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.

Opportunistic investors are giving up on aging pre-IPO companies, shows a new report

January 24, 2023

It’s a tough time to be a richly priced company that didn’t go public when the getting was good. Not only are there fewer later-stage players with the resources and appetite to support such companies — SoftBank and Tiger Global have pulled back dramatically, for example — but even secondary investors have lost interest. That’s […]

Opportunistic investors are giving up on aging pre-IPO companies, shows a new report by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram’s new dynamic profile photo flips between your picture and avatar

January 24, 2023

Instagram announced today that it’s introducing a new dynamic profile photo feature that lets users showcase both their profile photo and their avatar. Prior to this update, you had to choose between displaying a profile picture or your avatar on your profile. Now, you can flip between the two. “Now you can add your avatar […]

Instagram’s new dynamic profile photo flips between your picture and avatar by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Tapbots launches a new Mastodon client, Ivory, after Twitter kills its Tweetbot app

January 24, 2023

Tapbots, the makers of a popular third-party Twitter app Tweetbot that was recently killed by Twitter’s API changes, is releasing its next new product. Hoping to fill the void that Tweetbot leaves behind, the company is now making its anticipated Mastodon client app Ivory available on the App Store as an Early Access release. The […]

Tapbots launches a new Mastodon client, Ivory, after Twitter kills its Tweetbot app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Lyft adds wait time fees, nearly seven years after Uber

January 24, 2023

Lyft has introduced wait time fees – in other words, charges incurred if a Lyft driver has to wait for you upon pickup. The rideshare platform hasn’t had these previously, despite its main competitor Uber having them since 2016. Lyft’s wait time fees kick in two minutes after on-time arrival for standard rides and five […]

Lyft adds wait time fees, nearly seven years after Uber by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute

January 24, 2023
Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become unintelligible, leaving her reliant on a writing board or iPad to communicate. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the woman has been…

U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly

January 24, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against Google over alleged antitrust issues, claiming the search giant has monopoly control of the digital ad market. The DOJ is joined by eight states in its complaint, including New York, California, Colorado and more. This action was tipped as early as late 2021, and has clearly […]

U.S. officially sues Google, claiming it has a digital ad monopoly by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna

January 24, 2023

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. In this week’s episode Darrell and Becca are joined by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna. Sebastian talks about what led him to found the startup and how it has navigated multiple market cycles since. He also dove into how Klarna […]

Being the steady hand in market uncertainty with Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch