From courtside to code: Tristan Thompson on AI, sports, and startups at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Google’s Search Live comes to India, AI Mode gets more languages

With this launch, India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Google’s Search Live.

Charles Schwab backs Singapore’s Qapita, a Carta challenger

Charles Schwab and Singapore-based Qapita have teamed up to launch a new service to help U.S. startups manage cap tables and employee stock plans.

Revolut aims to take on Indian banks and their ‘criminal’ forex fees

Revolut plans to onboard 20 million users in India by 2030 and process more than $7 billion in transactions.

You can’t libel the dead. But that doesn’t mean you should deepfake them.

“Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad,” the late Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda wrote on Instagram.

Trump’s DOE proposes cutting billions in grants for GM, Ford, and lots of startups

Trump’s Department of Energy wants to cancel billions more in awards that were granted by the Biden administration, and startups are in the crosshairs.

Wall Street analysts explain how AMD’s own stock will pay for OpenAI’s billions in chip purchases 

AMD’s unusual deal to finance OpenAI’s chip purchases could grant the AI model maker up to $100 billion, analyst estimates.

Google launches its AI vibe-coding app Opal in 15 more countries

The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text prompts, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan.

How Otter.ai’s CEO is pushing the company to be more than just a meeting scribe

Otter is launching a suite of enterprise tools to help companies use its tech to create a central knowledge base.

Tesla reveals slightly cheaper ‘standard’ versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

The long-awaited cheaper Model 3 and Model Y are finally here, but they start at $36,990 and $39,990, respectively — just a few thousand dollars less than Tesla’s current offerings.