What’s Scaleup Europe, the $5.7B fund that just backed satellite company ICEYE?
Scaleup Europe, a public-private fund with a $5.7 billion target, made its first investment by backing Finnish satellite company ICEYE.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s longtime COO, is leaving to ‘start something new’
One of OpenAI’s longest serving executives is headed out the door, although the longtime COO told staff that he was “excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point.”
General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI
River AI, a startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, has a fascinating vision for personal agents and secured $1.1 billion out of the gate.
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
An unreleased Anthropic model made progress on one of math’s biggest unsolved problems
For more than 150 years, the Riemann hypothesis has stood as one of the major unsolved problems in mathematics. Anthropic hasn’t solved it — but the company’s models made more progress than you might expect.
FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight cancellation prediction markets
FlightAware says that Kalshi used its name and data to offer bets on flight cancellations without the flight tracker’s permission.
Joby Aviation builds out defense business with $500M acquisition
Joby Aviation reached an agreement to acquire Resonant Sciences, which will kick off its new defense business.
Delta investigating after someone set up fake Wi-Fi network mid-flight
The Delta flight crew switched off the aircraft’s legitimate Wi-Fi network for around 30 minutes due to the incident, according to a spokesperson.
2025’s most downloaded game, Block Blast!, is going ad-free on Apple Arcade
Block Blast!, the most downloaded mobile game of 2025, is coming to Apple Arcade in September where it will be ad-free.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is betting on EVs, robots, and autonomy all at once — he’ll explain why at Disrupt 2026Â
Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.