| 1 | { |
| 2 | "week": "2026-W21", |
| 3 | "source": "techcrunch", |
| 4 | "crawled_at": "2026-05-21T12:39:56.134051Z", |
| 5 | "articles": [ |
| 6 | { |
| 7 | "title": "Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links", |
| 8 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/scammers-are-abusing-an-internal-microsoft-account-to-send-spam/", |
| 9 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T11:42:57Z", |
| 10 | "categories": [ |
| 11 | "Security", |
| 12 | "cyberattacks", |
| 13 | "cybersecurity", |
| 14 | "Microsoft", |
| 15 | "phishing", |
| 16 | "scam" |
| 17 | ], |
| 18 | "summary": "The loophole allows spammers and scammers to send emails from a legitimate Microsoft email address typically used for sending genuine account alerts.", |
| 19 | "github_links": [], |
| 20 | "entities": [ |
| 21 | "Scammers", |
| 22 | "Microsoft" |
| 23 | ], |
| 24 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 25 | }, |
| 26 | { |
| 27 | "title": "Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1 billion valuation with KKR backing", |
| 28 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/booking-platform-fresha-announces-80m-investment-unicorn-valuation/", |
| 29 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T11:00:00Z", |
| 30 | "categories": [ |
| 31 | "Startups", |
| 32 | "Venture", |
| 33 | "SaaS" |
| 34 | ], |
| 35 | "summary": "Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, KKR's growth equity arm.", |
| 36 | "github_links": [], |
| 37 | "entities": [ |
| 38 | "Beauty", |
| 39 | "Fresha", |
| 40 | "KKR" |
| 41 | ], |
| 42 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 43 | }, |
| 44 | { |
| 45 | "title": "Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams", |
| 46 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/truecaller-gets-into-the-esim-business-to-diversify-its-revenue-streams/", |
| 47 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T06:00:00Z", |
| 48 | "categories": [ |
| 49 | "Apps", |
| 50 | "esim", |
| 51 | "travel", |
| 52 | "Truecaller" |
| 53 | ], |
| 54 | "summary": "The company said its plans will range from 1 GB over 7 days to 20 GB over 30 days. Initially, the launch will make the eSIM product available in 29 countries.", |
| 55 | "github_links": [], |
| 56 | "entities": [ |
| 57 | "Truecaller" |
| 58 | ], |
| 59 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 60 | }, |
| 61 | { |
| 62 | "title": "General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market", |
| 63 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/indian-travel-fintech-scapia-more-than-doubles-valuation-to-over-500m-in-a-year/", |
| 64 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T05:52:38Z", |
| 65 | "categories": [ |
| 66 | "Fintech", |
| 67 | "Startups", |
| 68 | "General Catalyst", |
| 69 | "Peak XV Partners", |
| 70 | "Scapia", |
| 71 | "Z47" |
| 72 | ], |
| 73 | "summary": "Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles its valuation.", |
| 74 | "github_links": [], |
| 75 | "entities": [ |
| 76 | "General", |
| 77 | "Catalyst", |
| 78 | "India" |
| 79 | ], |
| 80 | "relevance_score": 0.6 |
| 81 | }, |
| 82 | { |
| 83 | "title": "Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering", |
| 84 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/imperagen-raises-5-million-to-redefine-enzyme-engineering/", |
| 85 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T04:00:00Z", |
| 86 | "categories": [ |
| 87 | "Startups", |
| 88 | "Biotech & Health", |
| 89 | "Venture", |
| 90 | "biotech" |
| 91 | ], |
| 92 | "summary": "Biotech company Imperagen announced on Thursday a £5 million ($6.7 million) seed round led by PXN Ventures, with participation from IQ Capital and Northern Gritstone.", |
| 93 | "github_links": [], |
| 94 | "entities": [ |
| 95 | "Imperagen", |
| 96 | "AI" |
| 97 | ], |
| 98 | "relevance_score": 0.8 |
| 99 | }, |
| 100 | { |
| 101 | "title": "Jensen Huang says he’s found a ‘brand new’ $200B market for Nvidia", |
| 102 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/jensen-huang-says-hes-found-a-brand-new-200b-market-for-nvidia/", |
| 103 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T00:28:31Z", |
| 104 | "categories": [ |
| 105 | "AI", |
| 106 | "Enterprise", |
| 107 | "TC", |
| 108 | "cpus", |
| 109 | "nvidia" |
| 110 | ], |
| 111 | "summary": "The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts.", |
| 112 | "github_links": [], |
| 113 | "entities": [ |
| 114 | "Jensen", |
| 115 | "Huang", |
| 116 | "Nvidia" |
| 117 | ], |
| 118 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 119 | }, |
| 120 | { |
| 121 | "title": "Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter", |
| 122 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/anthropic-says-its-about-to-have-its-first-profitable-quarter/", |
| 123 | "published_at": "2026-05-21T00:21:21Z", |
| 124 | "categories": [ |
| 125 | "AI", |
| 126 | "Anthropic", |
| 127 | "Claude", |
| 128 | "OpenAI" |
| 129 | ], |
| 130 | "summary": "Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around $10.9 billion in its second quarter.", |
| 131 | "github_links": [], |
| 132 | "entities": [ |
| 133 | "Anthropic" |
| 134 | ], |
| 135 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 136 | }, |
| 137 | { |
| 138 | "title": "The SpaceX IPO filing is filled with AI bets, Starship dreams, and Elon Musk at the center", |
| 139 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/the-spacex-ipo-filing-ai-bets-starship-dreams-elon-musk/", |
| 140 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T23:03:02Z", |
| 141 | "categories": [ |
| 142 | "Space", |
| 143 | "Transportation", |
| 144 | "Elon Musk", |
| 145 | "IPOs", |
| 146 | "SpaceX", |
| 147 | "rockets", |
| 148 | "xAI", |
| 149 | "Starlink" |
| 150 | ], |
| 151 | "summary": "SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever and one that will make Musk the CEO, CTO, and chairman of the board.", |
| 152 | "github_links": [], |
| 153 | "entities": [ |
| 154 | "SpaceX", |
| 155 | "IPO", |
| 156 | "AI", |
| 157 | "Starship", |
| 158 | "Elon", |
| 159 | "Musk" |
| 160 | ], |
| 161 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 162 | }, |
| 163 | { |
| 164 | "title": "Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral", |
| 165 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/clouted-wants-to-take-the-guesswork-out-of-making-short-videos-go-viral/", |
| 166 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T22:30:45Z", |
| 167 | "categories": [ |
| 168 | "AI", |
| 169 | "Media & Entertainment", |
| 170 | "Startups", |
| 171 | "Clouted", |
| 172 | "Marketing", |
| 173 | "slow ventures", |
| 174 | "social media" |
| 175 | ], |
| 176 | "summary": "The video clipping startup raised a $7 million seed round led by Slow Ventures.", |
| 177 | "github_links": [], |
| 178 | "entities": [ |
| 179 | "Clouted" |
| 180 | ], |
| 181 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 182 | }, |
| 183 | { |
| 184 | "title": "xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over", |
| 185 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/xai-burned-6-4b-last-year-spacexs-ipo-filing-shows-why-the-spending-is-far-from-over/", |
| 186 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T22:26:08Z", |
| 187 | "categories": [ |
| 188 | "AI", |
| 189 | "Space", |
| 190 | "Elon Musk", |
| 191 | "Grok", |
| 192 | "SpaceX", |
| 193 | "spacex ipo", |
| 194 | "X" |
| 195 | ], |
| 196 | "summary": "SpaceX's IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk's AI financials and more details about his ambitions.", |
| 197 | "github_links": [], |
| 198 | "entities": [ |
| 199 | "SpaceX", |
| 200 | "IPO" |
| 201 | ], |
| 202 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 203 | }, |
| 204 | { |
| 205 | "title": "Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups", |
| 206 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/nvidia-posts-another-record-quarter-reveals-43-billion-of-holdings-in-startups/", |
| 207 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T22:03:51Z", |
| 208 | "categories": [ |
| 209 | "AI", |
| 210 | "earnings", |
| 211 | "Jensen Huang", |
| 212 | "nvidia" |
| 213 | ], |
| 214 | "summary": "Nvidia announced another record revenue figure after market close on Wednesday, but forecasted that revenue growth would slow in the following quarter.", |
| 215 | "github_links": [], |
| 216 | "entities": [ |
| 217 | "Nvidia" |
| 218 | ], |
| 219 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 220 | }, |
| 221 | { |
| 222 | "title": "Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more", |
| 223 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musks-xai-is-being-sued-over-its-data-center-generators-now-its-buying-2-8b-more/", |
| 224 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T21:55:49Z", |
| 225 | "categories": [ |
| 226 | "AI", |
| 227 | "Climate", |
| 228 | "air pollution", |
| 229 | "data centers", |
| 230 | "Elon Musk", |
| 231 | "natural gas", |
| 232 | "SpaceX", |
| 233 | "spacex ipo", |
| 234 | "spacexai", |
| 235 | "xAI" |
| 236 | ], |
| 237 | "summary": "Elon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.", |
| 238 | "github_links": [], |
| 239 | "entities": [ |
| 240 | "Musk" |
| 241 | ], |
| 242 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 243 | }, |
| 244 | { |
| 245 | "title": "Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute", |
| 246 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/anthropic-will-pay-xai-1-25-billion-per-month-for-compute/", |
| 247 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T21:29:22Z", |
| 248 | "categories": [ |
| 249 | "AI", |
| 250 | "Anthropic", |
| 251 | "colossus", |
| 252 | "data centers", |
| 253 | "SpaceX", |
| 254 | "xAI" |
| 255 | ], |
| 256 | "summary": "Elon Musk's xAI surprised the AI world when it made a deal to sell compute to Anthropic. Now we know how much it's worth.", |
| 257 | "github_links": [], |
| 258 | "entities": [ |
| 259 | "Anthropic" |
| 260 | ], |
| 261 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 262 | }, |
| 263 | { |
| 264 | "title": "Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup", |
| 265 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/sam-altman-makes-mic-drop-offer-to-every-y-combinator-startup/", |
| 266 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T21:23:02Z", |
| 267 | "categories": [ |
| 268 | "Startups", |
| 269 | "Venture", |
| 270 | "OpenAI", |
| 271 | "sam altman", |
| 272 | "Y Combinator" |
| 273 | ], |
| 274 | "summary": "Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.", |
| 275 | "github_links": [], |
| 276 | "entities": [ |
| 277 | "Sam", |
| 278 | "Altman", |
| 279 | "Combinator" |
| 280 | ], |
| 281 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 282 | }, |
| 283 | { |
| 284 | "title": "You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it.", |
| 285 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/video/you-dont-need-to-be-an-ai-startup-to-raise-lucra-has-20m-to-prove-it/", |
| 286 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T21:21:22Z", |
| 287 | "categories": [ |
| 288 | "Startups", |
| 289 | "AI startup", |
| 290 | "ark invest", |
| 291 | "Cathie Wood", |
| 292 | "Equity podcast", |
| 293 | "Lucra", |
| 294 | "startup fundraising", |
| 295 | "venture capital" |
| 296 | ], |
| 297 | "summary": "Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without those two letters in the spotlight, it got us wondering how the conversation even started — especially when ARK had already been burned by a company operating in the same space.  On this episode of TechCrunch̵...", |
| 298 | "github_links": [], |
| 299 | "entities": [ |
| 300 | "You", |
| 301 | "AI", |
| 302 | "Lucra" |
| 303 | ], |
| 304 | "relevance_score": 0.6 |
| 305 | }, |
| 306 | { |
| 307 | "title": "Microsoft’s carbon-removal plans aren’t dead after all", |
| 308 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/microsofts-carbon-removal-plans-arent-dead-after-all/", |
| 309 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T20:30:24Z", |
| 310 | "categories": [ |
| 311 | "Climate", |
| 312 | "biogas", |
| 313 | "carbon credits", |
| 314 | "carbon removal", |
| 315 | "Exclusive", |
| 316 | "Microsoft" |
| 317 | ], |
| 318 | "summary": "Microsoft is responsible for over 90% of the carbon-removal market, and reports suggested the company was pausing purchases entirely. This new deal should help assuage the fears of CDR startups.", |
| 319 | "github_links": [], |
| 320 | "entities": [ |
| 321 | "Microsoft" |
| 322 | ], |
| 323 | "relevance_score": 0.2 |
| 324 | }, |
| 325 | { |
| 326 | "title": "OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time", |
| 327 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/openai-claims-it-solved-an-80-year-old-math-problem-for-real-this-time/", |
| 328 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T20:28:27Z", |
| 329 | "categories": [ |
| 330 | "AI", |
| 331 | "ChatGPT", |
| 332 | "erdos problems", |
| 333 | "OpenAI", |
| 334 | "reasoning models" |
| 335 | ], |
| 336 | "summary": "OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.", |
| 337 | "github_links": [], |
| 338 | "entities": [ |
| 339 | "OpenAI" |
| 340 | ], |
| 341 | "relevance_score": 0.6 |
| 342 | }, |
| 343 | { |
| 344 | "title": "IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed", |
| 345 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/irisgo-a-startup-backed-by-andrew-ng-looks-to-become-the-ai-desktop-buddy-you-never-knew-you-needed/", |
| 346 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T19:47:20Z", |
| 347 | "categories": [ |
| 348 | "AI", |
| 349 | "andrew ng", |
| 350 | "google brain", |
| 351 | "IrisGo" |
| 352 | ], |
| 353 | "summary": "Initially billed as an \"AI butler,\" Iris watches what happens on a user's desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.", |
| 354 | "github_links": [], |
| 355 | "entities": [ |
| 356 | "IrisGo", |
| 357 | "Andrew", |
| 358 | "Ng", |
| 359 | "AI" |
| 360 | ], |
| 361 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 362 | }, |
| 363 | { |
| 364 | "title": "Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe", |
| 365 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/teslas-full-self-driving-software-is-creeping-into-europe/", |
| 366 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T18:32:06Z", |
| 367 | "categories": [ |
| 368 | "Transportation", |
| 369 | "autonomous vehicles", |
| 370 | "Europe", |
| 371 | "EVs", |
| 372 | "Tesla", |
| 373 | "Tesla FSD" |
| 374 | ], |
| 375 | "summary": "First came the Netherlands, now it's Lithuania. And more European countries appear to be in the queue for Tesla's driver-assistance system.", |
| 376 | "github_links": [], |
| 377 | "entities": [ |
| 378 | "Tesla", |
| 379 | "Full", |
| 380 | "Self", |
| 381 | "Driving", |
| 382 | "Europe" |
| 383 | ], |
| 384 | "relevance_score": 0.0 |
| 385 | }, |
| 386 | { |
| 387 | "title": "Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support", |
| 388 | "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/airbnb-gets-into-hotels-expands-ai-for-host-onboarding-and-customer-support/", |
| 389 | "published_at": "2026-05-20T18:14:04Z", |
| 390 | "categories": [ |
| 391 | "Apps", |
| 392 | "Airbnb", |
| 393 | "customer support", |
| 394 | "hotel bookings" |
| 395 | ], |
| 396 | "summary": "Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app.", |
| 397 | "github_links": [], |
| 398 | "entities": [ |
| 399 | "Airbnb", |
| 400 | "AI" |
| 401 | ], |
| 402 | "relevance_score": 0.4 |
| 403 | } |
| 404 | ], |
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| 410 | } |