Ram Iyer, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:35:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Ram Iyer, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/amazon-to-buy-globalstar-for-11-57b-in-bid-to-flesh-out-its-satellite-biz/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:55:42 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3112153 Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/mantis-biotech-is-making-digital-twins-of-humans-to-help-solve-medicines-data-availability-problem/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3105222 Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/conntour-raises-7m-from-general-catalyst-yc-to-build-an-ai-search-engine-for-security-video-systems/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:41:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3106434 Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’ https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/23/elizabeth-warren-anthropic-pentagon-defense-supply-chain-risk-retaliation/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:22:57 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3104744 Amazon working on new smartphone with Alexa at its core, report says https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/amazon-working-on-new-smartphone-with-alexa-at-its-core-report-says/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:51:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3104333 Wonderful raises $150M Series B at $2B valuation https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/wonderful-raises-150m-series-b-at-2b-valuation/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:12:35 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3101936 AgentMail raises $6M to build an email service for AI agents https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/agentmail-raises-6m-to-build-an-email-service-for-ai-agents/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3100896 Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe, but for a fee https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/meta-will-allow-rival-ai-chatbots-on-whatsapp-in-europe-but-for-a-fee/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:24:44 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3099466 Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/fig-security-emerges-from-stealth-with-38m-to-help-security-teams-deal-with-change/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3098767 Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/anthropics-claude-reports-widespread-outage/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:31:49 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3098361 South Korea opens the door to let Google Maps operate fully https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/south-korea-opens-the-door-to-let-google-maps-operate-fully/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:12:40 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3097781 Nimble raises $47M to give AI agents access to real-time web data https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/nimble-way-raises-47m-to-give-ai-agents-better-cleaner-data/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3095563 Kana emerges from stealth with $15M to build flexible AI agents for marketers https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/kana-emerges-from-stealth-with-15m-to-build-flexible-ai-agents-for-marketers/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:08:40 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3093896 US FTC airs concerns over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/us-ftc-airs-concerns-over-allegations-that-apple-suppresses-right-wing-content-on-apple-news/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:40:03 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3092380 Uber to buy delivery arm of Turkey’s Getir https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/uber-to-buy-delivery-arm-of-turkeys-getir/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:07:03 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3090949 EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/eu-tiktok-disable-addictive-features-infinite-scroll-recommendation-engine/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:24:05 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3090304 Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/uber-appoints-new-cfo-as-its-av-plans-accelerate/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:15:34 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3089459 Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/linq-raises-20m-to-enable-ai-assistants-to-live-within-messaging-apps/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:16:13 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3088487 Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/nvidia-invests-2b-to-help-debt-ridden-coreweave-add-5gw-of-ai-compute/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:52:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3085958 From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/from-invisibility-cloaks-to-ai-chips-neurophos-raises-110m-to-build-tiny-optical-processors-for-inferencing/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:00:52 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3084949