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Real estate VC Fifth Wall is raising $500M for a new fund

Real estate venture firm Fifth Wall is raising a new $500 million fund called Fifth Wall React, according to a regulatory filing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Amazon workers strike across seven facilities at peak of holiday shopping season

Amazon workers at seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike on Thursday.

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In just 4 months AI coding assistant Cursor raised another $100M at a $2.5B valuation led by Thrive, sources say

Anysphere, the developer of AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, raised $100 million Series B at a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The round is being led by returning investor Thrive Capital, the person … Continue reading

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Backed by a16z and NEA, Backflip raises $30M Series A to turn text into AI-generated designs

Led by Markforged veterans and backed by a16z, Backlip has raised $30M to democratize product design thanks to AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Rounding Up 2024’s Biggest Tech Fails: What Went Wrong This Year?

Explore the biggest tech failures of 2024, from product flops to security breaches, and uncover the lessons that rocked the industry this year.

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Tapestry, a new app for tracking social media, news, blogs, and more, will launch in ‘early 2025’

A new app called Tapestry promising to unify social media, news, and RSS in one place, is nearing completion. Designed by Iconfactory, the same team that created the third-party Twitter client Twitterific back in the day, Tapestry was unveiled at … Continue reading

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Waymo fills the Cruise void overseas and a salute to icon Jean Jennings

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This will be the last newsletter of 2024! But don’t worry, we’ll be back in 2025 — sign up here to get … Continue reading

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Micron stock headed for worst day since 2020 after disappointing guidance

Micron’s stock plummeted on Thursday following the company’s earnings report and its weaker-than-expected guidance for the second quarter.

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Instagram teases AI tools for editing appearances, backgrounds in videos using prompts

Instagram head Adam Mosseri is teasing upcoming generative AI features for the social app that will allow creators to “change nearly any aspect” of their videos using text prompts. The editing tools will be powered by Meta’s Movie Gen AI … Continue reading

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Over 20 venture firms pledge to not take money from China, Russia 

Founders now have a way to ensure that their investors haven’t taken money from countries like China, Russia, Iran or Cuba.  Over 20 venture firms have signed the Clean Capital Certification, attesting that they have not and will not take … Continue reading

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