Can Safeworld convince people that GenAI robots won’t hurt them?

Safeworld is building digital humans to make sure robots don’t hurt the real ones.

Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies

Vessev hopes its electric hydrofoil ferry will change the way people and cities think about boats.

Spotify billionaire’s body scan startup has come to America

Farooq Abbasi, an investor in Neko Health, talked to Equity about the hot health tech company and what’s next for it.

NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions
NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions

New York City residents struggling to get out of recurring subscription fees can now submit complaints to the city government. As of Thursday, the city’s click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. That means a gym that lets you […]

Satlyt, founded by a former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites

Satlyt wants to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that works on many companies’ satellites, versus SpaceX’s closed, all-in-one iPhone-style approach.

Destro AI’s secret sauce is getting robots and humans on the same page

“One of the biggest reasons we are winning against robotics companies is because we are not a robotics company.”

Charter Space raises $5M to bring insurance to the stars

As Charter explains on its website, a common experience for space companies is that regular insurers “heard a bunch of scary science words and freaked out.”

Apple Pay finally launches in India after years on the sidelines

Some of India’s largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.

Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents

OpenAI isn’t a public supporter of Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.

Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech

Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closing, TechCrunch learned exclusively.