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TechCrunch Jun 29, 2026 at 18:45 Startups Rising Hot

Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

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Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

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TechCrunch Jun 29, 2026 at 18:10 Startups
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Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

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TechCrunch Jun 29, 2026 at 18:07 Startups
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South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘RAMageddon’

The world's two largest memory chip companies vow to build more memory lab fabs as South Korea positions itself as an AI tech powerhouse country.

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