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techcrunch. com > 04/09/2026 > collide-capital-raises-95m-fund-to-back-fintech-future-of-work-startups

Collide Capital raises $95 M fund to back fintech, future-of-work startups

1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (170+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II. The firm, founded in 2021, backs early-stage companies…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/09/2026 > portal-raises-50-million-to-build-a-new-kind-of-high-power-rocket-engine

This founder helped build Space X's most powerful rocket engine. Now he's building a 'fighter jet for orbit"

1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (711+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into Space X's most powerful rocket engine. Now, he's trying to do the same thing at…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/09/2026 > mariana-minerals-taps-pronto-to-help-automate-a-copper-mine

Exclusive: Mariana Minerals taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine

2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (657+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. There is a lot of attention on domestic manufacturing in the United States these days. But for Turner Caldwell, who spent nearly a decade…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > avride-self-driving-car-austin-kills-duck-mueller

A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (319+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. The death of a duck in the Austin, Texas enclave of Mueller Lake has neighbors raising concerns about autonomous vehicles and whether they belong…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > poke-makes-ai-agents-as-easy-as-sending-a-text

Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text

11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1102+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Is Poke an Open Claw for the rest of us? That's the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > canva-doubles-down-on-ai-and-marketing-automation-with-simtheory-ortto-acquisitions

Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions

17+ hour, 15+ min ago  (399+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Canva announced on Wednesday the dual acquisition of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > wireguard-vpn-developer-cant-ship-software-updates-after-microsoft-locks-account

Wire Guard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account

16+ hour, 24+ min ago  (936+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save up to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Wire Guard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > aws-boss-explains-why-investing-billions-in-both-anthropic-and-openai-is-an-ok-conflict

AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and Open AI is an OK conflict

18+ hour, 6+ min ago  (506+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon's recent $50 billion investment in Open AI, after its long partnership including $8 billion of investment in Anthropic, is the…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > a-self-driving-car-in-austin-killed-a-mother-duck-sparking-neighborhood-outrage

A self-driving car in Austin killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

18+ hour, 4+ min ago  (235+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. The death of a duck in the Austin, Texas enclave of Mueller Lake has neighbors raising concerns about autonomous vehicles and whether they belong…...

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techcrunch. com > 04/08/2026 > amazon-to-end-support-for-older-kindle-devices-2012

Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices

13+ hour, 42+ min ago  (433+ words) THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends April 10, 11: 59 p. m. PT. Register here. Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 " cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable to…...