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WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan

SARAH PEREZ

WordPress.com Education lets teachers offer their students free domains, plugin support and professional website-building tools.

Terra Industries closes $52M seed round to build defense infrastructure for the Global South

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

African defense tech company Terra Industries announced an additional $18 million in funding, bringing its seed round to $52 million.

Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project

TIM DE CHANT

Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.

This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.

Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX

RAFE ROSNER-UDDIN

Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.

Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud

REBECCA BELLAN

Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.

Amazon, once an online bookseller, is destroying rare books to train AI models

AMANDA SILBERLING

Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.

Feedly attributes weeklong slowdown to bug, not its AI pivot

SARAH PEREZ

Feedly says a bug is behind the performance issues that have made its web app nearly "unusable" for some users, while complaints about its mobile apps and customer support are adding to frustrations.

YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

AISHA MALIK

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.

Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI

ASHLEY BELANGER

Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.

Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic

TIM DE CHANT

Sonic Fire Protection raised its new funding to help get its sound-powered fire protection system into everything from commercial kitchens to apartment buildings.

Reddit begins testing a new audio and video experience, similar to popular TikTok videos

SARAH PEREZ

Reddit is beginning to test video and audio versions of popular posts, allowing users to watch or listen to Reddit stories instead of just reading them.

Higgsfield raises $400M Series B, quadrupling its valuation in 8 months to $5.4B

DOMINIC-MADORI DAVIS

Higgsfield, founded by former Snap exec Alex Mashrabov, lets users create AI images and videos.

Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Spotify launches a new feature that gives users a chance to explain the stories and reasoning behind their favorite music. Editors will be using the feature, too, on top playlists like RapCaviar and others.

Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21

TECHCRUNCH EVENTS

If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!