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TechCrunch digest covers X’s Android app rebuild, Infinity’s $15M raise at a $100M valuation, YouTube’s updated monetization rules for AI content, and robotaxi policy debates plus related Uber/Delivery Hero deal activity.
Valar Atomics is reportedly seeking new funding at a $6B valuation, highlighting ongoing use of multi-stage rounds that can mask true entry prices.
Aina, led by former Ultrahuman hardware VP Apoorv Shankar, raises $5.5M to build AI-agent control devices (starting with the Dune keypad) in a crowded AI-interface hardware space, with notable investors and a plan to test a next-generation, action-oriented device.
AMI Labs’ Alexandre LeBrun rejects AGI/superintelligence labels, while the company is pre-product but has raised $1.03B at a $3.5B pre-money, with Asia-focused partnerships and a Korea-driven expansion plan.
Emergent, an Indian AI coding startup, becomes a unicorn after a $130M Series C with a $120M ARR and over 200,000 paying customers.
HyperTexting is a new iOS app that turns the open web into a scrollable, social-media–like feed using RSS, with a potential premium monetization path and user-owned publishing; the regulatory backdrop around data privacy and platform addiction adds external risk.
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