Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent.
Startup Battlefield Australia application closes in days: Apply before July 6
What if one pitch changed everything? The next company nobody has heard of yet is building something that will matter. It could be yours.
OpenClaw is finally available on Android and iOS
The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.
The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds
EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first
“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.
Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite
Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.
Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.
Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard
Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup’s new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.
Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video
A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.