July 14, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf: The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion deal, a reverse-acquihire that left the rest of the startup's 250-person team behind. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center: After previously poaching top talent to run Meta's Superintelligence Lab, including former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and former Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross, Meta now seems to be turning its attention to the massive computational power needed to train frontier AI models. Read More

Weekly subscriptions dominate iOS app revenue, report finds: Weekly subscriptions have now become one of the most popular ways iOS apps are earning revenue, with these plans contributing 46% to the bottom line, according to a new report by app revenue management platform Adapty. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Elon Musk's Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl: Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has pivoted from antisemitism to anime girl waifus. Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers who pay $30 per month. According to posts that Musk has shared, it seems that there are at least two […] Read More

Meta acquires voice startup Play AI: Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices. Read More

Discord's virtual reward, 'Orbs,' launches out of beta: According to Discord, Orbs have been popular among testers, with millions earned and spent during the seven-week beta period. Read More

As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025: We've compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari. Read More

NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others: Google is adding notebooks from various authors, publications, researchers, and nonprofits to its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant NotebookLM. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe's voting control slips following divorce settlement: Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has transferred a portion of his ownership stake and voting power as part of a newly settled divorce proceeding, according to a regulatory filing. Read More