YC alum Cercli, an AI-powered Rippling for MENA, raises oversubscribed $12M Series A
In a region long defined by fragmented enterprise systems, outdated compliance tools, and HR software that rarely talks to finance, Cercli is building a unified
OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math | TechCrunch
“Hoisted by their own GPTards.” That’s how Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s
Wikipedia says traffic is falling due to AI search summaries and social video
Wikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI slop. But it seems the
Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
Senate Republicans shared a deepfake video of Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, designed to make it seem like Democrats are celebrating the ongoing government
OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.
OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI
Co-founder of Indian social network Koo releases a new photo sharing app
In the last few years, photo-sharing apps have capitalized on the idea that Instagram has become too curated, creating spaces for users to share unfiltered
Coinbase boosts investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B
Coinbase has increased its investment in India’s CoinDCX, valuing the exchange at $2.45 billion post-money, as the U.S. crypto giant bets on the country’s digital-asset
Grindr’s owners may take it private after a financial squeeze
Grindr’s majority owners are scrambling to take the LGBTQ+ dating app private after a stock decline triggered a personal financial crisis, according to a report
The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And
Apple says goodbye to the Clips app
Apple appears to be winding down support of Clips, with the company removing Clips from the App Store and saying it will no longer be