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Navan IPO tumbles 20% after historic debut under SEC shutdown workaround
Navan finished its first day trading at an approximate valuation of $4.7 billion, which is about half of its last private valuation of $9.2 billion.
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Your Biggest Threat Isn’t a Competitor — It’s Actually Hiding in Your Own Business
Collecting tools without integration may look like progress, but in reality it creates fragile, duct-taped systems that collapse under pressure. Are your operations quietly eroding from within?
Life360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of a new GPS tracker
Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs.
One startup’s quest to store electricity in the ocean
Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes.
Dispatch: Partying at one of Africa’s largest AI gatherings
It’s late August in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, and people are filling a large hall at one of Africa’s biggest gatherings of minds in AI and machine learning. The room is draped in white curtains, and a giant screen blinks with videos created with generative AI. A classic East African folk song by the Tanzanian singer…
Build a Billion-Dollar Business Without a Billion-Dollar Team — Using This Lean Growth Strategy
You don’t need a huge team or deep pockets — just a smarter way to grow.
Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided
Netflix is using AI for special effects and pre-production, but CEO Ted Sarandos that Netflix “not worried about AI replacing creativity.”
Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation
As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn.
Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, raises $250M and launches beta
Former Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe’s new startup, Sesame, is building AI-powered smartglasses with natural, humanlike voice interaction. Backed by Sequoia and Spark, the company also launched an invite-only iOS beta to preview its conversational AI.
OpenAI’s new browser is a broadside shot at Google
OpenAI’s new browser announcement made it clear exactly how much Google has to lose in the AI era.