based venture growth firm NewView Capital, with participation from the Canada Pension Plan Investme

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Microsoft Accidentally Replaces Windows 11 Startup Sound With Vista Chime

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-11 20:26:00

Microsoft has temporarily transported users back to 2007 this week when the company mistakenly swapped Windows 11's familiar startup chime with the iconic Windows Vista boot sound. The mix-up appeared in a recent Windows 11 Insider Preview build in the Dev Channel. Users who rebooted their systems noticed that instead of the modern Windows 11 tone, they were greeted by Vista's distinct (and now nostalgic) startup sound. Microsoft has since acknowledged the issue, calling it an unintentional ch

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Microsoft Accidentally Replaces Windows 11 Startup Sound with Vista Chime

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-12 01:26:24

Microsoft briefly transported users back to 2007 this week when the company mistakenly swapped Windows 11's familiar startup chime with the iconic Windows Vista boot sound. The mix-up appeared in a recent Windows 11 Insider Preview build in the Dev Channel. Users who rebooted their systems noticed that instead of the modern Windows 11 tone, they were greeted by Vista's distinct (and now nostalgic) startup sound. Microsoft has since acknowledged the issue, calling it an unintentional change and

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Deadline day: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close at midnight

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-09-12 01:00:00

These are your final hours to apply to the most iconic pitch competition in tech — Startup Battlefield 200. Battle it out in front of 10,000+ startup leaders, investors, and media at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. It’s your moment to be seen, funded, and remembered — and maybe even walk away with $100,000 in equity-free funding. This isn’t your average pitch. It’s where the bold go to break out. If your startup has traction, vision, and grit, you’ve got until 11:59 p.m. PT tonight to enter. Submit

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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

techcrunch.com Cody Corrall 2025-09-12 06:48:36

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the impact on innovation across all types of companies.

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College Dropout Entrepreneur Boasts That Peter Thiel's Book Is "Probably the Best Book I've Read, and I've Only Read a Few Pages"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-12 23:45:16

Ever since college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak began pedaling the romantic tale of founding Apple in Jobs' parents' Los Altos garage, college-age tech bros have longed to follow in their footsteps. But there's just one tiny thorn: the "founder's story" of late-night struggles and coffee-fueled breadboarding is mostly a capitalist fairy tale. Still, it's a mythos tech billionaire overlord Peter Thiel is all too eager to stoke. His empire is built on image — even the stereotypical "evil

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AI agent startups at Y Combinator’s Spring ’25 Demo Day

news.ycombinator.com Samantha Stokes 2025-09-12 20:41:12

Priyanka Shrestha of Galen AI, Xavier (Tianhao) Chi of Mbodi AI, and Vaibhav Dubey of Plexe. Priyanka Shrestha of Galen AI, Xavier (Tianhao) Chi of Mbodi AI, and Vaibhav Dubey of Plexe. Galen AI, Mbodi AI, Plexe lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Have an account? Log in . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Christmas ca

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Startups Weekly: No sign of pause

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-09-14 00:05:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. You’d think WWDC would cause a lull in startup news. But not in June, when everyone is eager to announce their latest deals — or even to go public. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Nasdaq This week brought us many reminders that no startup journey is linear — but the next billion-dollar idea may only be one click

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Kickstarter-funded films are coming to Tubi

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-09-17 05:00:42

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Tubi’s next move to expand its streaming catalog sounds like a win for the indie movie set. Today, Tubi (which is owned by Fox) announced that it is partnering with Kickstarter to distribute a number of films funded on the crowdfunding platform. Beginning this fall, more than 20 movies “that uniquely resonate with Tubi fandoms” will

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How AI sales startup Landbase nabbed Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures to lead its $30M Series A

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-09-17 09:45:00

When Daniel Saks was working as a co-CEO of the previous startup he co-founded, AppDirect, billionaire Michael Dell sent him a LinkedIn message asking for a meeting. Dell famously likes to cold-contact founders of startups he finds interesting. “I thought it was fake,” Saks tells TechCrunch. But he replied anyway. “So I’m getting ready for this call, thinking there’s no way it’s Michael Dell. And I’m almost kind of laughing about it. It actually was Michael.” That interaction taught him a less

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Three reasons every founder and VC should be at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-06-02 13:00:00

From idea to IPO — where are you on your startup journey? Are you a pre-seed founder seeking your next VC investment? A late-stage startup preparing to go public? Still in the idea phase and looking for insights to bring your vision to life? Or are you a VC eager to back the next breakthrough innovation? If any of that sounds like you — or if you’re in between stages and ready to level up — TechCrunch All Stage 2025 (formerly Early Stage) is the place to be. Join 1,200 founders to exchange

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How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech

techcrunch.com Julie Bort 2025-06-02 15:00:00

Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments. The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO Crystal Brown, who took an unconventional path to becoming a biotech founder. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a key molecule that helps convert genetic information into protein

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Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn club

techcrunch.com Anna Heim 2025-06-02 16:05:00

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup life is a story of births and deaths. This week confirmed this, and it confirmed that unicorn rounds are not dead. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Natalie Christman / Humane As happens often in the startup world, it’s been a week of beginnings and endings. Thinking machines: Thinking Machines Lab, the n

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Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-06-02 11:00:00

Afore Capital, a firm that claims to be the largest dedicated pre-seed investor, was founded on the idea that the first check into a new startup should be larger than what most accelerators and early-stage investors were offering. When Afore raised its third $150 million fund in 2022, the firm wrote checks ranging from $1 million to $2 million, which general partners Anamitra Banerji and Gaurav Jain argued helped companies grow faster. The firm’s strategy worked. Today, its 200-company portfoli

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This company is trying to make a biodegradable alternative to spandex

technologyreview.com Megan Dematteo 2025-06-02 14:00:00

“True circularity has to start with raw materials,” says Peña. “We talk about circularity across many industries, but for textiles, we must address what we’re using at the source.” Engineered from recombinant DNA, SELPs are copycat proteins inspired by silk and elastin that can be customized for qualities like tensile strength, dye affinity, and elasticity. Silk’s amino acid sequences—like glycine-alanine and glycine-serine—give fibers strength, while elastin’s molecular structure adds stretchi

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32 of the Best Gifts Under $100 for 2025

cnet.com Desiree Denunzio 2025-06-02 11:32:00

They say dogs are a man's best friend but so are these personalized pet pillows. Whether it's to liven up their office or home, if someone's not actually cuddling with their pet, they can do the next best thing -- cuddle with their likeness in pillow form. You can choose from eight different colorful backgrounds, from gray to mint to lavender, and all you have to do is upload a photo of the pet to Etsy seller DrawYourPortrait. I gifted this pillow to a family that I Chihuahua-sit for, and they l

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Latest Tech News

Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

Introduction to the A* Algorithm

Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup

Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

Observability startup Coralogix becomes a unicorn, eyes India expansion

Microsoft Accidentally Replaces Windows 11 Startup Sound With Vista Chime

Microsoft Accidentally Replaces Windows 11 Startup Sound with Vista Chime

Deadline day: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close at midnight

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College Dropout Entrepreneur Boasts That Peter Thiel's Book Is "Probably the Best Book I've Read, and I've Only Read a Few Pages"

AI agent startups at Y Combinator’s Spring ’25 Demo Day

Startups Weekly: No sign of pause

Kickstarter-funded films are coming to Tubi

How AI sales startup Landbase nabbed Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures to lead its $30M Series A

Three reasons every founder and VC should be at TechCrunch All Stage 2025

How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech

Augury and Hightouch joined the unicorn club

Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas

This company is trying to make a biodegradable alternative to spandex

32 of the Best Gifts Under $100 for 2025

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