India’s BluSmart is testing its ride-hailing service in Dubai

Indian ride-hailing startup BluSmart has started operating in Dubai, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with its executive. The move to Dubai, which...

Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

A consumer-grade spyware app has been found running on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the United States, TechCrunch...

Connected fitness is adrift post-pandemic

Over the past four years, the connected fitness space has experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the venture world....

HoundDog.ai helps developers prevent personal information from leaking

HoundDog.ai, a startup that helps developers ensure their code doesn’t leak personally identifiable information (PII), came out of stealth Wednesday and announced a...

Why Spotify is launching its own font, Spotify Mix

Spotify launched its own font, the company announced on Wednesday. The music streaming service hopes that its new typeface, “Spotify Mix,” will help...

Linktree surpasses 50M users, rolls out its social commerce program to more creators

Link-in-bio startup Linktree said on Wednesday that it has surpassed 50 million users.  The figure represents a significant uptick from the 2.7 million users...

Autodesk acquires AI-powered VFX startup Wonder Dynamics

Autodesk — the 3D tools behemoth — has acquired Wonder Dynamics, a startup that lets creators quickly and easily make complex characters and...

Oyo, once valued at $10 billion, shelves IPO plans for second time

Oyo, the once high-flying Indian budget hotel chain, has withdrawn its IPO application from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for...

Exclusive: Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not...

Where Aytac Yilmaz lives in the Netherlands, the sun might not appear for days on end, which can really crimp the output of...

Teen fintech Copper had to abruptly discontinue its banking, debit products

Another fintech startup, and its customers, has been gravely impacted by the implosion of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. Copper Banking, a digital banking service aimed...