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Voice AI platform Phonic gets backing from Lux

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 17:00:00
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The quality of AI-generated voices is good enough for things like creating audiobooks and podcasts, having articles read aloud to you, and basic customer support. But many businesses don’t think...

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Call for speakers: Showcase your knowledge at TechCrunch All Stage

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 17:00:00
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Calling founders, VCs, and startup experts — share your scaling strategies! TechCrunch All Stage 2025 is assembling top minds in startups and venture capital on July 15 in Boston. If you have valuab...

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What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 16:56:49
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TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese governmen...

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The Blunt Force Trauma of the Trump Tariffs

Posted by WIRED on 2025-04-03 16:44:32
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The US is barreling toward a recession for no good reason, and dragging the world—and a few thousand penguins on remote Antarctic islands—down with it....

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Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 16:03:36
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Spotify announced Gen AI ads, among other changes to its advertising business, at an event in New York City on Thursday. Notably, the company introduced a new programmatic offering, the Spotify Ad Exc...

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New session at TechCrunch All Stage: Jahanvi Sardana on how top startups reshape markets

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 16:00:00
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TechCrunch All Stage — the ultimate founder summit — is shaping up to be a powerhouse event where 1,200 founders and VCs across all stages will come together to forge meaningful connections and ga...

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Runway, best known for its video-generating AI models, raises $308M

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 15:18:00
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Runway, a startup developing a range of generative AI models for media production, including video-generating models, has raised $308 million in a Series D funding round. General Atlantic led the roun...

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The Nintendo Switch 2, hands-on: It’s pretty good!

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 15:01:55
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At a presentation unveiling the Nintendo Switch 2, longtime Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto revealed that at one point, he considered calling the Switch’s successor the “Super Nintendo Switch.�...

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A web3 startup aims to change the game in the tariff wars

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 15:00:00
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With President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs coming out today — a day he is calling “Liberation Day” — a Web3 startup thinks it could track tariffs automatically on goods coming in...

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Fuse raises $6.6M to fix a payment problem for companies expanding to MENA

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 14:00:00
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Expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a costly and complex challenge for global businesses, thanks to fragmented regulations and banking systems. Dubai-based fintech Fuse aims...

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Truecaller now has over 450M monthly active users

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 13:38:50
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The caller identity app Truecaller said that it crossed the 450 million user mark earlier this week. The company said that it added 50 million users in the past 10 months and 15.5 million users since ...

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Fintech Plaid raises $575M at a $6.1B valuation, says it will not go public in 2025

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 13:00:00
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Plaid, which connects bank accounts to financial applications, has sold about $575 million worth of common stock at a $6.1 billion post-money valuation, the fintech company confirmed to TechCrunch. Th...

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Y Combinator neobank Djamo raises $17M with 1M users across Francophone Africa

Posted by TechCrunch on 2025-04-03 11:00:00
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Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large markets like Nigeria, Egypt, or South Africa, Djamo has carved out a niche in Fra...

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Want to Look at Your Phone Less? Just Cover Your Screen

Posted by WIRED on 2025-04-03 10:00:00
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An art studio hopes its concept for a phone case that can flip around to cover most of your screen will help cure your screen addiction....

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Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry

Posted by WIRED on 2025-04-03 04:23:49
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Apple, Amazon, and other tech companies reliant on global supply chains stand to lose the most from Trump's trade policies, but some software firms expect more demand for their services....

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