Month: August 2025

Are European VCs getting muscled out of AI dealmaking? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/us-vcs-ai-dealmaking-in-europe/

European VCs are raising more specialist defence funds. Is it a good idea? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-vc-raising-defence-funds-specialist-generalist-debate/

16 university spinouts to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/16-university-spinouts-to-watch-according-to-vcs/

Impersonators are targeting companies with fake TechCrunch outreach Hi, thanks as always for reading TechCrunch. We want to talk with you quickly about something important. We’ve discovered that scammers are impersonating TechCrunch reporters and event leads and reaching out to companies, pretending to be our staff when they absolutely are

Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ The Reddit AMA got spicy as users peppered OpenAI with questions, and some asked the company to bring back its previous model. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/08/sam-altman-addresses-bumpy-gpt-5-rollout-bringing-4o-back-and-the-chart-crime/

RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that’s getting replaced by AI Microsoft is killing Lens, a handy mobile scanning app with over 90 million downloads. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/08/rip-microsoft-lens-a-simple-little-app-thats-getting-replaced-by-ai/

Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click OpenArt launched a new feature to help creators make AI-generated brain rot videos. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/08/former-googlers-ai-startup-openart-now-creates-brainrot-videos-in-just-one-click/

Don’t let your competitor steal the brand spotlight — secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 For 20 years, startups have come to TechCrunch Disrupt to meet their first investors, land their biggest partnerships, and spark the idea that takes them to the next level. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/08/dont-let-your-competitor-steal-the-brand-spotlight-secure-your-exhibit-table-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/

OpenAI says GPT-5 its “smartest” model to date OpenAI today launched the latest version of the technology that underpins its popular ChatGPT bot, claiming GPT-5 was its “smartest, fastest” and “most useful” AI model to date. The arrival of GPT-5 has been highly anticipated and comes as ChatGPT hits nearly 700

Flox raises nearly $1M to redefine human-wildlife coexistence Deeptech wildlife intelligence company Flox has closed an oversubscribed Seed round of nearly $1 million. Spun out of  AI research at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm, the company aims to make human-wildlife interaction safer, smarter, and more harmonious, using robotics