Tag: Startup

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes digitally. Over the past…

In Brief Posted: 10:44 PM PDT · July 7, 2025 Image Credits:cundra / Getty Images OpenAI has reportedly overhauled its security operations to protect against corporate espionage. According to the Financial Times, the company accelerated an existing security clampdown after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a competing model in January, with OpenAI alleging that DeepSeek improperly…

Wall St knocked lower by tariff jitters; Musk’s political plan hits Tesla

Brex quickly realized its normal software procurement process wouldn’t work in the age of AI and found a new way to test and vet tools…

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are focused in other industries like satellite space companies like Loft Orbital and blockchain-based trading site…

ToplineTech billionaire and Tesla chief Elon Musk informally launched his own political party known as the “America Party” on Saturday, he announced on his platform X, further distancing himself from President Donald Trump and the GOP, which became his targets as he recently blasted Trump’s controversial spending megabill. Musk announced the formation of the America…

Make your backyard and patio pop with this weatherproof rug…

These are my go-to shoes in the summer…

Image Credits:Olga Zarzycka / 500px / Getty Images 4:36 PM PDT · July 4, 2025 Earlier this week, San Diego startup Gallant announced $18 million in funding to bring the first FDA-approved ready-to-use stem cell therapy to veterinary medicine. If it passes regulatory muster, it could create a whole new way to treat our fur…

Microsoft is closing its operations in Pakistan, marking the end of a 25-year presence in the South Asian nation. The Redmond-based company on Friday told TechCrunch that it is changing its operational model in Pakistan and will now serve its customers through resellers and “other closely located Microsoft offices.” “Our customer agreements and service will…