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Social

Bumble teases a swipe-free future as it doubles down on IRL meetups | TechCrunch

Tinder isn’t the only major dating app turning away from the swipe and toward real-world events to attract...

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AI

Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire | TechCrunch

Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on Wednesday, partnering with Hugging...

Gaming

With the Switch 2 coming, Nintendo is working on Virtual Game Cards for cross-device portability | TechCrunch

Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is working on Virtual Game Cards, a feature that makes digitally downloaded...

Founders Fund partner Ryan Beiermeister
Venture

Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills) | TechCrunch

Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, she announced on Monday. Beiermeister is well-known in Silicon...

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Transportation

Waymo bought Apple’s self-driving car proving ground for $220M | TechCrunch

Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a...

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AI

PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google | TechCrunch

An untold number of Claude chats and Artifacts — the interactive mini apps and documents users can build...

Startups

Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick | TechCrunch

Dogs are amazing. But as many pet parents will tell you, they can be remarkably good at hiding...

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AI

ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users | TechCrunch

OpenAI is removing limits on text-based chats for all users on ChatGPT, which recently crossed the 1 billion...

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AI

With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete | TechCrunch

In May of 2025, Ahad Ali was a successful accountant, overseeing a team of 20 people and handling...

Startups

How a Crisis Turned Julia Hartz Into the CEO Eventbrite Needed | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Eventbrite has survived nearly every kind of challenge a startup can face: launching into a financial...