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Joined March 2007

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Betaworks’ third fund closes at $66M to invest in early-stage AI startups | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/bet…

TechCrunch's tweet card. New York City-based Betaworks has closed its $66 million Fund III, which will focus on investing in early-stage AI companies. Betaworks has been

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 48 m

Lucid Air owners will be able to use Tesla Superchargers from July 31 | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/luc…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Owners of the Lucid Air sedan will be able to charge their luxury EVs at thousands of Tesla Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31. But there is a notable caveat: Lucid Air vehicles...

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 49 m

Nevoya raises $9.3M as its EV truck fleet reaches cost parity with diesel | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/nev…

TechCrunch's tweet card. All-electric truck fleet startup Nevoya has landed a fresh round of capital and plans to expand.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 2 h

This startup thinks email could be the key to usable AI agents | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/thi…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Startup Mixus has built an AI agent platform that not only keeps humans in the workflow, but also allows those humans to interact with agents directly from their email or Slack.

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Amazon backs programmable optics startup Lumotive | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/ama…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Lumotive reopened its February Series B round to add Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund and ITHCA Group, increasing the size of the round to $59 million.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 2 h

Robot guard dogs help Asylon raise a $26M Series B | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/rob…

TechCrunch's tweet card. DroneDogs can be sent to places unsafe for humans or real dogs and can do tasks like dangerous chemical detection.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 2 h

Three things veteran planetary health investors look for in a startup | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/thr…

TechCrunch's tweet card. RA Capital Planetary Health closed a $120 million fund. Here's the rubric two investors use to determine where to place their fund's money.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 8 h

Latent Labs launches web-based AI model to democratize protein design | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/lat…

TechCrunch's tweet card. The company claims that its model achieved state of the art on specific metrics.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 9 h

Instead of selling to Meta, AI chip startup FuriosaAI signed a huge customer | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ins…

TechCrunch's tweet card. South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI announced a partnership on Tuesday to supply its AI chip, RNGD, to enterprises using LG AI Research's recently

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 11 h

Tesla's retro-futuristic diner officially opens as Elon Musk hints at more locations | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/tes…

TechCrunch's tweet card. The Tesla Diner & Drive-In officially opened Monday and it seems Elon Musk is planning for more.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 14 h

OpenAI and Google outdo the mathletes, but not each other | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ope…

TechCrunch's tweet card. OpenAI and Google's AI models achieved impressive results in a difficult math competition, but disputed how the other got their score.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 15 h

Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ser…

TechCrunch's tweet card. The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 18 h

ChatGPT users send 2.5 billion prompts a day | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/cha…

TechCrunch's tweet card. ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from global users every day.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 18 h

72% of U.S. teens have used AI companions, study finds | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/72-…

TechCrunch's tweet card. 72% of US teens have tried AI companions and 52% said they use the regularly.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 18 h

Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies, say researchers | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/hac…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Thousands of SharePoint servers could be vulnerable to hackers, according to cybersecurity firms.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 20 h

Figma’s Dylan Field will cash out about $60M in IPO, with Index, Kleiner, Greylock, Sequoia all selling, too | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/fig…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Figma is allowing existing shareholders to sell even more stock than the company will in its IPO.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 21 h

Chrome for iOS makes it easier to switch between work and personal Google accounts | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/chr…

TechCrunch's tweet card. When users sign in or switch to their work Google account in Chrome, browsing related to their organization will be kept separate from their other browsing on the device.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 21 h

Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has come out of stealth, with EVs built without all the high tech bells and whistles. The Blank Slate truck doesn't even come with paint which allows customers to fully customize their ride and skip and costly add-ons that they don't need.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 21 h

AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 911 calls | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Hyper hopes to use the fresh capital to help scale across the country, integrate more into existing 911 systems, hire a head of engineering, and build its next product.

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TechCrunch@TechCrunch · 22 h

AI voice company Hyper raises $6.3M to help automate 9-1-1 calls | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/ai-…

TechCrunch's tweet card. Hyper announced Monday a $6.3 million seed round led by Eniac Ventures, as well as an official emergence from stealth.

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