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“My life has prepared me for this moment,” Ben Sanders said when asked why he launched emergency response startup Hyper. The company announced on Monday its $6.3 million seed round led by ENIAC ventures and an official emergence from stealth. As a child, he wanted to be a police officer, so he sewed his mother yellow stripes into Navy sweatpants. He wore it in the rain hat of an officer all year round. When he grew up, he worked at the intersection of technology and government, and once ran for the federal government. About a year ago, he read a…
Grok's grumpy, unfiltered AI buddies may often make headlines for their indifference, but that's the Grok 4, the latest model from Xai that drives the latest revenue for the app. Elon Musk's Xai launched Grok 4 late July 9, and by Friday, July 11, Grok's total revenue for iOS had risen by a whopping 325% to 325%, from $99,000 the day before the release of the Grok 4 to $419,000, according to App Intelligence Firm Appfigures. Image credits: AppFigures Grok continued to raise higher revenues for days after the launch of new models, and days after the launch of new…
Developers of Unite, an app that provides customized web app management on Macs, released a new app called Quip, a clipboard app for the Apple ecosystem on Monday. The app includes features to organize text clips, support for shortcuts to trigger text snippets, duplicate prevention, code formatting and more. The goal is to provide users with more control and customization compared to traditional clipboards, making it a more productive alternative. QUIP is out of the way – On Macs, it has a special keyboard that resides in the menu bar and maintains a universal clipboard with the history of everything…
Over 10,000 founders, investors and tech insiders will convene for the TechCrunch Surpurte 2025 in Moscone West, San Francisco, October 27-29. With over 250 technology leaders on stage, don't miss this standout panel in the Builders stage of two Builders, two of the most respected early investors in the venture. Their sessions will be split into one of the toughest moments of their startup journey. All you have is to raise the first round when it's just vision. Why join this conversation on the builder stage? This honest, tactical conversation covers what's really important when raising the first institutional check,…
TechCrunch's 2025 is round the corner, with more than 10,000 startups and VC leaders heading to West Moscone in San Francisco on October 27th-29th to Expo Hall connects and business accomplishments. If you were thinking of introducing your company, think of this your nudge – the spots of exhibitors fill up quickly, and once they are gone, they will disappear. Not only is it to exhibit with Discrupt, but also to have a table, but to put the startup in front of the most important people. Whether you're looking to connect with investors, report on spark media, hire top talent,…
AI-driven browsers aren't near the easy future they promise when they can perform complex multi-step tasks for you. However, makers of these browsers are trying to make life easier for users by adding a simple way to repeat prompts for frequently performed tasks. The new DIA browser from the browser company already has skill features. This allows users to ask the browser to run the command, or create code snippets based on the prompt. For example, you can ask your browser to have an interesting event occurring in the nearest few days. You can save the prompt for future use…
India's largest crypto exchange CoindCX confirmed that one of its internal operating accounts was compromised in a recent security breaches, allowing hackers to gain millions of security with crypto. On Saturday, CoindCX co-founder and CEO Sumit Gupta revealed in a post by X that the internal account was breached during the hack that “it is only used for liquidity provisioning in partner exchanges.” The executive ensured that the incident did not affect client funds and that all customer assets remained safe. Earlier in the day, Crypto Security Researcher ZachxBT reported that approximately $44.2 million had been emitted from CoindCX's financial…
US federal government and cybersecurity researchers say a newly discovered security bug found in Microsoft's SharePoint is under attack. The US cybersecurity agency CISA issued an alarm this weekend that hackers are actively using bugs. Microsoft has yet to provide patches for all affected SharePoint versions, and customers around the world can barely defend against ongoing intrusions. Microsoft said the bug, officially known as CVE-2025-53771, affects the version of SharePoint that companies configure and manage on their own servers. SharePoint companies can store, share and manage internal files. Microsoft said it is working on security fixes to prevent hackers from…
Following a report from Pro Publica that Microsoft uses Chinese engineers to maintain the US Department of Defense's cloud computing system, the company said it has made changes to prevent this from happening any more. The existing systems reportedly relied on “digital escorts” to oversee China-based engineers. However, according to Pro Publica, these escorts — US citizens with security clearance — may lack the technical expertise to properly monitor engineers. In response to the report, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses wrote to X that “of course, no country should be allowed to maintain or access the DOD system,” including China. On…
When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup came to highlight its leading investor, Craft Ventures. The announcement raised questions about the Trump administration's conflict of interest, in which Sack serves as both AI and Crypto Czar, while maintaining his role in the craft venture. Sacks was able to secure not one but two ethics exemptions, and shape federal government policies while maintaining economic interests in the very industries he oversees. The first 11-page document from March covers his crypto investments. The second, published in June, deals in particular with his AI Holdings. Together,…