OpenAI’s ChatGPT announcement: What we know so far

OpenAI has a livestreamed announcement planned for 10 a.m. PT on Monday — but it’s trying to keep expectations under control. The company is...

StrictlyVC London welcomes Phoenix Court and WEX

StrictlyVC events deliver exclusive insider content from the Silicon Valley & Global VC scene while creating meaningful connections over cocktails and canapés with...

Meesho, an Indian social commerce with 150M transacting users, secures $275M in new funding

Meesho, a leading e-commerce startup in India with about 150 million transacting users, has secured $275 million in a new funding round, it...

Scammers found planting online betting ads on Indian government websites

Some Indian government websites have allowed scammers to plant advertisements capable of redirecting visitors to online betting platforms. TechCrunch discovered around four dozen “gov.in”...

Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say

Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sources at...

Sample Series A pitch deck: Cloudsmith’s $15m deck

Back in September 2021, Cloudsmith raised $15 million in Series A funding for its cloud platform that manages companies’ software supply chains. At...

Founders Fund leads financing of composites startup Layup Parts

Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund...

Fisker Ocean faces fourth federal safety probe

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a fourth investigation into the Fisker Ocean SUV, this time to probe multiple...

Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire’s relaunch remains doubtful

Game studio Garena found itself in the middle of a geopolitical struggle when the Indian government banned its hit game, Free Fire, over...

Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out

The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer...