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OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will…

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paid subscriptions more than doubled this year (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Why OpenAI killed Sora, did Apple just save Siri?, Meta’s big loss The Big Technology…

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Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forensight…

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US AI startup Arcee launches Trinity Large, a 400B open-weight model that it says compares to Meta’s Llama 4 Maverick 400B on some benchmarks (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is AI killing software? — With Bret Taylor The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind…

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Simular, which develops AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5 million Series A round led by Felicis; Simular released version 1.0 for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 7, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The 100-person AI lab that has become Anthropic and Google’s secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge…

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Paid to London, which helps the providers of agent monetizing and monitoring costs, increased a seed of $ 21.6 million led by Lightspeed, a source indicates an evaluation of $ 100 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 29, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: A 4 -step setting to build delicious products | Nesrine Changuel (Spotify, Google, Skype) Interviews…

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Isotopes, co-founded by the former CTO Arun Murthy of the AI scale to build an AI agent for Enterprise Business Analytics, collected a seed of $ 20 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 5, 2025

Julie Bort / Techcrunch:: Isotopes, co-founded by the former CTO Arun Murthy of the AI scale to build an AI…

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Brex says he obtained a license in the EU, allowing him to issue credit and debit cards and offer his expense management products to European customers (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 7, 2025

Julie Bort / Techcrunch:: Brex says he obtained a license in the EU, allowing him to issue credit and debit…

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Asylon, based in Philadelphia, which changes robot Dog Spot from Boston Dynamics in Dronedog, has collected a B series of $ 26 million led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $ 45 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 22, 2025

Julie Bort / Techcrunch:: Asylon based in Philadelphia, which changes the Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog point point in Dronedog,…

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Landbase, whose AI tool based on GPT-4O automates awareness marketing, allowed a series of $ 30 million a co-driven by Ashton Kutcher from Sound Ventures and Picus Capital (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 12, 2025

Julie Bort / Techcrunch:: Landbase, whose AI tool based on GPT-4O automates awareness marketing, allowed a series of $ 30…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Revolution Medicines’ Pancreatic Cancer Drug Daraxonrasib Passes Trial

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Billionaire’s Rugged SUV Startup Aims for U.S. Growth

Goldman Sachs (GS) results for 1Q 2026

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Eric Swalwell shows his lack of character in his resignation statement

Senator Reuben Gallego calls for Eric Swalwell to be expelled from Congress

Trump turning into Jesus revealed the depths of his madness

Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter

Trump and MAGA see their future as Viktor Orbán is eliminated in Hungarian elections

Google calls “back button hijacking” malicious, saying sites that interfere with a browser’s back button function could be demoted in search starting in June (Abner Li/9to5Google)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members up for re-election last week, days after the council approved a $6 billion data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)

Sources: Data labeling startup Handshake’s annualized gross revenue reached about $1 billion, up from $550 million in January; Mercor achieved an annualized gross revenue run rate of more than $1 billion this year (The Information)

Anthropic says its $20 million donation to Public First Action cannot be “used to influence federal elections” and aims to educate the public on AI policy (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)

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OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for undisclosed amount; Hiro is stopping new registrations, will close its doors on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

paid subscriptions more than doubled this year (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Zendesk agrees to acquire Forethought, which makes AI-based customer support software, for an undisclosed amount; Forethought raised $115 million (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

US AI startup Arcee launches Trinity Large, a 400B open-weight model that it says compares to Meta’s Llama 4 Maverick 400B on some benchmarks (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Simular, which develops AI agents for Mac and Windows PCs, raised a $21.5 million Series A round led by Felicis; Simular released version 1.0 for macOS (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Paid to London, which helps the providers of agent monetizing and monitoring costs, increased a seed of $ 21.6 million led by Lightspeed, a source indicates an evaluation of $ 100 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

Isotopes, co-founded by the former CTO Arun Murthy of the AI scale to build an AI agent for Enterprise Business Analytics, collected a seed of $ 20 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

Brex says he obtained a license in the EU, allowing him to issue credit and debit cards and offer his expense management products to European customers (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

Asylon, based in Philadelphia, which changes robot Dog Spot from Boston Dynamics in Dronedog, has collected a B series of $ 26 million led by Insight, bringing its total funding to $ 45 million (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)

Landbase, whose AI tool based on GPT-4O automates awareness marketing, allowed a series of $ 30 million a co-driven by Ashton Kutcher from Sound Ventures and Picus Capital (Julie Bort / Techcrunch)