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		<title>Peter Sarlin&#8217;s QuTwo reaches $380M valuation in angel round</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/peter-sarlins-qutwo-reaches-380m-valuation-in-angel-round/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Heim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 06:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[QyTw0, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, is now valued at €325 million (approximately $380 million) after raising a €25 million angel round ($29 million). It's a sign of enduring tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign tech, especially for Europe-made companies.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/marc-lore-says-that-ai-will-soon-enable-anyone-open-a-restaurant/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 06:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered “restaurant factories,” letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/nuro-receives-driverless-testing-permit-ahead-of-uber-robotaxi-service-launch/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[lucid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/sap-bets-1-16b-on-18-month-old-german-ai-lab-and-says-yes-to-nemoclaw/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Heim]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bumble&#8217;s paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/bumbles-paying-users-are-slipping-as-it-bets-on-an-overhaul-later-this-year/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 23:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumble]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119474</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The company is making a big bet that the swiping model is outdated and most matches never turn into actual dates. The company wants to fix that by redesigning profiles, changing how people interact, and focusing a lot more on getting users to meet in real life.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that&#8217;s slowing down physical sciences</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/altara-secures-7m-to-bridge-the-data-gap-thats-slowing-down-physical-sciences/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marina Temkin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Altara’s AI aims to diagnose failures and help speed up R&#038;D by unifying  data siloed across spreadsheets and legacy systems. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lucid Motors doesn&#8217;t know how many EVs it will build this year</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/lucid-motors-doesnt-know-how-many-evs-it-will-build-this-year/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean O'Kane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lucid Motors pulled its guidance for the year, as it navigates swelling inventory and a companywide cost-cutting measure.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>As crypto cools, a16z crypto raises a $2.2B fund</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/as-crypto-cools-a16zcrypto-raises-a-2-2b-fund/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Bort]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 21:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As some of the biggest VCs in crypto start to consider funding AI startups, a16z crypto's new fund will stay the course.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Apple plans to make iOS 27 a Choose Your Own Adventure of AI models</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/apple-plans-to-make-ios-27-a-choose-your-own-adventure-of-ai-models/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Ropek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With Apple's latest operating system updates, users will reportedly have their pick of which third-party AI models they want to use for a host of tasks. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company&#8217;s monopoly: no one is coming for us</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/asml-ceo-christophe-fouquet-no-one-is-coming-for-us/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Loizos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed — even when the conversation turned to the rivals.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Volkswagen becomes Rivian’s top shareholder, displacing Amazon</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/volkswagen-becomes-rivians-top-shareholder-displacing-amazon/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Threads finally brings messaging to the web</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/threads-finally-brings-messaging-to-the-web/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Apps]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119320</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/airbnb-co-founder-taps-peter-arnell-as-first-u-s-chief-brand-architect/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 18:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Government & Policy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arnell joins Gebbia’s National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/pennsylvania-sues-character-ai-after-a-chatbot-allegedly-posed-as-a-doctor/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Russell Brandom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119251</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119248</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PayPal says it&#8217;s &#8216;becoming a technology company again&#8217; — that means AI</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/paypal-says-its-becoming-a-technology-company-again-that-means-ai/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119211</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5 billion in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/etsy-launches-its-app-within-chatgpt-as-it-continues-its-ai-push/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Forristal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://techcrunch.com/?p=3119212</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational  shopping experience for users. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in &#8216;widespread&#8217; attack</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/kaspersky-suspects-chinese-hackers-planted-a-backdoor-into-daemon-tools-in-widespread-attack/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hackers steal students&#8217; data during breach at education tech giant Instructure</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/hackers-steal-students-data-during-breach-at-education-tech-giant-instructure/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/meta-will-use-ai-to-analyze-height-and-bone-structure-to-identify-if-users-are-underage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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