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Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

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May 12, 2026 at 00:09 TechCrunch

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

May 11, 2026 at 23:04 TechCrunch

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills

Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model develo...

May 11, 2026 at 21:59 TechCrunch

Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted

Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

May 11, 2026 at 17:38 TechCrunch

Daniel Ek-backed defense tech Helsing to raise $1.2B at $18B valuation

Five-year old European military drone startup Helsing is close to raising another monster round.

May 6, 2026 at 19:10 TechCrunch

Robinhood’s venture fund IPO attracted 150,000+ retail investors, CEO says

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says more than 150,000 retail investors joined the fintech’s new venture fund, which offers exposure to private ...

Mar 25, 2026 at 18:45 TechCrunch

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

The startup provides an e-prescribing marketplace for the booming cash-pay clinic market.

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GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills

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Bravo is creating unscripted microdramas for the Peacock app

As microdrama apps like ReelShort and DramaBox quietly rake in billions, Peacock announced on Monday that it is launching two unscripted Bravo microdramas, which will stream in ...

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