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Liberate, an AI startup that automates insurance operations, has raised $50 million in a round led by Battery Ventures as it aims to expand agent adoption across carriers and agencies around the world. The all-equity round, which includes participation from new investor Canapi Ventures and previous backers Redpoint Ventures, Eclipse, and Commerce Ventures, values the three-year-old startup at $300 million post-money. The insurance industry is facing challenges due to rising operating costs, limitations of traditional systems, and increasing customer expectations. In the non-life insurance sector in particular, a recent report from Deloitte predicts that global insurance premium growth will slow…
Thursday, October 9, 2025, Aligned Data Center in Northlake, Illinois, USA.Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia, microsoft, black rock and Elon Musk’s xAI are part of a consortium of investors that agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.Aligned designs and operates data centers and data campuses throughout the Americas and is owned by Macquarie Asset Management.MGX of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, a global infrastructure partner of BlackRock and a member of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), will acquire 100% of the company’s stock, making it the largest global data center transaction…
And just like that…Sabrina Carpenter is pulling double duty on Saturday Night Live. The “Espresso” hitmaker will serve as host and musical guest on the upcoming Oct. 18 episode of SNL, and the late-night sketch comedy series gave viewers their first taste of Sabrina’s first hosting role. Sabrina introduces the iconic character of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw in a Sex and the City-themed teaser released on October 15, in which she declares, “New York is one big apple and I’m going to be on Saturday Night Live.” The 26-year-old walks down the hallway backstage at 30 Rock, passing several…
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorne speaks during the General Policy Statement at the French House of Commons, French National Assembly, in Paris, France, October 14, 2025. Mathilde Kaczkowski AFP | Getty ImagesFrench Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorne’s decision to suspend controversial pension reforms brought welcome relief to markets on Wednesday, with the move likely to avoid further government collapse, at least for now.But scrapping the 2023 reform, a key part of President Emmanuel Macron’s legacy that would have raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, and bailing out the beleaguered government will come at a price.”There will be no increase…
Employees spend much of their day communicating and coordinating projects, but this effort is often undermined by the availability of certain individuals. If a colleague with critical information is unavailable, whether on vacation or in another time zone, the rest of the team must slow down progress until that colleague responds. Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, co-founders of Eightfold, an AI recruitment startup last valued at $2.1 billion, believe that LLMs and advances in data privacy technology can solve some aspects of this costly problem. Earlier this year, they launched Viven, a digital twin startup whose mission is to give…
walmart is deploying millions of environmental IoT sensors across a large U.S. supply chain, without the need for batteries.The retail giant is using Wiliot’s technology in what the IoT vendor is calling the first large-scale deployment of ambient IoT in the retail industry and one of the largest to date.Ambient IoT is a class of IoT devices that operate by harvesting ambient energy, primarily from radio waves, light, motion, heat, or other viable sources of ambient energy. It is an evolution of traditional IoT and radio frequency identification technologies that promises low cost and high scalability.Walmart plans to use IoT…
Nicola Peltz Beckham reportedly shed tears as wedding guest Marc Anthony shouted Victoria BeckhamMore recent flashpoints in the wedding drama fire: The newlyweds’ first dance didn’t go as expected, but it’s reportedly very unclear why it went wrong. “Brooklyn and Nicola thought Marc Anthony had gifted them their first dance,” a source told E! Notice for May. Instead, the singer “announced, ‘Welcome to the stage, Victoria Beckham, the most beautiful woman in the room.'” Brooklyn was left in an awkward situation, with no idea what to do. ” The source added: “Nicola left the room in tears. She eventually returned…
As U.S.-China trade tensions escalate again, CNBC’s Jim Cramer says investors need to look to Europe to better understand the animosity between the world’s two largest economies. There they’ll find ASML, a Netherlands-based company that makes advanced lithography equipment essential to the production of cutting-edge semiconductors from companies like Nvidia that are fueling the artificial intelligence boom. Nvidia has a long-standing position in Cramer’s Charitable Trust, a portfolio used by CNBC Investing Club. ASML on Wednesday reported what Cramer called a “very good” third quarter, with better-than-expected bookings and margins. However, ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet warned that he expects sales…
Boeing 737 Max airplane at the Renton, Washington, airport.Leslie Josephs | CNBCboeing delivered 55 aircraft to customers last month and is on track for its best year since 2018 as production stabilizes and company executives focus on increasing production rates for its 737 Max dollar-box aircraft.Boeing announced Tuesday that 40 of the planes it delivered were 737 MAXs, with customers including low-cost European carrier Ryanair delivering 10 of the planes. southwest airlines, united airlinesChina Southern and Leasing Company air cap.In the first nine months of 2025, Boeing delivered 440 aircraft, compared to 568 during the same period in 2018, but…
The final countdown for the final flash sale is here. There are only three days left to save up to $624 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passes before the price increases on Friday, October 17th at 11:59 PM PT. Disrupt 2025, held at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27th to 29th, will bring together over 10,000 founders, investors, and operators for three days of ideas, deals, and discovery with over 200 sessions, 250+ speakers, and 300+ exhibiting startups building what’s next. Register now and save up to $624 on passes before the end of the week. Do you have…