Julie Bort, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Fri, 11 Jul 2025 19:20:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Julie Bort, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Goldman Sachs is testing viral AI agent Devin as a ‘new employee’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/goldman-sachs-is-testing-viral-ai-agent-devin-as-a-new-employee/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:59:17 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3027082 ChatGPT hallucinated about music app Soundslice so often, the founder made the lie come true https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/chatgpt-hallucinated-about-music-app-soundslice-so-often-the-founder-made-the-lie-come-true/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:20:14 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3026070 In a blow to Google Cloud, Replit partners with Microsoft https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/08/in-a-blow-to-google-cloud-replit-partners-with-microsoft/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:24:56 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025618 ChatGPT is testing a mysterious new feature called ‘study together’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/chatgpt-is-testing-a-mysterious-new-feature-called-study-together/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:53:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3025212 Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/stripes-first-employee-the-founder-of-fintech-increase-sort-of-bought-a-bank/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:55:59 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024437 Lovable on track to raise $150M at $2B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/lovable-on-track-to-raise-150m-at-2b-valuation/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:55:43 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3024216 Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/figma-moves-closer-to-a-blockbuster-ipo-that-could-raise-1-5b/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 21:55:34 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3023978 Tiny AI ERP startup Campfire is winning so many startups from NetSuite, Accel led a $35M Series A  https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tiny-ai-erp-startup-campfire-is-winning-so-many-startups-from-netsuite-accel-led-a-35m-series-a/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3022967 Anthropic’s Claude AI became a terrible business owner in experiment that got ‘weird’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/28/anthropics-claude-ai-became-a-terrible-business-owner-in-experiment-that-got-weird/ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3023115 Meta is offering multimillion-dollar pay for AI researchers, but not $100M ‘signing bonuses’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/meta-is-offering-multimillion-dollar-pay-for-ai-researchers-but-not-100m-signing-bonuses/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:02:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3022848 In just 3 months, CoreWeave CEO, once a crypto-mining bro, becomes a deca-billionaire https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/in-just-3-months-coreweave-ceo-once-a-crypto-mining-bro-becomes-a-deca-billionaire/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:12:18 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3022525 Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/kalshi-closes-185m-round-as-rival-polymarket-reportedly-seeks-200m/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:01:58 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3022245 The All-In Podcast’s $1,200 tequila has already sold out https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/the-all-in-podcasts-1200-tequila-has-already-sold-out/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:10:46 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3021809 Databricks, Perplexity co-founder pledges $100M on new fund for AI researchers https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/databricks-perplexity-co-founder-pledges-100m-on-new-fund-for-ai-researchers/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:30:03 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3021328 Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/rippling-spy-says-men-have-been-following-him-and-his-wife-is-afraid/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:51:47 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3020839 No, Andreessen Horowitz didn’t post that crypto scam tweet https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:27:07 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3020265 6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/6-month-old-solo-owned-vibe-coder-base44-sells-to-wix-for-80m-cash/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:25:21 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3020129 Police shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/police-shut-down-cluelys-party-the-cheat-at-everything-startup/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:09:59 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3019784 OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/openais-200m-dod-contract-could-squeeze-frenemy-microsoft/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:09:34 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3019584 In just 3 months, Ramp’s valuation jumped to $16B, up from $13B https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/in-just-3-months-ramps-valuation-jumped-to-16b-up-from-13b/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:10:57 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3019455