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		<title>SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec, Russell Brandom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta&#8217;s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Loizos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam &#8216;hundreds of thousands of victims&#8217; sued by Google</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/chinese-cybercrime-operation-that-used-ai-to-scam-hundreds-of-thousands-of-victims-sued-by-google/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world&#8217;s first trillionaire</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/spacex-ipo-closes-up-19-and-delivers-the-worlds-first-trillionaire/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin, Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The company made its heavily anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/spacex-president-gwynne-shotwell-just-gave-another-hint-at-a-tesla-merger/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/mistral-is-rumored-to-be-raising-e3b-at-e20-valuation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ram Iyer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The funding round would value the company at around €20 billion (about $23.15 billion), nearly double its Series C valuation of €11.7 billion. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Robinhood sees &#8216;record-breaking&#8217; traffic after SpaceX stock debuts</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/robinhood-sees-record-breaking-traffic-after-spacex-stock-debuts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The trading platform says some customers experienced intermittent disruptions, but those issues have resolved.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Theresa Loconsolo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The IPO market is back, and&#160;it&#8217;s&#160;not the same&#160;companies&#160;leading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but a&#160;new acronym is taking over: MANGOS&#160;— Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Half&#160;of that&#160;bunch is heading to public markets in the same window,&#160;and&#160;it&#8217;s&#160;a stress test for investors, for valuations, and for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk becomes the world&#8217;s first trillionaire after SpaceX&#8217;s historic IPO</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/elon-musk-becomes-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-after-spacexs-historic-ipo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk's paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated -- and powerful -- than ever.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump&#8217;s controversial pick to lead spy agencies</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/us-spy-law-to-expire-for-first-time-after-lawmakers-reject-trumps-controversial-pick-to-lead-spy-agencies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI's warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar&#8217;s video AI is built for India&#8217;s scale</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/cheaper-faster-and-culturally-aware-avataars-video-ai-is-built-for-indias-scale/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avataar AI's distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don&#8217;t have to</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/equal-ai-raises-30m-to-screen-calls-so-indians-dont-have-to/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn&#8217;t specialize in anything</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/theker-just-raised-85m-to-build-the-factory-robot-that-doesnt-specialize-in-anything/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Heim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3132154</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jeff Bezos&#8217;s Prometheus raises $12B to build an &#8216;artificial general engineer&#8217; for the physical world</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/jeff-bezoss-prometheus-raises-12b-to-build-an-artificial-general-engineer-for-the-physical-world/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/spacex-officially-prices-shares-at-135-in-the-largest-ipo-ever/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Fernholz, Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX's IPO has begun. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/oracle-warns-of-security-bug-that-hackers-abused-to-breach-100-companies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it's exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX SPV investors won&#8217;t know their true holdings until post-IPO lock-ups lift</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/spacex-spv-investors-wont-know-their-true-holdings-until-post-ipo-lock-ups-lift/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the  risk of outright fraud.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/bluesky-launches-group-chats-as-company-shifts-focus-to-community-features/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluesky's latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta&#8217;s Edits app is getting an AI assistant and a desktop version</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/metas-edits-app-is-getting-an-ai-assistant-and-a-desktop-version/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By integrating an AI assistant directly into Edits, Meta is aiming to keep creators engaged on Instagram as it continues to compete with TikTok and YouTube for creators' attention.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coinbase’s new tool can help agents trade and pay for premium research</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/coinbase-debuts-mcp-for-agent-trading/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coinbase's agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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