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Orbio founders
Venture

Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers | TechCrunch

After Sergi Bastardas’ decade at Amazon and floriculture startup Colvin, one thing always stood out  — the feeling...

Startups

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute | TechCrunch

Loading the player…The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a...

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Apps

Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze | TechCrunch

Marco Arment, the indie developer who created popular apps like Overcast and Instapaper, and who previously served as...

Apps

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why | TechCrunch

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring.According to a new analysis from market...

Signage at the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026.
In Brief

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds | TechCrunch

Prediction market giant Polymarket confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified number of users after a third-party...

AI

The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI | TechCrunch

As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight...

Nintendo Switch 2 on display
Gaming

The Nintendo Switch 2 will still cost $450 in the US, despite tariffs | TechCrunch

Nintendo announced on Friday that it will open Switch 2 preorders in the U.S. on April 24, following...

Startups

Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026 | TechCrunch

TechCrunch is partnering with VivaTech 2026 to highlight the technologies, founders, and ideas driving the next wave of...

Sachin Bansal, (R) co-founder & Executive Chairman, Flipkart
Fintech

Sachin Bansal’s fintech Navi raises first outside capital with $100M Prosus investment | TechCrunch

Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup...

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In Brief

Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations | TechCrunch

Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark from its AI...