Month: July 2025

OpenAI condemns Robinhood’s ‘OpenAI tokens’ OpenAI wants to make clear that Robinhood’s sale of “OpenAI tokens” will not give everyday consumers equity — or stock — in OpenAI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/openai-condemns-robinhoods-openai-tokens/

Wonder Dynamics co-founder Nikola Todorovic joins the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is back at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27–29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders to dig into what’s next in tech. And when it comes to artificial intelligence, the conversations

Lucid sales inch forward as EV maker pushes to ramp Gravity production Lucid sold 3,309 vehicles in the second quarter, a new record for the EV maker. Still, the company must ramp up production of its Gravity SUV to meet its 2025 target. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/lucid-sales-inch-forward-as-ev-maker-pushes-to-ramp-gravity-production/

Substack brings new updates to livestreaming as it increases video push The recent update enables creators to share clips of their live videos on Notes, and Substack will notify them in real time about the performance. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/substack-brings-new-updates-to-livestreaming-as-it-increases-video-push/

Could Google’s Veo 3 be the start of playable world models? Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, hinted Tuesday evening that Veo 3, Google’s latest video generating model, could potentially be used for video games.  Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/could-googles-veo-3-be-the-start-of-playable-world-models/

Belfast femtech startup Joii brings medical-grade period tracking to the masses Dublin femtech startup Joii today launched its life-changing tech for how menstrual health is understood, monitored, and discussed in Ireland and beyond.   A world-first, Joii’s menstrual pad and mobile app measure period blood volume and clot sizes, offering users

Leapter raises €2M to redefine enterprise software with AI-driven blueprints Germany-based Leapter has secured €2 million in pre-seed funding to transform how enterprises build software. AI promises to speed up software development, but in business, speed without trust can be risky. The common belief is that AI will eventually get

KERYS Software raises €6.2M in pre-seed funding to tackle the carbon cost of corporate IT French startup KERYS Software has secured €6.2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate its mission of transforming how enterprises manage IT infrastructure. KERYS Software was founded in 2024 by Thomas Brethomé, Sébastien Domergue, Sylvain Cassier,

GCP’s Fund VI closes at £411M, a 58 per cent increase from Fund V UK PE firm Growth Capital Partners (GCP) today announced the first and final close of Fund VI  at £411 million.  Launched in late March, the oversubscribed fund reached final close in just three months, following strong

TopK raises $5.5M to develop AI-native search engine for enterprises Search engine for AI TopK has raised $5.5 million Seed funding to build an AI-native search engine for enterprises. With the emergence of LLMs, the demand for vector databases has skyrocketed. However, most companies still rely on fragmented infrastructure and legacy