April 15, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Google rolls out a native Gemini app for Mac: You can share anything on their screen with Gemini to get help with what they're looking at in the moment, including local files. Read More

This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it's aiming for more: Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs. Read More

Hightouch reaches $100M ARR fueled by marketing tools powered by AI: The startup says it grew its ARR by $70 million in just 20 months after launching an AI agent platform for marketers. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI: Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility. Read More

Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce: The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. CEO Evan Spiegel also wrote that the company is closing more than 300 open roles. Snap had about 5,261 full-time employees as of December 2025. Read More

Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now: VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI's. Read More

Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world: Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform. Read More

Reid Hoffman weighs in on the 'tokenmaxxing' debate: Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India: Motorola has sought a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from publishing or sharing what it describes as false or defamatory content about its products, including reviews, videos, comments, and boycott campaigns. Read More

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