Saudi Aramco backs India's Mitti Labs to make Asia's rice farming more water-resilient

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View this email online in your browser  August 05, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Saudi Aramco backs India's Mitti Labs to make Asia's rice farming more water-resilient: Mitti Labs plans to expand beyond India and enter the Philippines and Indonesia while growing its carbon credits and agricultural data business. Read More Elon Musk repeatedly one-upped his execs on SpaceX's first earnings call: Musk kept inflating the already-big promises being made by SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen and Gwynne Shotwell on the company's first call. Read More Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team: 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. Read More A message from AWS Find your people, fuel your ideas. We don’t gatekeep. AWS Builder Center has the resources you need to make your portfolio stand out. Sign Up Morning Must-Reads SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year: The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk's universe of companies are. Read More Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules: Climate nonprofits can again access their federal funding more than a year after the Trump EPA ordered Citibank to freeze their accounts. Read More Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups: Robinhood's latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. Read More As Gen Z reconsiders dating apps, Tinder's IRL events expand to dozens more cities: Tinder is expanding its in-person events feature from an initial Los Angeles test to 26 cities worldwide by the end of September. Read More SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth: SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June. Read More Last but Not Least Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short-form video feed: As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107