Lucid Bots raises $20M to keep up with demand for its window-washing drones
Company Overview Andrew Ashur, the founder and CEO of window‑cleaning robot startup Lucid Bots, jokes that his company is the antithesis of the current robotic...
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Company Overview Andrew Ashur, the founder and CEO of window‑cleaning robot startup Lucid Bots, jokes that his company is the antithesis of the current robotic...
When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000‑square‑foot facility that, Resnick esti...
!https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Rob-and-Josh-with-Sprout.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Fauna Robotics Amazon has confirmed that it has acquired F...
In Brief Posted: 5:47 PM PDT · March 24, 2026 !Getty Images – Handout / Handout / Getty Imageshttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GettyImages-105...
Meta Jury Verdict in New Mexico A jury in Santa Fe on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties after finding the company misled consumers abo...
As the world electrifies, the oil and gas industry is counting on plasticshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fossil-fuel-companies-are-driving-plast...
OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is shutting downhttps://x.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036532795984715896 Sora, a TikTok‑like social app that launchedhttps:/...
!Accel partner Pratik Agarwal and Prosus India investment head Ashutosh Sharmahttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/accel-pratik-agarwal-prosus-ashu...
Overview For generations, Ida Huddleston and her family have owned a farm in Northern Kentucky. They have turned down at least one multimillion‑dollar offer to...
!Anthropichttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/anthropic-image-jagmeet-singh-techcrunch.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch The Ch...
Spotify is beta testing a new “Artist Profile Protection” feature that lets artists review releases before they go live on their profiles. The tool aims to give...
Background Databricks, fresh from a $5 billion financing round and billions in revenue, announced a new security product called Lakewatch. The platform leverag...
In Brief Posted: 1:40 PM PDT · March 24, 2026 !A big battery sits inside a factory.https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Form-Energy-iron-air-batte...
Arm Holdings is beginning to manufacture its own chips after nearly 36 years of licensing designs to companies such as Nvidia and Apple. Arm's First In‑House Ch...
OpenAI’s plans to make ChatGPT into an e‑commerce hub aren’t exactly panning out—at least, not yet. In an announcementhttps://openai.com/index/powering-product-...
New Gemini Features for Google TV Google announced three Gemini‑powered features for Google TV on Tuesday, including AI‑powered visual responses, deep‑dive exp...
Announcement OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is releasing a set of prompts developers can use to make their apps safer for teens. The prompts are part of a...
Background The AI‑powered note‑taking app Granola, valued at $250 millionhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/ai-note-taking-app-granola-raises-43m-at-250m-valuat...
!https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/BRK-Capital.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: BRK Capital Fund II First Close Canada’s BKR Capital announced that its...
Crunchyroll confirms data breach after hacker claims unauthorized access Anime streaming service Crunchyrollhttps://www.crunchyroll.com/ has confirmed a data br...
Enterprise resource planning ERP systems are often described as a company’s “central brain” because the software connects different departments—including financ...
Apple Music partners with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature Apple Music announced that it is partnering with Ticketmaster to power its Concer...
Hark AI Lab: A “Seamless End‑to‑End Personal Intelligence” A secretive AI lab founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock shared new details about what it beli...
Posted: 8:17 AM PDT · March 24, 2026 !A laptop keyboard and Epic Games logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Pol...
Posted: 8:17 AM PDT · March 24, 2026 !A laptop keyboard and Epic Games logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Pol...
Overview As airport chaos becomes the new norm, popular flight‑tracking app Flightyhttps://flighty.com/ has released a new Airport Intelligence feature that pr...
Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Mapshttp://ads.apple.com/maps, starting in the U.S. and Canada l...
Roku announced that Howdy, its $3 ad‑free streaming service, is launching on Amazon Prime Video, marking the first expansion of the service outside the Roku eco...
FCC Ban on Import of New Consumer Routers The Federal Communications Commission FCC has ordered a ban on the import of new consumer‑grade routers that are manu...
Mirage, the maker of the AI video‑editing app Captions, has secured $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund CVF. Product and...
Overview Pinterest announced on Tuesday that it is launching a new feature called Promote a Pin, which lets users boost the reach of their Pin in just a few st...
What are AI Clips? Snapchat announced the launch of AI Clips in Lens Studio, its platform for creating and publishing AR and AI effects called Lenses. AI Clips...
Spotify announced on Tuesday the global rollout of a new feature, SongDNA, that lets listeners more deeply explore their favorite music. Now available to Premiu...
TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s introducing new ad formats, including one that displays another brand’s logo alongside TikTok’s on the launch page when us...
Expansion to Austin and Miami Zoox is bringing its purpose‑built robotaxis to Austin, Texas, and Miami, Florida after almost two years of operating test vehicl...
Origin Story Cauldron Ferm has an unlikely origin story, as startups go. Its core technology can be traced back to the 1960s, or maybe the 1970s. The exact sta...
Agile Robots partners with Google DeepMind Munich, Germany‑based Agile Robots announced a strategic research partnership with Google DeepMind. The collaboratio...
Ultrahuman, a Bengaluru‑based health‑tech startup known for its smart rings, is attempting to revive its U.S. business after securing approval for its Ring Pro,...
Background Delve, a Y Combinator‑backed compliance startup, has been accused of fabricating certifications for its customers. The allegations were detailed in...
Background Delve, a Y Combinator‑backed compliance startup, has disabled the “book a demo” feature on its website. The move follows a controversy detailed in a...
Emil Michael’s DoD‑Anthropic Clash and Uber Fallout Emil Michaelhttps://www.war.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/4232659/emil-michael/, a senior technol...
Swish, a Bengaluru‑based food‑delivery startup, has raised $38 million in a new funding round, continuing investor interest in its 10‑minute fresh‑food delivery...
Funding round Swishhttps://justswish.in/, a Bengaluru‑based food‑delivery startup, has raised $38 million in a Series B round. The round was led by Hara Global...
Posted: 3:57 PM PDT · March 23, 2026 !https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2237779170.jpg?w=1024 Image Credits: Kent Nishimura/Bloomber...
Fundraising London’s Air Street Capital has raised a $232 million Fund III with eyes set on backing early‑stage AI companies across Europe and North America, t...
In Brief Posted: 3:33 PM PDT · March 23, 2026 !Apple Maps screenshothttps://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/apple-maps-web.png?w=1024 Image Credits:...
Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone usershttps://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/russians-caught-stealing-personal-data...
U.S. autonomous drone delivery and logistics startup Zipline has raised an additional $200 million, bringing its recent Series H round to a total of $800 millio...