October 31, 2025

TechCrunch Top 3

India, the market BlaBlaCar once walked away from, is now its biggest: BlaBlaCar is seeing rapid growth in India, with 20 million passengers expected this year — up 50% from last year. Read More

Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1B in Poolside : Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in its $500 million Series A round in 2024. Read More

Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant: Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman after acquiring the Superhuman email client in July. Read More

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Must-Reads

India's Snabbit valuation doubled to $180M in 5 months on its quick house-help bet: India's appetite for instant convenience — once confined to food and grocery delivery — is expanding into house help. Read More

The Prompting Company snags $6.5M to help products get mentioned in ChatGPT and other AI apps: Retailers could see up to a 520% increase in traffic from chatbots and AI prompts in 2025 compared to 2024, according to the report. For brands, that means figuring out how to show up in AI-generated recommendations, and fast. Read More

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd: Glīd, which is trying to streamline cargo container logistics, has beaten out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home $100,000. Read More

Super Teacher is building an AI tutor for elementary schools — catch it at Disrupt 2025: Super Teacher's app features animated tutors with AI-generated voices that guide students through interactive lessons. Students talk to the app using voice, like a conversation with a teacher. Read More

Mercor quintuples valuation to $10B with $350M Series C: Mercor, which connects AI labs with domain experts for training their foundational AI models, is close to raising $350 million at a $10 billion valuation. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Thanks to everyone who made this year's San Francisco event what it was -- and to the 10,000 of you who filled the halls, made the connections, and left with more than you came with. Couldn't make it? These images tell part of the story. Read More