fundraising
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Aurora Innovation
Self-driving truck startup Aurora Innovation raises $483M in share sale ahead of commercial launch | TechCrunch
Self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation was hoping to raise hundreds of millions in additional capital as it races toward a…
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Adept Materials
Exclusive: Adept Materials' dehumidifying paint was inspired by trees and semiconductors | TechCrunch
The steam that condenses on your bathroom mirror may not seem like a big deal, but for architects and builders,…
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Biotech & Health
Scoop: Sequoia-backed Knowde raises Series C at a valuation cut
Knowde, an online marketplace for chemicals and polymers, just closed on a Series C round, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The…
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Aurora Innovation
Self-driving truck startup Aurora Innovation to sell up to $420M in shares ahead of commercial launch | TechCrunch
Self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation is looking to raise hundreds of millions in additional capital as it races toward a…
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AI
Exclusive: Heeyo built an AI chatbot to be a billion kids' interactive tutor and friend
When Xiaoyin Qu was growing up in China, she was obsessed with learning how to build paper airplanes that could…
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AI
Friend's $99 necklace uses AI to help combat loneliness | TechCrunch
AI hardware is all the rage in startup land — though receptions have thus far been mixed. Two notable examples,…
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Biotech & Health
Fertility tracking app Flo Health raises $200M at a $1B+ valuation | TechCrunch
Femtech, or tech that leverages innovations in AI, smartphones and connected wearables to give women more insights into reproductive and…
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy lands massive seed extension to commercialize fusion power | TechCrunch
Ever since a government experiment proved in 2022 that fusion isn’t as far fetched as it once seemed, physicists, engineers,…
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fundraising
Packing travel insurance products into an app helped FAYE to a $31M Series B | TechCrunch
We’ve been covering US-based Insurtech startup FAYE way back since 2022 with its Seed round, and the Series A round…
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acquisition
Canva acquires Leonardo.ai to boost its generative AI efforts | TechCrunch
Canva has acquired Leonardo.ai, a generative AI content and research startup, as the company looks to deepen its investments in…
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