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Meet the 5 Game-Changing Finalists of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Meet the 5 Game-Changing Finalists of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 From space fintech to AI-powered biotech, these startups are redefining the future of innovation — and inspiring Africa’s next generation of disruptors. After two days of intense pitches and live demos, TechCrunch has unveiled the five finalists for its prestigious Startup Battlefield 2025. Selected from thousands […]

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Trump and Xi Set to Seal Historic TikTok Deal This Week

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Trump and Xi Set to Seal Historic TikTok Deal This Week The U.S. and China are preparing to finalize a landmark TikTok agreement that could redefine global tech governance and data sovereignty. The long-running standoff between Washington and Beijing over TikTok’s future may finally be coming to an end. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed

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“X” Tests Pay-Per-Use API Model to Court Developers

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“X” Tests Pay-Per-Use API Model to Court Developers The social platform formerly known as Twitter rolls out a closed-beta pay-per-use API plan, signalling a major developer strategy shift.:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} Two years after one of the most controversial API overhauls in social-media history, X is opening a closed-beta of a new **pay-per-use API pricing model**. The move

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Why Top Venture Capitalists Are Betting on Teenage Founders

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Why Top Venture Capitalists Are Betting on Teenage Founders Veteran investor Kevin Hartz is doubling down on a bold new trend — backing teenage entrepreneurs who are reshaping startup culture and redefining what it means to build early. Silicon Valley venture capitalist Kevin Hartz has always had a sharp eye for what’s next. From co-founding

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Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Will Soon Allow Adult Erotica — A Bold Step with Big Ethical Questions

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Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Will Soon Allow Adult Erotica — A Bold Step with Big Ethical Questions OpenAI’s CEO announces that “verified adults” will soon be able to access erotic chat features, reigniting debate about AI safety and responsibility. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that ChatGPT will soon relax its restrictions, allowing verified adult

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Healthtech Hasn’t Scaled Yet — But the Next Wave Could Be Bigger Than Hospitals, Says Somerset Indus’ Ramesh Kannan

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Healthtech Hasn’t Scaled Yet — But the Next Wave Could Be Bigger Than Hospitals, Says Somerset Indus’ Ramesh Kannan As Somerset Indus Capital Partners closes its third fund, Partner Ramesh Kannan explains why India’s healthcare investment story is just getting started — and why healthtech’s biggest problem isn’t innovation, but payments. India’s healthcare investment scene

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Elon Musk Faces Fresh Regulatory Heat Over Tesla, The Boring Company

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Elon Musk Faces Fresh Regulatory Heat Over Tesla, The Boring Company From tunnels to self-driving cars, Musk’s empire is under fire again — raising questions about innovation, accountability, and the limits of disruption. It’s another busy week for Elon Musk — not for rockets or AI breakthroughs, but for regulatory battles. The billionaire’s companies are

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Reflection AI Raises $2 Billion to Build America’s Open-Source Frontier AI Lab

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Reflection AI Raises $2 Billion to Build America’s Open-Source Frontier AI Lab The young startup aims to challenge DeepSeek and closed U.S. giants like OpenAI by building large-scale open-weight frontier models. Source: TechCrunch (Rebecca Bellan, Oct 9 2025) Reflection AI, a startup founded in 2024 by two ex-Google DeepMind researchers, has raised $2 billion at

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OpenAI’s continued partnerships and infrastructure expansion with Nvidia, AMD, and others

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OpenAI Expands Billion-Dollar AI Deals as Altman Promises More to Come After securing massive partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hints that even bigger deals are on the horizon. Just days after Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang expressed surprise over OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar partnership with AMD, Sam Altman revealed that the AI giant

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