TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 finalizes the Builders Stage agenda with top scaling voices
The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where founders, operators, and investors get real about what it takes to turn an idea into a business that works.
Advanced geothermal startups are just getting warmed up
Geothermal energy startups including Fervo Energy and Sage Geosystems are signing key deals that bring their technology closer to broader commercial deployment.
PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites and free Perplexity Pro subscriptions
The arrangement is part of a new partnership between PayPal and the AI provider, which benefits both companies in different ways.
Brand new unicorn IQM sets its sights beyond Europe for its quantum computers
IQM, a Finnish quantum computing company is now a unicorn after raising over $300 million in a Series B round funding led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a U.S. investment firm focused on cybersecurity.
College social app Fizz expands into grocery delivery
The new partnership will allow students to order anything from late-night snacks to weekly groceries directly within the Fizz app in as fast as 15 minutes.
Netflix updates its Moments feature to give users greater control over scene clipping
With the new Moments update, Netflix users now have the option to adjust where each scene clip ends.
Survey Finds 30% of iPhone Owners Mulling Move to Rivals’ Foldables
Nearly one-third of iPhone owners say they might switch to foldable smartphones from Apple’s rivals if the company delays its own foldable release until 2026, a new survey shows. The post Survey Finds 30% of iPhone
Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans
Add another two cities to the growing list where Waymo is looking to deploy its robotaxis. The company will start with manual testing, but is eyeing a commercial launch in both cities.
Google avoids break up, faces new oversight in search antitrust trial
Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant’s business practices to keep it from further anticompetitive behavior. U.S.
Judges side with Trump EPA over canceled Inflation Reduction Act grants to nonprofits
An appellate court found that the Trump administration was within its rights to cancel billions of dollars in grants. The nonprofits that had their grants cancelled are expected to appeal.