Month: September 2025

Bret Taylor’s Sierra raises $350M at a $10B valuation Customer service AI agent startup Sierra claims to have hundreds of customers, including SoFi, Ramp, and Brex, among others. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/bret-taylors-sierra-raises-350m-at-a-10b-valuation/

Rivian makes its second small workforce cut of the year ahead of R2 SUV launch The company previously laid off around 140 workers in its manufacturing division in June. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/rivian-makes-its-second-small-workforce-cut-of-the-year-ahead-of-r2-suv-launch/

Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again The poke-tracking feature is largely designed to appeal to younger users who have grown up with gamification elements built into their social apps, like Snapchat and TikTok Streaks. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/facebook-is-trying-to-make-pokes-happen-again/

Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain Stripe is funding a new blockchain called Tempo to process stablecoins faster. And many big names are joining the effort. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/stripe-enlists-a-whos-who-including-anthropic-openai-and-paradigm-to-build-a-new-blockchain/

Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg Mark S. Zuckerberg, an attorney, says that he’s losing business because his Facebook business profile keeps getting disabled. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/mark-zuckerberg-sues-mark-zuckerberg/

French startup Cycle joins Atlassian, embedding customer insight tech into Jira Atlassian has acquired the technology and team of French startup Cycle, the AI-powered platform that helps companies understand customer feedback at scale.  Cycle was founded in 2019 by Mehdi Boudoukhane with Hexa (formerly eFounders), the startup studio behind SaaS

From Meeting Summaries to Predictive Insights: How AI Is Transforming Work [Sponsored] The workplace has been in constant flux over the last few years, with hybrid work models and digital tools redefining how employees collaborate. Now, predictive and generative AI technologies are accelerating that transformation, helping to remove low-level tasks,

HappyRobot raises $44M Series B to scale AI agents for the supply chain AI automation startup HappyRobot has raised $44 million in Series B funding to accelerate the deployment of its “AI workforce” designed to handle operational tasks across complex, high-volume industries like logistics, freight, and customer support. The round

IQM raises record $320M Series B to cement Europe’s place in the quantum computing race Today IQM Quantum Computers announced that it has raised $320 million in venture capital, the largest Series B raise ever in the quantum space, both in Europe and outside of the US. It brings the

DeepL launches debut AI agent German AI translation startup DeepL is launching its debut AI agent, as it looks to broaden its offering beyond its core language translation services. The German startup, which is known for its AI text translation and writing tools, is launching an AI agent geared to make life simpler for businesses,