Apple hires iPhone camera app Halide’s co-founder for its design team

Halide also released a public preview of its up coming app Halide Mark III.

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

The child, whose age is not known, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.

Upwind raises $250M at $1.5B valuation to continue building ‘runtime’ cloud security

The $250 million Series B was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital.

ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic

ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.

The SpaceX IPO could finally happen (and it’s a big deal) 

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs.  The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its rumored $1.5 trillion valuation, it could trigger an IPO cascade for other late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks.  Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca… Continua a leggere The SpaceX IPO could finally happen (and it’s a big deal) 

WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy

WhatsApp plans to charge developers of AI chatbots per message.

Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans

The organic kids’ snack food company may debut as soon as next week. It has issued a price range for shares, an SEC filing shows.

AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others

The deal’s purpose is primarily to acquire talent, aka an acqui-hire, adding nine key Cleanlab employees to Handshake’s research organization.

AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others

The deal’s purpose is primarily to acquire talent, aka an acqui-hire, adding nine key Cleanlab employees to Handshake’s research organization.

Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks

Google Chrome is adding Gemini in the sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users.