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  • Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/threads-finger-GettyImages-2232887912.jpg?w=1024″] Nearly three years after launching as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Threads has reaches 500 million monthly active users, the company announced Tuesday. The Meta-owned social platform also announced a series of new features launching today, including a “Your Algo” tool that lets users control what they see in their feed.…

  • Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/respond-team-comp-2.webp?resize=1200,800″] In 2017, Respond.io set out to solve a simple problem: Businesses couldn’t keep up with customers who had moved to messaging apps. Today, Respond, with its customer conversation management software, has become one of the tech success stories of Malaysia. The startup, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, has raised a $62.5 million Series…

  • Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sundar-io2026-intro-close.png?w=1191″] Over the weekend, Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced a small revolt when he delivered his commencement speech at Stanford University, where he earned his graduate degree in materials science and engineering. About 200 students from the graduating class reportedly walked out, while others loudly booed the tech executive. The focus of the…

  • The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/trump-2267050833.jpg?resize=1200,800″] The U.S. government’s enforcement letter to Anthropic, which effectively forced the company to pull its latest AI models offline just before the weekend, should be a wake-up call for any U.S. tech company — AI lab or otherwise.  To catch you up on the news blitz: On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Commerce…

  • Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/meta-apps-GettyImages-2152655816.jpg?w=1024″] As Meta tries to catch up in the AI race and boost engagement with its AI bot, the company announced Monday that it’s rolling out new AI features on Facebook that aim to change how users find information, create content, and interact with the platform.  The headline update is “AI Mode,” a…

  • SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/elon-nasdaq-spacex-ipo.jpg?resize=1200,801″] SpaceX has captured the attention of media, investors, and the public for years now — interest propelled by the company’s reusable rocket launches, the rise of its Starlink satellite network, and, of course, for its founder and CEO Elon Musk. But in its 24-year history, nothing quite compared to its initial public…

  • SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7B raised

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/musk-getty-inauguration-trump.jpg?resize=1200,897″] SpaceX’s historic IPO just got supersized, after the public offering’s underwriters exercised their option to purchase the maximum amount of shares — bringing the total amount raised to $85.7 billion. Elon Musk’s space and AI company had initially raised $75 billion, which was already enough to make it the largest IPO windfall…

  • UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/social-media-icons.jpg?resize=1200,798″] U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that his government will impose a ban on social media use for children under 16 years of age. The ban would apply to a range of social media platforms, including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X. Messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal will not be…

  • Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6B

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-1125951338.jpg?resize=1200,900″] Salesforce announced on Monday that it will acquire AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion. Formerly known as Intercom, Fin offers an AI agent that can resolve customer queries across channels, using live chat, WhatsApp, SMS, phone calls, Slack, and more. Salesforce says it wants to use Fin’s team and technology…

  • Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sarvam.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. The Bengaluru-based company is now India’s newest AI unicorn, as governments and companies seek greater control over critical artificial intelligence technologies and computing infrastructure. And $150 million of that money will come from HCLTech, the IT subsidiary…