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Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries, and making it available to AI labs. Source link

Kruti Patel Goyal is replacing Etsy’s long-time CEO, Josh Silverman, who is stepping down by the end of the year. Source link

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. Disrupt won’ come back for another year. Source link

The U.S. inked Technology Prosperity Deals (TPD) with Japan and South Korea with an eye towards spurring collaboration on AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, biotech, space, 6G and other technologies. Source link

After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it’s making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line. Source link

Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save. Source link

Mogul is a film studio fantasy platform where players draft a team of actors, directors, and movies to earn points. Source link

The partnership aims to issue about 2 million fixed-deposit-backed credit cards in the next 12 months. Source link

Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker’s chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught. Source link

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident. Source link