Uber to open 2 campuses in India to support product development, operations | TechCrunch
… Uber currently employs around 3,500 people in India and said it will continue to hire more technical talent as it ramps up AI-related investments globally. …
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AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T | TechCrunch
… All three companies have pulled investment away from their consumer chip businesses to ramp up production of HBM, which carries substantially higher margins and has become essential to powering large-scale AI infrastructure. …
Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks | TechCrunch
… The company said its Robinhood Platinum Card will also get support for a similar virtual an agentic card feature when it launches later this year. Robinhood has been ramping up its AI efforts for the past few years. …
Lucid Motors doesn't know how many EVs it will build this year | TechCrunch
… On Tuesday, the company kept the focus on next year, saying it "remain s on track for production ramp-up of the mid size in 2027." Lucid Motors is also planning to launch a robotaxi service with Uber and Nuro by the end of this year, using autonomous versions of its Gravity SUV. …
Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum | TechCrunch
… But we probably should start by doing a few before we just, like, ramp up trying to do 50 all at once.” Meta might think consumers want more apps, but that’s likely not the case, especially when its new apps mostly end up being copies of other popular services. …
Google's AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes | TechCrunch
… By offering the ability to essentially vibe-code Android apps via web-based tools, Google is ramping up the competition with other AI-powered development tools, like Cursor, Replit, Lovable, Claude Code, and others, while also opening up Android development to a new type of user: a non-technical cr… …
Voi founders' new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm | TechCrunch
… In a tweet , Hjelm explained how a16z partners Alex Rampell and Gabriel Vasquez ended up leading Pit’s round. …