October 30, 2025

Canva launches its own design model, adds new AI features to the platform: Canva is launching new features like Forms and email design, and it makes Affinity free for all users. Read More

Bevel raises $10M Series A from General Catalyst for its AI health companion: Bevel's AI health companion unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights. Read More

Threads now lets you approve and filter your replies: While Threads already offers tools that let you limit replies to people you follow, your followers, or people you mention, the new feature allows you to keep your replies open to all without the negative consequences of having discussions derailed. Read More

Deck lets you build against any web portal—even the ones without public APIs. With one integration, you get programmatic read/write access to 100k+ portals, securely and reliably.

Google partners with Ambani's Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to millions of Jio users in India: U.S. tech giants increasingly view India as the next big frontier — a place to gather diverse data, refine models, and test AI use cases that could later scale across other emerging markets. Read More

Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy: Figma said that Weavy will exist as a stand-alone product for now and that, in the future, it will be integrated with the Figma Weave brand, along with the rest of the Figma platform. Read More

The Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps: Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts in 2025 compared to 2024, according to the report. For brands, that means figuring out how to show up in AI-generated recommendations, and fast. Read More

WhatsApp adds passkey protection to end-to-end encrypted backups: This means if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face, or the screen lock code of your previous device to access WhatsApp's backup. Read More

IntrCity SmartBus lands $30M at $140M valuation to deepen its grip on India's intercity travel market: IntrCity SmartBus grew revenue by 67% last year and is targeting full profitability this year, as intercity travel booms across India. Read More

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Day 3: This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don't miss out on innovation and scaling. Read More

Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield. Read More

Phia's founders on how AI is changing online shopping: Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save. Read More

Claude Agent has become the first third-party AI agent to be built natively into JetBrains IDEs. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude Agent SDK, it delivers advanced agentic coding inside familiar workflows. With the addition of Claude Agent, JetBrains introduces a multi-agent IDE experience, empowering developers to do even more with the tools they already know and love.

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India's Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet: India's appetite for instant convenience — once confined to food and grocery delivery — is expanding into house help. Read More

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