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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Retro-Header.png?resize=1200,792″] Retro, the friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram product engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, has raised north of $21 million in Series A funding, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise is a testament to the enduring need for social apps that connect people with one another more directly, instead of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SVOD_AppleTV_Severance-S2_Blog-Post-1-1024×576-1.jpg?w=1024″] For the fourth time in four years, Apple TV is hiking its subscription prices. Now, Apple TV subscriptions will cost $14.99 per month, up from the previous $12.99 per month. The annual subscription cost will also jump from $99 to $119. Apple One, the bundle that includes subscriptions to services like iCloud+,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/andreessen-horowitz-office.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.” The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2278736523.jpeg?resize=1200,798″] A federal judge in California ruled on Thursday evening that the Trump administration’s designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk was illegal.  U.S. District Judge Rita Lin said in her ruling that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s labeling of Anthropic as a risk to national security signified “unlawful retaliation” in violation of the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Meta-image.jpg?w=1024″] Meta’s India and Southeast Asia vice president, Sandhya Devanathan, is leaving the social media giant to join OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker told TechCrunch. Devanathan will be based in Singapore and report to OpenAI’s Asia-Pacific managing director, Kiran Mani. She will oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, regulatory engagement, and operations across…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Any-team.jpg?resize=1200,948″] A trip to Europe often means adjusting to a lot of walking, but don’t let it fool you: Cars are still the default for urban mobility. However, entrepreneurs are seeking to challenge this status quo — and the first step is understanding why it is so ingrained. For Belgian startup Any, the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Keith-Rabois.jpg?w=1024″] Mark your calendars: On Thursday, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the real one — brownstones, cobblestones, and all — not the Mission Bay stretch of San Francisco that’s earned the nickname “Vest Village” for all the Patagonia-clad VCs roaming around). Buy…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ai-stage.jpg?w=1200″] AI hasn’t just changed how startups build; it’s broken how they sell, secure their data and customers, and scale it more rapidly than ever before. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, the AI Stage is back to dig into the single hottest topic in the community for the past few years, presented by Google…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/claire-mcdonough-getty.jpg?resize=1200,899″] Rivian’s chief financial officer Claire McDonough is resigning her position at the end of October, the company announced in a regulatory filing Thursday. The company said McDonough is stepping down to “pursue a new opportunity and relocate to the East Coast to be closer to her family.” McDonough has been hired as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/bluesky-GettyImages-2185144073.jpg?w=1024″] After adding support for longer videos just yesterday, open social network Bluesky on Thursday introduced a new algorithmic opt-out feature that allows users to stop their posts from appearing in the app’s main Discover feed. That algorithmic feed can currently surface any post on Bluesky’s network, as posts on the network are…