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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1399595760.jpg?resize=1200,675″] VC firm 137 Ventures announced Thursday that it has raised more than $700 million across two new growth-stage funds to back startups “with the potential for significant market impact.”  In the past year, the firm, founded by former Founders Fund investor Justin Fishner-Wolfson, said it has deployed more than a billion dollars…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dentist-office-1252046775.jpg?resize=1200,798″] Practice by Numbers, the developer of a patient management software used in thousands of dentists’ offices, has fixed a security flaw that exposed the private health records of patients on a portal that comes bundled with the software, TechCrunch has learned. One patient, Joseph R. Cox, reported the bug to TechCrunch after…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/X-and-Threads-GettyImages-1763609384.jpeg?resize=1200,832″] Elon Musk’s X is still trying to woo back advertisers — this time with a rebuilt, AI-powered ads platform that started to roll out on Thursday. The tech company initially struggled to grow ad revenue in the first few years of Musk’s reign, leading it to shift its focus to other monetization…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/en-US-VVF-UI-Still.jpg?resize=1200,675″] You’ve heard of Instagram Reels — now get ready for Netflix Clips. Netflix is redesigning its mobile app and introducing Clips, a vertical video feed intended to help users discover new content by sharing highlights from original Netflix programming. “Think of ‘Clips’ as a personalized highlight reel that helps you decide what…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/S4A_Verified_Header_Ravyn.jpg?resize=1200,683″] As AI-generated artists and tracks flood music streaming platforms, Spotify is rolling out a new “Verified by Spotify” badge to help listeners more easily identify authentic human artists. To receive the badge, artists must meet certain criteria. Spotify looks for an identifiable artist presence both on and off platform, like concert dates,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2194278734.jpg?w=1024″] Meta doesn’t come up much in discussions of the top AI products these days, but its products are still benefiting from the ongoing surge of interest in the technology. The company’s business AI tools facilitated about 10 million conversations per week as of late March, up from 1 million in the beginning…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/instagram-app-icon-GettyImages-1046023150.jpg?resize=1200,801″] Instagram announced on Thursday that accounts that regularly repost content they didn’t create, or primarily share other people’s work as photos and carousels, will no longer be eligible for recommendations across the app. The Meta-owned platform says the idea behind the change is to ensure creators of original content get the credit…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1229449621.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Tech companies are racing to build out infrastructure that can further drive the automation boom. Now, Japanese multinational SoftBank reportedly plans to create a new company designed to automate the creation of that infrastructure. SoftBank is putting together a new business called Roze AI, the Financial Times originally reported. Roze would seek…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1213174164.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Amazon and Meta are among the big companies set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay in the country’s fast-growing instant payments network. Executives representing platforms including Amazon Pay, WhatsApp, CRED, MobiKwik, and Flipkart’s Super.money are scheduled to meet the National Payments Corporation of India…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GettyImages-2201505679.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Amazon was one of several tech giants that on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings expectations, offering more financial evidence that the AI boom continues to reward companies that supply the picks and shovels. Amazon’s cloud business is the latest example. Amazon Web Services, buoyed by its role in fueling the AI…