BlackRock-Backed Minute Media Buys $250M Indian AI Startup That Turns Sports Into Instant Viral Content
Media startup Minute Media, backed by BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is betting big on that trend with its…
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After selling to Spotify, Anchor’s co-founders are back with Oboe, an AI-powered app for learning | TechCrunch
The co-founders who sold their last startup Anchor to Spotify are launching their next project: Oboe, an AI-powered educational app…
BlackRock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights | TechCrunch
BlackRock- and Goldman Sachs-backed media startup Minute Media, which owns properties like Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, and 90 Minutes,…
As India bans real-money games, Dream Sports, MPL start pulling the plug | TechCrunch
Top Indian startups in the real-money gaming space have begun shutting down operations after New Delhi effectively banned the sector…
Ultrahuman acquires viO HealthTech to launch enhanced cycle and ovulation tracking | TechCrunch
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman is acquiring women’s health technology company viO HealthTech to launch advanced cycle and ovulation tracking, the…
Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever | TechCrunch
One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them…
AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA | TechCrunch
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied…
Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X | TechCrunch
Linda Yaccarino’s next role after departing X as CEO will be another chief executive role at eMed Population Health, an…
Preston Thorpe is a software engineer at a San Francisco startup — he’s also serving his 11th year in prison | TechCrunch
If you omit some key details, all Preston Thorpe has to do to become a senior software engineer at a…
Samsung backs a video AI startup that can analyze thousands of hours of footage | TechCrunch
Many AI tools can look at a video today and summarize what is going on, but things become a bit…
Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup
Slate Auto’s electric truck | Image Credits:Slate Auto In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of…
This AI-powered startup studio plans to launch 100,000 companies a year — really | TechCrunch
Henrik Werdelin has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurs build big brands like Barkbox through his startup studio Prehype.…
What makes TechCrunch All Stage different from other startup events? Answers to your most pressing questions | TechCrunch
Tech and startup events have a formula. You know it. We know it. We’ve all done it. But TechCrunch All…
Irish fintech Nomupay lands $40M at a $290M valuation from SoftBank | TechCrunch
As global trade evolves, there’s an increasing demand for diverse cross-border payment options. That’s why an Irish-based fintech startup called…
Employer.com scoops up another fintech in purchase of MainStreet.com | TechCrunch
Employer.com has acquired MainStreet.com for an undisclosed amount, the latest fintech startup to get snapped up by the workforce management…
EV startup Slate Auto teases prototype on L.A. streets
A new electric vehicle startup, Slate Auto, teased its first model by parking a prototype on the streets of popular…
19 US fintech startups have raised over $50M in 2025 so far | TechCrunch
After a sluggish couple of years, fintech appears to be making a comeback. In the first quarter of 2025, fintech…
AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school | TechCrunch
It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another generative AI tool,…