Hotel management platform Canary nabs $80M Series D from BPC, YC, Insight Partners
Canary, the hotel guest management platform, announced Thursday the raise of an $80 million Series D in a round led by Brighton Park Capital.
Harman Singh Narula and childhood friend SJ Sawhney launched the company in 2018 to help hotels digitize and automate guest interactions. The company
Here are Apple’s top AI announcements from WWDC 2025
Last year, Apple’s WWDC keynote highlighted the company's ambitious strides in AI. This year, the company toned down its emphasis on Apple Intelligence and concentrated on updates to its operating systems, services, and software, introducing a new aesthetic it calls “Liquid Glass” alo
Snapchat adds new features for creators, including an easier way to edit videos
As Snapchat continues to take on Instagram and TikTok, the company announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a suite of new tools and features to make it easier for creators to create and share content on its platform. The social network is launching a “Timeline Editor” feature,
Chime almost died in 2016, turned down by 100 VCs ? today it IPO'd at $14.5B
One of the year's most anticipated IPOs took place on Thursday when neobank Chime raised $864 million in its IPO, pricing its shares at $27, which is above its previously announced range of $24 to $26. That gave it a starting market cap of about $9.8 billion.
While some would point out that th
Apple fixes new iPhone zero-day bug used in Paragon spyware hacks
Researchers revealed on Thursday that two European journalists had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by Paragon. Apple says it has fixed the bug that was used to hack their phones.
The Citizen Lab wrote in its report, shared with TechCrunch ahead of its publication, that Apple had told its re
OpenAI and Barbie-maker Mattel team up to bring generative AI to toymaking, other products
Barbie-maker Mattel and OpenAI have teamed up to bring generative AI to the toy-making and ever-expanding pipeline of IP repackaging.
This partnership marks new territory for OpenAI, which has signed licensing deals with news publishers and enterprise players, but never a toymaker. However, it'
Battery manufacturer Powin files for bankruptcy months after landing $200M loan
Battery manufacturer Powin filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. The Oregon-based company said it has more than $300 million in debt.
The Chapter 11 filing will let the company continue operating while it restructures its debt.
Powin manufactured grid-scale batteries using lithium-ir
Nothing’s new Phone 3 will be available for general sale in the US
Smartphone startup Nothing will sell its next flagship model, the Nothing Phone (3), in the U.S. through its website and Amazon, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Nothing, which will unveil the new phone early next month in London, has released eight phones since its inception in 2020, but only
Instagram will finally let you rearrange your grid
Instagram announced on Thursday that it will finally allow users to rearrange their grid and is testing a way for users to quietly post to their profile without having the content appear in users’ feeds. The social network is also launching the ability to stream songs from Spotify directly to
Conveyor uses AI to automate the painful process of vendor security reviews and RFPs with AI
Selling software to companies is such a time-consuming process. Even after customers are convinced a product is right for their organization, they still need to ensure the software meets all their security requirements.
Chas Ballew realized just how painfully slow and tedious the vendor security a
Your iPad is your new computer
After its WWDC 2025 event, Apple described its upcoming iPadOS 26 update as “the biggest iPadOS release ever.” This doesn’t seem like it’s just a self-aggrandizing exaggeration — iPadOS 26 could actually change the way we think about the utility of a 15-year-old produc
How Warp is introducing robots to automate its network of warehouses
Warp was founded in 2021 to help companies streamline their shipping supply chains and reduce costs through its tech-enabled network of shippers, carriers, and warehouses.
Now, it wants to make supply chains further efficient by using robots to automate its web of warehouses.
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Legal tech platform Definely raises $30M Series B to make contract reviewing more efficient
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu was always curious about what work life was like for his colleague Feargus MacDaeid, one of the few registered blind lawyers in the U.K. Both practiced law at the global firm Freshfields.
When asking about what would make his life easier, the answer was clear: “Help me nav
Automattic acquires relationship manager Clay to add an identity layer to online tools
After acquiring universal messaging apps Beeper and Texts.com, WordPress.com owner Automattic has added another communication-focused startup to its lineup: relationship-management app Clay.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Clay had so far raised over $9 million in venture capit