Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings in talks to raise $20 billion, Bloomberg News reports

The funding would value the company at over $120 billion, according to the Bloomberg report.

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DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit

DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. DoorDash argues in its motion that Uber’s claim lacks merit on all fronts. On a post on its website on Friday, DoorDash said, “the […]

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Trump’s memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days

The coin’s value jumped more than 50% after its website said Trump would have dinner with the top 200 holders.

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TechCrunch Mobility: Slate’s ‘transformer’ EV truck breaks cover and Tesla’s dueling realities

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Busy week, so let’s get to it. Starting with federal regulations! Woohoo. Exciting stuff.  I’m talking about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Automated Vehicle Framework, which […]

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Anthropic sent a takedown notice to a dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool

In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former. That’s at least partly because Anthropic has issued takedown notices to a developer trying to reverse-engineer Claude Code, which is under a more restrictive usage license […]

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Trump meme coin insiders have to wait additional 90 days before they can sell

President Donald Trump’s meme coin was supposed to unlock for some insider sales, but that move got delayed by 90 days.

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Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates

In the latest development of an increasingly public dispute between HR and payroll services rivals, Deel has filed a countersuit against Rippling. To recap: Rippling publicly announced on March 17 that it was suing Deel over alleged corporate espionage, with accusations ranging from violation of the RICO racketeering act (typically used to prosecute organized crime) […]

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Slate Auto eyes former Indiana printing plant for its EV truck production

Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of public records shows. The company is expected to lease the 1.4 million-square-foot facility for an undisclosed sum. […]

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Trump dinner for meme coin buyers prompts senators to demand ethics probe

Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren are calling for an ethics investigation into President Trump’s promotion of his meme coin.

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SEC Chair Atkins says crypto innovation ‘has been stifled’ as regulators push for change

The SEC’s Crypto Task Force hosted its first major roundtable under Chair Paul Atkins, signaling a shift toward a friendlier posture.

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