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• Don’t let your competitor steal the brand spotlight — secure your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

  For 20 years, startups have come to TechCrunch Disrupt to meet their first investors, land their biggest partnerships, and spark the idea that takes them to the next level.

• NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy

  The multi-modal tool, which includes speech, text and images, runs inside Google Cloud’s Vertex AI environment.

• How to use Instagram Map and protect your privacy

  Following concerns about safety, Instagram head Adam Mosseri reassured users that the feature is opt-in, and noted that some people are “confused” about how the feature works. 

• Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out

  Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talks about the agentic web and where the social network will fit in the AI era.

• OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war

  Developers who have had early access are touting GPT-5's pricing as much better than competing models.

• SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn’s Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project

  Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers.

• What founders need to know before choosing their exit — straight from Jai Das and Roseanne Wincek — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

  Hear from Jai Das, Sapphire Ventures, and Roseanne Wincek, Renegade Partners, on how founders can prep for an exit at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Register here.

• Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms

  WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, last raised $40 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data. 

• Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed

  Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news.

• Openvibe combines news and social media in one app

  The addition makes Openvibe more useful for keeping up with your interests and other important information without having to switch between multiple newsreaders, websites, or social networking apps.