ElevenLabs is thinking big. Just six months after tripling its valuation to $3.3 billion following a $180 million raise, the London-based AI voice startup revealed Thursday that it’s planning an initial public offering (IPO) within five years as it pushes […]
Samsung might have a foldable launch on the horizon, but that doesn’t mean a new leak can’t have us looking forward to what’s next for its non-folding flagships.
Fundraising is already hard — don’t let a messy cap table make it harder. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15, founders will get a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to keep a raise on track during the roundtable session “Preparing to Raise: Cap Table Best Practices to Help You Close Fast.” Hosted […]
Pretty much everything you liked and disliked about the Whoop 4.0 is true of the Whoop 5.0 and MG.
The tragedy of a niche product is if it sees any success, two things will happen. First, rivals big and small will copy its ideas. Then, to combat that existential threat and appease investors, there'll be an appeal to the larger mass market. A handful of niche products survive the transition to the mainstream. Most don't. (See: Nest, Mirror, VSCO, Vine, Birchbox, etc.) It's a tale as old as products, and where we currently find Whoop.
Whoop is a fitness tracker, but it differs in a few key ways. It doesn't have a screen, focuses heavily on sleep and recovery from physical strain, and notoriously relies on a subscription model. A few years …
Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms.
The cooperative PvE third-person shooter was an unexpected hit when it first launched simultaneously on PlayStation 5 and PC in early 2023. It soared in popularity on Steam, where it earned an “overwhelmingly positive” rating, which flipped to “overwhelmingly negative” when Sony introduced (then swiftly reversed) a decision to require a PSN login for PC players. Xbox’s press release makes no mention of a PSN login, so it likely won’t be required here.
Helldivers 2 is a gem of a game that’s high on hijinx. What initially seems like a serious sci-fi title often gives way to funny, emergent moments, thanks in part to its Strategem system, which requires you to input complex button combos while facing down swarms of enemies. There are a variety of missions you can take on against aliens, robots, and a newer Illuminate species. And, since it’s a live-service title, the lore and the stakes are always evolving (and the developers often troll players). It’s a fun world to be immersed in, even if you’re just grinding the free battle pass for weapon upgrades.
My former Polygon colleague Cass Marshall wrote some incredible Helldivers 2 coverage, which have the power to convince just about anyone that they were missing out on a good time. I mean, just look at these headlines below.
AI agents are reshaping how work gets done across industries, and at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, one of the leading voices in that transformation is stepping onto the AI Stage. May Habib, CEO and co-founder of Writer, will join us in San Francisco, October 27-29, for a fireside chat that dives deep into how enterprises are […]
Lego’s latest homage to retro gaming is a tiny arcade machine that opens to reveal a miniature gaming room. | Image: Lego
At 468-pieces it’s no where near as elaborate as Lego’s buildable Pac-Man machine, but this 6-inch tall Arcade Machine set will only set you back $39.99 when it launches on August 1st, 2025.
At this scale Lego wasn’t able to make this arcade machine playable like Pac-Man is, but it still managed to include some fun details. On the outside the machine features a generic Space game with tiny controls, matching cabinet artwork, a marquee, and a coin slot that actually accepts coins.
Opening the arcade machine reveals a miniature gaming room inside with a minifigure, several tiny consoles, a TV, and lots of decor highlighting other Lego sets, including the Galaxy Explorer sitting on a shelf. You’ll also find an even smaller arcade machine inside featuring an online puzzle game called Junkbot that was originally available to play on Lego’s website back in 2001.
You might feel like Samsung’s upcoming slate of foldables couldn’t possibly leak anymore than they already have, but you’d be wrong. We’re getting our first hands-on images of a real-world Galaxy Z Fold 7 today, and it’s looking as promising as expected.
