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Announcing the top judges for the final round of Startup Battlefield 200, only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the Startup Battlefield 200 finalists will take the stage one last time to compete for the $100,000 equity-free prize. Deciding their fate will be a select group of the most respected and influential investors in the industry — our final round judges. Meet them here.

Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI, DeepMind execs, raised $12M to bring AI content to Hollywood 

Wonder will use the fresh funds to double its engineering team and accelerate its push into IP ownership and original content production.

Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 roundtables bring founders, investors, and operators together for interactive small-group discussions on AI, fintech, space, and more. Check the full schedule, and don’t miss your chance to save up to $444 and 60% off a second pass before prices rise at the door.

Get hands-on: The full lineup of interactive roundtables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 roundtables bring founders, investors, and operators together for interactive small-group discussions on AI, fintech, space, and more. Check the full schedule, and don’t miss your chance to save up to $444 and 60% off a second pass before prices rise at the door.

Only 4 days until TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in San Francisco and ticket rates increase

The wait all year is almost over! In just 4 days, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 takes over San Francisco’s Moscone West and with it the future of tech. This is your final chance to join the founders, investors, and innovators shaping the future before ticket prices increase. Save up to $444 and 60% on a second pass now.

Instagram rolls out custom icons … but only for teens

Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the company’s post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.

Rivian spinoff Also reveals a high-end modular e-bike for $4,500

The first in a lineup of new vehicles from Also, which started as a skunkworks project inside of Rivian a few years ago.

Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store

Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors’ data being exposed.

Should you trust Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orb?

Ever wonder if you’re talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your humanity.  Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian… Continua a leggere Should you trust Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orb?

What’s Updog? Datadog’s new tool tells you which apps are down

Cloud monitoring platform Datadog launched Updog, a web dashboard that shows the live health status of various SaaS APIs.