Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without those two letters in the spotlight, it got us wondering how the conversation even started — especially when ARK had already been burned by a company operating in the same space.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie [...]

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Fake news spreads quickly online, fueling distrust, manipulation, and conflict. As AI-generated content grows more sophisticated, media literacy, fact-checking, and vigilance are essential to protecting online safety and preserving trust in information.

A day after Elon Musk lost his lawsuit that threatened OpenAI's structure, leadership and finances, OpenAI is reportedly back to prepping for its IPO.

It pressed forward with its case rather than buying the domain for out-of-pocket costs. Insurance giant AXA has lost another cybersquatting case over the domain axa.org. The company lost a dispute in 2018, which was filed against Advocates Across America, a group that advocated for people with learning disabilities. That organization, which had been dissolved, [...]

Business Divorce Dressed Up as Cybersquatting Ends in RDNH Finding The Panel denied the Complaint concerning <chainbridgeestates.com> and issued a strong finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (“RDNH”), emphasizing that the UDRP is designed to address clear cases of cybersquatting – not internal business disputes over control of a domain name associated with a jointly [...]

Just seven months after being launched by domain industry pioneers, OpusDNS has announced a key acquisition that adds fast growing domain monetization platform fruits.co to their suite of registration and management services. With this move, OpusDNS Co-Founder Hakan Ali noted "the future of the domain market lies in open, innovative platforms and not in closed, [...]

NanoCo, the company behind OpenClaw alternative NanoClaw, has raised a $12 million seed after a viral launch, the founders tell TechCrunch. 

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Two newer domain businesses tie up. OpusDNS, a domain reseller platform, announced today that it has acquired fruits.co, a domain sales platform. Fruits launched in 2022 as a marketplace for a wide range of digital goods. The company, which counts Team Internet co-founder Stefan Wiegard as an investor, pivoted to focusing solely on domain names. [...]