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Supabase hit $5B by turning down million-dollar contracts. Here’s why.

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO […]

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Nov 28, 2025TechCrunch

Supabase CEO on the “painful” decisions that built a $5B company

Vibe coding has taken the tech industry by storm, and it’s not just the Lovables and Replits of the world that are winning. The startups building the infrastructure behind them are cashing in too. Supabase, the open-source database platform that’s become the backend of choice for the vibe-coding world, raised $100 million at a $5 billion valuation just months after closing $200 million at $2 billion. But co-founder and CEO […]

Theresa Loconsolo, Julie Bort

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Nov 28, 2025TechCrunch

How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies

AI is changing how investors and startups bring their products to market. Three experts offered their insights at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Nov 28, 2025TechCrunch

The race to regulate AI has sparked a federal vs state showdown

The fight over AI regulation isn't about the technology -- it's about whether Washington or the states get to set the rules, and what happens to consumers caught in between.

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Nov 28, 2025TechCrunch

How background AI builds operational resilience & visible ROI

If you asked most enterprise leaders which AI tools are delivering ROI, many would point to front-end chatbots or customer support automation. That’s the wrong door. The most value-generating AI systems today aren’t loud, customer-facing marvels. They’re tucked away in backend operations. They work silently, flagging irregularities in real-time, automating risk reviews, mapping data lineage, […] The post How background AI builds operational resilience & visible ROI appeared first on AI News.

SAP outlines new approach to European AI and cloud sovereignty

SAP is moving its sovereignty plans forward with EU AI Cloud, a setup meant to bring its past efforts under one approach. The goal is simple: give organisations in Europe more choice and more control over how they run AI and cloud services. Some may prefer SAP’s own data centres, some may use trusted European […] The post SAP outlines new approach to European AI and cloud sovereignty appeared first on AI News.

How the MCP spec update boosts security as infrastructure scales

The latest MCP spec update fortifies enterprise infrastructure with tighter security, moving AI agents from pilot to production. Marking its first year, the Anthropic-created open-source project released a revised spec this week aimed at the operational headaches keeping generative AI agents stuck in pilot mode. Backed by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and Google Cloud, […] The post How the MCP spec update boosts security as infrastructure scales appeared first on AI News.

Edge AI inside the human body: Cochlear’s machine learning implant breakthrough

The next frontier for edge AI medical devices isn’t wearables or bedside monitors—it’s inside the human body itself. Cochlear’s newly launched Nucleus Nexa System represents the first cochlear implant capable of running machine learning algorithms while managing extreme power constraints, storing personalised data on-device, and receiving over-the-air firmware updates to improve its AI models over time. For AI […] The post Edge AI inside the human body: Cochlear’s machine learning implant breakthrough appeared first on AI News.

Here are the 49 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025

Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. How will 2025 compare?

Rebecca Szkutak

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Nov 26, 2025TechCrunch

OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan

In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam's suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own, arguing that it shouldn't be held responsible for the teenager's death.

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Nov 26, 2025TechCrunch

Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center

The artificial intelligence company said it was working with a developer to build a solar farm on 88 acres next to its Memphis site. Given the proposed size, the solar farm would likely produce around 30 megawatts of electricity, only about 10% of the data center’s estimated power use.

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