January Ventures co-founder Jennifer Neundorfer stopped by the Equity podcast during TechCrunch Disrupt to chat about fundraising in this very AI-driven market.   Founders and investors alike are obsessed with AI, and even Neundorfer said her firm is looking at ways to use AI to make their work more efficient, such as helping to do due diligence on the market and …

For US President Donald Trump to consent to South Korea building its own nuclear-powered submarines was unexpected – though a welcome decision for the many South Korean analysts who have long argued such vessels were urgently needed by the country’s navy. It will have a huge impact on the US alliance with South Korea and its neighbours, not least North …

Vladimir Putin’s small stature was cruelly showed up for all to see in a highly embarrassing photo op fiasco. Nicknamed “the f***ing dwarf” by many disgruntled Russians, the Kremlin boss is renowned for being very sensitive about his height. He is believed to be between 5ft 2” and 5ft 5”, with some claiming he is 70cm shorter than the global …

People often think about tech bubbles in apocalyptic terms, but it doesn’t have to be as serious as all that. In economic terms, a bubble is a bet that turned out to be too big, leaving you with more supply than demand.   The upshot: It’s not all or nothing, and even good bets can turn sour if you aren’t careful about how you make them.  What makes the question of …

A Russian military blogger has accused the Kremlin of slaughtering up to 100,000 of its own soldiers in futile assaults on two modest Ukrainian cities, delivering a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin‘s war machine. The video, shared on X by former Ukrainian Interior Ministry advisor Anton Gerashchenko, shows the blogger – believed to be a former serviceman with frontline connections …

Rad Power Bikes has informed its employees that it will shut down in January if it is unable to find new funding or get acquired, according to an internal staff email viewed by TechCrunch. The company’s leadership is “still fighting to find ways to continue,” and “the cessation of Rad’s operations is not a forgone conclusion,” according to the email, …

Kaltura, a New York-headquartered AI video platform company, is acquiring eSelf.ai, an Israel-based startup behind conversational avatars — AI-generated digital humans that can talk with users — for about $27 million. Kaltura announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSelf, a platform supporting more than 30 languages and featuring a user-friendly studio for creating, customizing, and …

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Businessman Timur Mindich is reportedly a key figure in an anti-graft probe into a “high-level criminal organization” A long-time ally of Vladimir Zelensky fled Ukraine on Monday, shortly before anti-graft officers carried out raids on his home and the homes of his associates, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported. The operation conducted by the Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is reportedly part …

Gamma, a startup that creates AI-generated presentations, websites, and social media posts, announced on Monday a $68 million Series B round at a $2.1 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.  Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee posted on X that the company has profitably hit $100 million in ARR, with 70 million users. The startup hit $50 million profitably in its first two years, Lee previously posted. Gamma last raised a $12 million Series A round led by Accel in 2024.  Gamma isn’t exactly a new-to-the-scene AI startup (at least …

Google announced on Monday that it’s starting to roll out Gemini to the Google TV Streamer, replacing Google Assistant. The tech giant says the change will enable users to use their voice more naturally to access content and more. For example, users can now ask something like, “I like dramas but my wife likes comedies. What’s a movie we can …

قومی اسمبلی اجلاس میں اپوزیشن اور حکمران اراکین نے ایک دوسرے پر سخت تنقید کی جب کہ اپوزیشن کی جانب سے شور شرابہ کیا گیا، اپوزیشن ارکان بانی پی ٹی آئی عمران خان کی تصاویر والے پوسٹر اٹھا کر ایوان میں آگئے اور شدید نعرے بازی شروع کر دی۔ پیپلز پارٹی کے سینئر رہنما راجہ پرویز اشرف نے پی ٹی …

پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن) کے سینیٹر عرفان صدیقی انتقال کرگئے ہیں۔ سینیٹر عرفان صدیقی سانس کی تکلیف کے باعث 2 ہفتے سے اسلام آباد کے نجی اسپتال میں زیر علاج تھے۔ علالت کے باعث انہوں نے 27 ویں آئینی ترمیم کے لیے ووٹنگ کے عمل میں حصہ نہیں لیا۔ عرفان صدیقی سینیٹ میں مسلم لیگ (ن) کے پارلیمانی لیڈر تھے …

Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic. In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs the popular online encyclopedia, called on AI developers to use its content “responsibly” by ensuring its contributions are properly attributed and that content is accessed …

بھارتی میڈیا کی پاکستان مخالف مہم اور فالس فلیگ آپریشن کا ایک اور مکروہ کھیل بے نقاب ہو گیا ہے ، بھارتی میڈیا نے آج صبح سے ہی پاکستان کے خلاف جھوٹ اور پروپیگنڈے کی نئی لہر چلا دی تھی۔ اتر پردیش اور حیدرآباد کے مقامی دہشت گردوں کو پاکستان سے جوڑنے کی ناکام کوشش کی گئی، جس سے بھارتی …