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Stripe’s former growth lead helps African diaspora invest in startups, real estate

AIMPWAJune 19, 2025

When Joe Kinvi joined Touchtech Payments in 2017 as head of finance, the Irish startup couldn’t afford his full salary. So he negotiated for stock to make up the difference. Eighteen months later, Stripe acquired the company, and that equity converted into Stripe shares, enough to let Kinvi leave his job, bootstrap a side project,...

Here are the 24 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2025

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “megaround,” and seven companies raised rounds $1 billion in size or larger. How will 2025 compare?...

Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generation startups, announced on Wednesday the launch of its much-anticipated AI video generation model, V1. V1 is an image-to-video model, in which users can upload an image — or take an image generated by one of Midjourney’s other models — and V1 will produce a set of...

6-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” — one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might...

Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

There’s a lot of talk in the startup world about how AI makes individuals so productive that it could give rise to a generation of “solo unicorns” – one-person companies worth over $1 billion. While an actual solo unicorn remains a mythical creature, Israeli developer Maor Shlomo provided compelling evidence Wednesday that the concept might...

Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

In late 2022, Noah Pepper, a former Stripe business lead for the Asia Pacific region, founded Multiplier, a startup that aimed to sell software to tax accounts. But soon after ChatGPT was released, he realized that AI can change how professional service firms use technology. “I realized I was barking up the wrong tree by...

Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-up

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

Grifin secures $11M to make investing less intimidating

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

Grifin, an investment app that simplifies investing by automatically purchasing stocks in brands where users regularly shop, announced on Wednesday that it has secured an $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to around $22 million. Alongside the announcement, Grifin also revealed it has surpassed 500,000 registered users, indicating that its...

Voi CEO says he’s open to acquiring Bolt’s micromobility business

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

Shared micromobility startup Voi is on the hunt for acquisitions. And on CEO Frederik Hjelm’s wishlist is Bolt, the European mobility super-app best known for ride-hailing. Not that Bolt’s micromobility business is necessarily for sale — despite talk of Voi buying the company’s scooter and bike arm. Bolt declined to comment when TechCrunch reached out. ...

Seed to Series C: What VCs actually want from AI startups

AIMPWAJune 18, 2025

AI investments hit $110 billion in 2024, and the funding landscape in 2025 is more competitive than ever. For early-stage startups, that means more money in the market, but also more pressure to stand out. At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, Rebecca Bellan sat down with three experienced investors: Jill Chase, Partner at CapitalG; Kanu Gulati, Partner...

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The high costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups

AIMPWAAugust 7, 2025

In February, AI coding startup Windsurf was in talks to raise a big new round at a $2.85 billion valuation led by Kleiner Perkins, at double the valuation it hit six months earlier, sources told TechCrunch at the time. That deal didn’t happen, according to a source familiar with the matter. Instead, news broke in...

IPO hopeful Brex scored major win to sell in the EU, plans UK expansion

AIMPWAAugust 7, 2025

Financial services provider Brex on Thursday announced that it achieved a major milestone: it is now licensed in the European Union. That means it can now directly issue credit and debit cards and offer its spend management products to any business in all 30 EU countries with “no workarounds required,” as co-founder and CEO Pedro...

Sri Lanka accepts WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, four remaining for entry into force

AIMPWAAugust 7, 2025

On 6 August, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received Sri Lanka’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Sri Lanka’s WTO Ambassador R.G.S. Wijesekara. Just four more acceptances are needed for the Agreement to enter into force. Source link

WTO issues 2025 Annual Report

AIMPWAAugust 7, 2025

The WTO published today (7 August) its 2025 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2024 and the early part of 2025. The Report looks back at recent key events, such as the 13th Ministerial Conference in February 2024, and describes the WTO’s work in addressing the challenges and opportunities facing...

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Elad Gil joins the stage at Disrupt 2025 in October

AIMPWAAugust 7, 2025

Elad Gil isn’t just ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. And that’s just a slice of the story. His track record includes seed or Series A investments in...

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Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups

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