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GitHub Copilot introduces new limits, charges for ‘premium’ AI models

GitHub Copilot, Microsoft-owned GitHub’s AI coding assistant, could soon become costlier for some users. On Friday, GitHub announced “premium requests” for GitHub Copilot, a new system that imposes rate limits when users switch to AI models other than the base … Continue reading

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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen still sees opportunity in global trade despite Trump’s tariffs

Flexport’s business is built on supply chains, and the new tariffs the U.S. is placing upon its trading partners have plunged international trade into chaos. Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen joined TechCrunch Editor in Chief Connie Loizos for a … Continue reading

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Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s most expensive AI model yet

On Friday, Google released API pricing for Gemini 2.5 Pro, an AI reasoning model with industry-leading performance on several benchmarks measuring coding, reasoning, and math. For prompts up to 200,000 tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens … Continue reading

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OpenAI says it’ll release o3 after all, delays GPT-5

After effectively cancelling the consumer launch of its o3 reasoning model in February, OpenAI now says it plans to release both o3 and a next-gen successor, o4-mini, in “a couple of weeks.” In a post on X on Friday, OpenAI … Continue reading

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TechCrunch All Stage: Learn how AI can supercharge your MVPs with Chris Gardner

TechCrunch All Stage, our big event for founders of startups at all stages of funding (see what we did there?), is coming up July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station. And it’s our pleasure to announce that Underscore VC’s investing … Continue reading

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Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers

Tesla trade-ins in the U.S. are at an all time high as some owners become disillusioned with Elon Musk’s politics, and some just want to avoid their car getting keyed by Musk haters.  Automakers are pouncing on the opportunity. Polestar, … Continue reading

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Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

Haugh’s firing has seemingly caught senior lawmakers by surprise

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StrictlyVC is heading to London this May

StrictlyVC is crossing the Atlantic! On 13 May, London will play host to an exclusive StrictlyVC evening, delivering the same high-caliber VC insider content that has made these events a must-attend for investors and startup leaders alike. If you’re a … Continue reading

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Midjourney releases its first new AI image model in nearly a year

Midjourney, one of the earliest AI image-generating services on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Dubbed V7, the model, which began rolling out in alpha around midnight Eastern on Friday, comes a … Continue reading

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Amazon’s new AI agent will shop third-party sites for you

Amazon is starting to test a new AI shopping agent, a feature it calls “Buy for Me,” with a subset users, the company announced in a blog post Thursday. If Amazon doesn’t sell something that users are searching for, the … Continue reading

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