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Category: Tech Crunch
The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening
OpenAI and Microsoft have an increasingly strained relationship, according to a recent WSJ report.
Finland warms up the world’s largest sand battery, and the economics look appealing
Pornainen recently turned on a 100 MWh thermal battery filled with ground up soapstone.
Aspora gets $50M from Sequoia to build remittance and banking solutions for Indian diaspora
India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade. Inward remittances jumped from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24, according to data from the country’s central bank. The bank projects that figure will reach $160 billion in 2029. This means there is an...
The U.S. Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’
While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How so? Well, the Navy’s chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says he has spent the last two and a half years...
Spiraling with ChatGPT
ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times.
Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC
Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.
Alexa von Tobel has high hopes for ‘fintech 3.0’
It’s been 10 years since Alexa von Tobel sold her financial planning startup LearnVest to Northwestern Mutual for a reported $375 million. Since then, von Tobel became Northwestern Mutual’s first chief digital officer, then chief innovation officer, before launching an early-stage venture firm of her own, Inspired Capital, with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny...
Week in Review: WWDC 2025 recap
Welcome back to Week in Review! We have lots for you this week, including what came out of WWDC 2025; The Browser Company’s AI browser; OpenAI’s partnership with Mattel; and your iPad might finally be a true work machine.
The App Store’s new AI-generated tags are live in the beta
Apple’s plans to improve App Store discoverability using AI tagging techniques are now available in the developer beta build of iOS 26. However, the tags do not appear on the public App Store as of yet, nor are they informing the App Store Search algorithm on the public store. Of course, with any upcoming App...