Newsom signs bill giving Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize

October 4, 2025

Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom.

If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs

October 4, 2025

New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than half of all VC money invested.

Startups and the U.S. government: It’s getting complicated

October 4, 2025

Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore the how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government.

Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

October 4, 2025

Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls

October 4, 2025

OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora.

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October 4, 2025

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Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos

October 4, 2025

The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users’ profile photos.

Why Everyday Transactions, Not Wall Street, Will Drive Crypto Adoption

October 4, 2025

The future of stablecoins lies in small, everyday payments, not trillion-dollar bank deals.

Tesla’s insurance arm accused of ‘egregious delays’ and ‘systemic failures’ by CA regulator

October 4, 2025

California’s Department of Insurance has been warning Tesla to fix its claims process since 2022, but consumer complaints have skyrocketed anyways.

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October 4, 2025

This complete ChatGPT and automation e-learning course is just $20.

Batteries just broke another record in the US