Published on: 2025-06-04 01:16:11
In Brief Elon Musk’s brain computer interface startup Neuralink closed a $650 million funding round, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The Series E fundraise included investors such as ARK Invest, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, and Thrive Capital, among others. Neuralink last raised a $280 million Series D funding round in 2023, with an additional $43 million tranche added months later. Since then, Neuralink’s brain chip technology has made some significant leaps. The company s
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Chime, whose pending IPO is expected to be one of 2025’s blockbuster hits, issued a share price range on Monday of $24 to $26. That’s an up-to-$11.2-billion market cap. At the mid-range, the company will raise $800 million for itself and a handful of investors, including European VC powerhouse Cathay Innovation, who plan to sell some shares in the IPO. Even in these slow IPO times, this wouldn’t be the biggest IPO of 2025. Coreweave, which raised $1.5 billion, and was valued at $23 billion, ho
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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET How many people visit AIs like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Google Gemini each month? Whether you're just curious about such stats or need them for your own business or research, you can now turn to Comscore for the answers. On Thursday, the analytics firm announced that it has officially added AI usage information to its regular analysis. Comscore clients will be able to find out the number of monthly visits for 117 different AI tools across nine categories, covering bot
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Zscaler rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq exchange in New York, March 16, 2018. Zscaler shares jumped about 10% Friday after reporting stronger-than-expected results in the third fiscal quarter driven by artificial intelligence and widespread adoption of its zero-trust security platform. "The proliferation of AI in all aspects of business is increasing the need for our AI security," said CEO Jay Chaudhry in a release. "We empower customers to securely adopt both public GenAI apps and their
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The Department of Energy announced today that it would be clawing back $3.7 billion worth of awards made under the Biden administration for clean energy and manufacturing. Large corporations and growing startups were caught up in the decision. Energy secretary Chris Wrights said the moves were “due diligence” on the part of the Trump administration. His statement did not cite specific reasons why the projects were canceled, but pointed to a memorandum he issued on May 15, which suggests that th
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Zscaler rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq exchange in New York, March 16, 2018. Zscaler shares jumped 9% Friday after reporting stronger-than-expected results in the third fiscal quarter driven by artificial intelligence and widespread adoption of its zero-trust security platform. "The proliferation of AI in all aspects of business is increasing the need for our AI security," said CEO Jay Chaudhry in a release. "We empower customers to securely adopt both public GenAI apps and their own pri
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 09:05:00
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. This week brought more than just Nvidia’s earnings reports; startups and VCs also had some news — quieter perhaps, but still worth paying attention to, especially where AI is involved. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Contributor / Getty Images AI once again drove a large share of overall startup acti
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The Trump administration has canceled a $766 million contract with Moderna for the development of a human bird flu vaccine, the pharmaceutical company announced Wednesday. The Biden administration signed a $176 million deal with Moderna last year for the development of an mRNA-based shot targeting the virus that causes bird flu, H5N1. Then, earlier this year, Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services awarded the drugmaker an additional $590 million for late-stage development of the vaccin
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On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than five years, which started in October 2019 when WhatsApp accused NSO Group of hacking more than 1,400 of its users by taking advantage of a vulnerability in the chat app’s audio-calling functionality. The verdict came after a week-long jury trial that featured several
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Zscaler rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq exchange in New York, March 16, 2018. Zscaler shares jumped 8% Friday after reporting stronger-than-expected results in the third fiscal quarter driven by artificial intelligence and widespread adoption of its zero-trust security platform. "The proliferation of AI in all aspects of business is increasing the need for our AI security," said CEO Jay Chaudhry in a release. "We empower customers to securely adopt both public GenAI apps and their own pri
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Disney Plus and Hulu have come up with a new idea to draw in subscribers: an updated "Perks" program. If you sign up for a subscription with either of those services, Perks will give you freebies like a six-month DoorDash membership, discounted stays at Walt Disney World and 20 percent off Adidas shoes. You'll even get a shot at winning items from Hulu shows, like actual A Handmaid's Tale robes and wings (which seems a bit on the nose in our current times). The offer is now available to current
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An accused movie pirate who stole more than 1,000 Blu-Ray discs and DVDs while working for a DVD manufacturing company struck a plea deal this week to lower his sentence after the FBI claimed the man's piracy cost movie studios millions. Steven Hale no longer works for the DVD company. He was arrested in March, accused of "bypassing encryption that prevents unauthorized copying" and ripping pre-release copies of movies he could only access because his former employer was used by major movie stu
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Omada Health plans to raise up to $158 million in its up coming IPO, attaining a market cap of about $1.1 billion at the top end of its expected range, according to a filing on Thursday. The virtual chronic care company filed its prospectus earlier this month, and has just updated the filing with an expected pricing range of $18 to $20 per share. Omada said it plans to sell 7.9 million shares in the offering. The size of the offering and share price could change, and the market cap could be hi
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In context: For decades, Capcom primarily sold arcade and console games, but the company's sales have gradually shifted toward PC in recent years. Capcom's latest financial statement reveals that franchises such as Monster Hunter and Resident Evil continue to drive growth as they reach new sales milestones. Capcom's fiscal report for the year ended March 31 shows that the company's PC game sales are widening their lead over consoles. Despite its origins in the arcade and console industries, Cap
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Zeal Capital Partners announced on Wednesday the close of its second fund, raising $82 million. Limited partners in the fund include Citi Impact Fund, M&T Bank, Wells Fargo, and Spelman College. It hopes to invest in at least 25 early-stage companies, writing check sizes between $1 million and $2.3 million, with 50% of the fund reserved for follow-on investments. Speaking to TechCrunch, Nasir Qadree, founder and managing partner of Zeal, said Fund II will focus on financial technology, healthca
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Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity startup that provides tools like autonomous penetration testing, is seeking to raise $100 million in a new funding round and has locked down at least $73 million, the company revealed in an SEC filing this week. NEA led the round, according to two people familiar with the deal. One person said that the startup is believed to be valued upward of $750 million, although TechCrunch couldn’t verify whether that valuation is pre- or post-money. Another person believes the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 06:40:30
LONDON — British online lender Starling Bank on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in annual profit, citing an issue with Covid-era business loan fraud and a regulatory fine over financial crime failings. Starling, which offers fee-free current accounts and lending services via a mobile app, posted profit before tax for the year ending March 31, 2025 of £223.4 million ($301.9 million), down nearly 26% year-over-year. Revenue at the bank totalled £714 million, up about 5% from £682 million a year
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Apple says it blocked over $9 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions over the last five years, with over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent sanctions prevented in 2024 alone. The company's annual App Store fraud analysis also shows that Apple identified almost 4.7 million stolen credit cards and blocked over 1.6 million accounts from making transactions again. The App Store team also blocked hundreds of thousands of unsafe apps last year that could impact App Store's more than 813 mill
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 06:59:40
In Brief Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, Neuralink, has raised $600 million in a funding round that values the company at $9 billion pre-money, Semafor reported, citing anonymous sources. Semafor did not mention the investors involved in the round. Neuralink last raised $43 million in venture capital, in November 2023, and was valued at about $5 billion in June 2023, Reuters reported at the time. Neuralink did not immediately return requests for comment outside regular business hours. Sem
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Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of Circle, speaks at the 2025 TIME100 Summit in New York on April 23, 2025. Stablecoin issuer Circle stands to be one of the first significant cryptocurrency companies to go public in the U.S. That's not the only unusual aspect of its IPO. In Circle's updated prospectus on Tuesday, the company said it would sell 9.6 million shares in the offering, while existing shareholders would sell 14.4 million shares. It's exceedingly rare in a tech IPO for more shares t
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Soneium, the Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs (SBSL) and Startale Group, announced the launch of Sleepagotchi Lite on the Line Mini app. The viral game, which reached over two million users on Telegram, is now available to Line’s 200 million active users through this integration on Soneium. “Soneium’s focus on creativity, immersion, and accessibility makes it the ideal partner to team up with the Line Mini app and Sleepagotchi, both of which share a similar vi
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In Brief Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The round is being led by Sands Capital, Bold Capital and Qubit Health Capital, the report said, adding that Qubit’s chairman, Imar Ishrak, would join Exo’s board. Founded in 2015, Exo makes handheld medical imaging devices that use a combination of artificial intelligence, medical imaging an
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We’ve got two major Hollywood movies this holiday weekend, Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch, and they’re both killing it in theaters. Per Variety, the two films have made for the “largest Memorial Day holiday in history.” At $341.7 million worldwide, Lilo has blown well past initial projections and its current domestic take of $145.5 million has replaced Top Gun: Maverick (which earned $160 million through all four days in 2022) as Memorial Day’s best opening weekend. D
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Ethiopian Federal policemen stand at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2019. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that it has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the aircraft maker to avoid prosecution over two crashes of its 737 Max planes that killed 346 people. The non-prosecution agreement would allow Boeing, a major military contractor and top U.S. exporter, to avoid being labele
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Giant sloths with razor-sharp claws and as large as Asian bull elephants once roamed the Earth, snacking on leaves at the tops of trees with a prehensile tongue. Now, scientists have figured out why they became so huge—and why these massive sloths didn’t stick around—according to a new study published in Science. Today, two sloth species dwell in Central and South America. But long ago, dozens of sloth species populated the Americas, all the way from Argentina to Canada. Like modern-day sloths
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Last night, Donald Trump hosted 220 of the biggest suckers you know for dinner. As part of a promotion for his cryptocurrency memecoin $TRUMP, the President of the United States let the top bag holders of his coin come hang out, including offering a private VIP reception with the 25 biggest “investors.” According to the Wall Street Journal, the 220 who received invites spent a cumulative $148 million buying up $TRUMP before the event. The event, which was held at the Trump National Golf Club Wa
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Xiaomi has retaken the digital crown in the global wearable band market, surpassing Apple to become the top vendor in Q1 2025, according to new data from Canalys. The research firm says Xiaomi pulled it with a more mature ecosystem strategy than the one it had back in mid-2021 (the last time it led the pack), while Apple’s wearable strategy has grown stale. According to the Q1 2025 report, the wearable band market showed signs of strong recovery. Shipments rose 13% year-over-year to 46.6 milli
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The decentralized exchange Cetus Protocol announced that hackers have stolen $223 million in cryptocurrency and is offering a deal to stop all legal action if the funds are returned. The project also announced a $5 million bounty to anyone providing relevant information leading to the identification and arrest of the attacker. Cetus Protocol is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and liquidity protocol operating on the Sui and Aptos blockchains. It employs a Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker (CL
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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. Despite Google I/O capturing as much attention as anticipated, some startups still took their chances and shared announcements this week, while others simply had to go with the flow when their news made headlines. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:OpenAI This week’s most interesting startup stories came from curre
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! For those U.S.-based readers out there, enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend, and if you’re on the road, expect it to be crowded. AAA projects 45.1 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Memorial Day holiday period, from Thursday to Monday. About 39.4 million of those folks will use a car. Let’s get to it!
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