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		<title>How Lightspeed found their newest hire… via Instagram DM</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/how-lightspeed-found-their-newest-hire-via-instagram-dm/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lightspeed partners Josh Machiz and Claire Zau stopped by the Equity studio to talk about the strategies behind their growing social media presence and their podcast, Lightwork.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written.&#160;It&#8217;s&#160;a trend&#160;that&#8217;s&#160;been building with&#160;a16z&#8217;s acquisition&#160;of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and&#160;OpenAI&#8217;s acquisition&#160;of TBPN.&#160;Lightspeed Venture Partners&#160;just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on&#160;Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on Instagram and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Klaviyo acquires Elias Torres’ Agency in full-circle reunion for tech founders</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/klaviyo-acquires-elias-torres-agency-in-full-circle-reunion-for-tech-founders/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The serial entrepreneur joins the e-commerce company as CPO to lead its AI agents.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/jeff-dean-and-other-top-ai-researchers-are-leaving-google-to-launch-their-own-startup/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reddit aims to make &#8216;karma&#8217; less important for first-time posters with shift to AI moderation tools</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/reddit-aims-to-make-karma-less-important-for-first-time-posters-with-shift-to-ai-moderation-tools/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reddit is expanding its moderation tools and building stronger abuse prevention systems that it says could eventually reduce communities’ reliance on karma and account-age requirements, making it easier for legitimate newcomers to participate.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lucid Motors just delayed its affordable EV. Now what?</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/lucid-motors-just-delayed-its-affordable-ev-now-what/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[electric vehicles]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cosmos EV is now slated for release in the second half of 2027. CEO Silvio Napoli said he's focused on getting the EV right, as well as its nearer-term robotaxi project with Uber and Nuro.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/meet-the-eight-startups-pitching-at-startup-battlefield-australia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabelle Johannessen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions! ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/psa-apples-private-relay-can-leak-your-real-ip-address/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/shopify-says-ai-search-is-driving-more-traffic-and-sales-not-replacing-google/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/hark-previews-its-browser-use-agent-for-completing-tasks/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hark claims that its browser use agent is faster and cheaper than competition.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Zoox to start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/zoox-to-start-charging-for-robotaxi-rides-in-las-vegas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This marks the official launch of Zoox's commercial operations. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s Real World AI Stage features robots, automated factories, and extinct animals </title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/techcrunch-disrupt-2026s-real-world-ai-stage-features-robots-automated-factories-and-extinct-animals/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TechCrunch Events]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colossal Biosciences]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On our new Real World AI stage, we’ll be focusing on the intersection between the digital and physical, and all the ways we’ll continue to see a blending of the two.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder&#8217;s IRL events expand to dozens more cities</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/as-gen-z-reconsiders-dating-apps-tinders-irl-events-expand-to-dozens-more-cities/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/trump-epa-wrongly-canceled-20b-in-climate-funds-appeals-court-rules/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim De Chant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/anthropic-is-hiring-an-ai-chip-design-team/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anthropic is building a team for designing its own custom AI chips. The Claude maker said it would co-design hardware and models to help its technology run faster and more efficiently. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/disney-looks-to-tiktok-creators-to-bring-fan-content-to-its-short-form-video-feed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on-device inference to devs building for its app store</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/macpaw-taps-liquid-ai-to-offer-on-device-inference-to-devs-building-for-its-app-store/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI's models.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/robinhood-to-list-a-fund-that-lets-anyone-back-y-combinator-startups/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Bort]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3149868</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/indian-ev-two-wheeler-startup-river-raises-120m-after-scaling-with-one-model/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Saudi Aramco backs India&#8217;s Mitti Labs to make Asia&#8217;s rice farming more water-resilient</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/05/saudi-aramco-backs-indias-mitti-labs-to-make-asias-rice-farming-more-water-resilient/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business.]]></description>
		
		
		
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