TechCrunch Startup News
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
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Jan 22, 2024 • 4min
Farm-ng makes modular robots for a broad range of agricultural work
Agriculture is poised to be one of the next great robotics categories. Everyone needs to eat, and much of what we eat in this part of the world comes from large farms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 20, 2024 • 7min
What happened to Artifact?
Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2024 • 10min
International Battery Company powers up with $35M funding to bridge EV gap in India
International Battery Company, a startup developing lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles, has raised $35 million as it plans to bridge the demand-supply gap in the growing EV market in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2024 • 3min
Astroscale takes the wraps off its $25M orbital refueling craft for Space Force
Orbital operations company Astroscale has revealed new details about its approach to refueling satellites in space, as part of a $25.5 million project exploring the concept with the Space Force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 18, 2024 • 5min
Goodnotes acquires a AI-powered video summary startup as it looks beyond education
London-based notetaking startup Goodnotes said today it is acquiring South Korean startup Dropthebit, which operates a meeting and video summary tool called Traw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 18, 2024 • 4min
Build a Rocket Boy, a game studio from former Grand Theft Auto developer, raises $110M
Build a Rocket Boy, a Scotland-headquartered game development company founded by one of the former lead developers behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise,announced it has raised $110 million in a Series D round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024 • 4min
Pomelo stacks $40M to scale its payments infra business in LatAm
Argentinian payments infrastructure startup Pomelo has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024 • 5min
Singapore’s Locofy launches its one-click design-to-code tool
After using Figma to create user interfaces and experiences, developers are left with the hefty task of coding the designs in order to create functional websites or apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2024 • 5min
FlutterFlow attracts cash for its low-code mobile app dev platform
Low-code dev platforms have gained momentum in recent years, in large part because they promise to shorten what’s otherwise typically a lengthy app development cycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2024 • 4min
Anthropic researchers find that AI models can be trained to deceive
Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they’re exceptionally good at it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
