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Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that’s providing employee liquidity.
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The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
As the US continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.
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X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money
42 X users donated to William Shatner’s charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.
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Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston
Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during “Founder Summit Week,” happening June 4-10!
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TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says
The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.
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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.
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One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.
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Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?
Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.
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Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation
Eight Sleep said it was free-cash-flow positive in 2025, and plans to use the new funding for new products, global expansions, and clinical validation.
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Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices
Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.