Julie Bort, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 22:05:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Julie Bort, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/klarna-ceo-and-sutter-hill-take-victory-lap-after-jony-ives-openai-deal/ Thu, 22 May 2025 21:34:21 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011208 The wild story of how gut health AI toilet startup Throne raised $4M led by Moxxie  https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/the-wild-story-of-how-gut-health-ai-toilet-startup-throne-raised-4m-led-by-moxxie/ Thu, 22 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010354 Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings, it said https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/klarna-used-an-ai-avatar-of-its-ceo-to-deliver-earnings-it-said/ Wed, 21 May 2025 22:36:31 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010667 Affiniti’s 20- and 22-year-old founders raise $17M led by SignalFire just 6 months after an $11M seed https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/affinitis-20-and-22-year-old-founders-raise-17m-led-by-signalfire-just-6-months-after-an-11m-seed/ Tue, 20 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3009055 Deel wants Rippling to hand over any agreements involving paying the alleged spy https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/deel-wants-rippling-to-hand-over-any-agreements-involving-paying-deels-alleged-spy/ Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008340 Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/y-combinator-startup-firecrawl-is-ready-to-pay-1m-to-hire-three-ai-agents-as-employees/ Sat, 17 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008397 Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/sam-altmans-goal-for-chatgpt-to-remember-your-whole-life-is-both-exciting-and-disturbing/ Thu, 15 May 2025 23:05:45 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007838 $25B-valued Chime files for an IPO, reveals $33M deal with Dallas Mavericks https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/25b-valued-chime-files-for-an-ipo-reveals-33m-deal-with-dallas-mavericks/ Tue, 13 May 2025 22:21:36 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006912 Anthropic, Google score win by nabbing OpenAI-backed Harvey as a user https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/anthropic-google-score-win-by-nabbing-openai-backed-harvey-as-a-user/ Tue, 13 May 2025 20:30:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006837 Even a16z VCs say no one really knows what an AI agent is https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/12/even-a16z-vcs-say-no-one-really-knows-what-an-ai-agent-is/ Mon, 12 May 2025 18:30:23 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005605 Amazon offers peek at new human jobs in an AI bot world https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/amazon-offers-peek-at-new-human-jobs-in-an-ai-bot-world/ Sun, 11 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004901 One of Elon Musk’s longtime VCs is suing his former employer after allegedly being fired https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/one-of-elon-musks-long-time-vcs-is-suing-his-former-employer-after-allegedly-being-fired/ Thu, 08 May 2025 23:10:53 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005143 SpaceX’s Starlink has become a big benefactor of Trump’s tariff trade war, leaked memos show https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/spacexs-starlink-has-become-a-big-benefactor-of-trumps-tariff-trade-war-leaked-memos-show/ Wed, 07 May 2025 19:45:09 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004417 AI data startup WisdomAI nabs $23M with a smart way to avoid hallucinations https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/ai-data-startup-wisdomai-nabs-23m-with-a-smart-way-to-avoid-hallucinations/ Wed, 07 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3003638 Anduril is working on the difficult AI-related task of real-time edge computing https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/anduril-is-working-on-the-difficult-ai-related-task-of-real-time-edge-computing/ Mon, 05 May 2025 20:30:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3003118 Rork’s founders were almost broke when a viral tweet led to $2.8M and a16z https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/rorks-founders-were-almost-broke-when-a-viral-tweet-led-to-2-8m-and-a16z/ Mon, 05 May 2025 16:02:15 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002785 Despite paying $900M in tariffs, Apple’s Tim Cook isn’t announcing price increases — yet https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/despite-paying-900m-in-tariffs-apples-tim-cook-isnt-announcing-price-increases-yet/ Thu, 01 May 2025 22:58:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002194 Rising star defense tech startup Mach Industries is raising $100 million, sources say https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/rising-star-defense-tech-startup-mach-industries-is-raising-100-million-sources-say/ Thu, 01 May 2025 20:44:43 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002112 Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:09:03 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2998865 Vibe coding helps Supabase nab $200M at $2B valuation just seven months after its last raise https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/vibe-coding-helps-supabase-nab-200m-at-2b-valuation-just-seven-months-after-its-last-raise/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:50:15 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2997122