June 20, 2025

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation

Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round at a $10 billion valuation.

Gemba, a corporate VR training platform used by Coca-Cola and Pfizer, raises $18M

January 25, 2023

Gemba, an enterprise-focused virtual reality (VR) training startup used by some of the world’s biggest companies, has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Gemba designs and delivers so-called virtual “masterclasses” spanning subject matters such as supply chain management and lean manufacturing, working in conjunction with experts from the respective fields to deliver […]

Gemba, a corporate VR training platform used by Coca-Cola and Pfizer, raises $18M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Multiple Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live suffer outage

January 25, 2023

Scores of Microsoft services including Teams, Xbox Live, Outlook and Microsoft 365 suite are inaccessible to thousands of users around the globe. Microsoft has acknowledged the outage, and said it’s working on a fix. According to DownDetector, a popular tool that tracks service reliability, users began reporting accessibility issues with multiple services including Microsoft 365, […]

Multiple Microsoft services including Outlook, Teams and Xbox Live suffer outage by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

January 25, 2023

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Speaking for myself, it sounds rather cumbersome — having to plop on a headset to browse for, say, trousers as opposed to click through a few galleries. But not everyone agrees — particularly those who hope to build a business out of […]

Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore

January 25, 2023

In another flip-flop move, Twitter says that it will now remember the feed — the algorithmic “For You” or chronological “Following” — its users have chosen on the web. This change will give relief to many who had complained that the social network showed them the algorithmic timeline by default each time they visited the […]

Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Dubai-based accounting and financial compliance startup, Wafeq, raises $3M

January 25, 2023

In 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states signed the Value Added Tax (VAT) agreement paving way for the introduction of the general levy on consumption across the region. The United Arabs Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia became the first member states to adopt the treaty in 2018, and its implementation meant that for […]

Dubai-based accounting and financial compliance startup, Wafeq, raises $3M by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Oneleaf is self-hypnosis app that guides you through audio programs

January 25, 2023

Meet Oneleaf, a new startup that wants to make hypnosis mainstream. The startup has designed an app that helps you get started with hypnosis and follow various programs to quit smoking, reduce anxiety or lose weight. Oneleaf raised $4.6 million (€4.2 million) from Frst, Kima Ventures, Raise Ventures and several business angels. Bpifrance also contributed […]

Oneleaf is self-hypnosis app that guides you through audio programs by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Big factories, big trucks and big Musk: Tesla Q4 earnings expectations

January 25, 2023

Tesla’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 earnings are upon us, and with it expectations from Wall Street for the electric vehicle maker to hit revenue for the quarter of $24.03 billion and adjusted earnings per share to land around $1.13, according to Yahoo Finance data. If Tesla hits that revenue estimate, it’ll mark a record for the […]

Big factories, big trucks and big Musk: Tesla Q4 earnings expectations by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Japan’s Terra Drone gets $14M lift from Saudi investors

January 25, 2023

Terra Drone said today it has raised $14 million in Series C funding from Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco, marking the VC firm’s first investment in Asia.  The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 […]

Japan’s Terra Drone gets $14M lift from Saudi investors by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year

January 25, 2023

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will head to space twice this year, as it attempts to do what no other company has been able to before: unlock the potentially limitless value of precious minerals in deep space. When TechCrunch covered AstroForge’s seed round last April, we noted that the company was planning a demonstration mission sometime […]

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge will test its metal refinery tech in space this year by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch