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Today’s TechCrunch Roundup
India’s Digantara raises $50M for space-based missile defence tech
16 Dec 2025, 2:44 pm by Jagmeet Singh
With this funding, Digantara has raised $64.5 million in total.
Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up
16 Dec 2025, 2:39 pm by Ram Iyer
The data intelligence company has just raised more than $4 billion in a Series L funding round at a $134 billion valuation — up 34% from the $100 billion valuation that it achieved just three months ago.
Adobe Firefly now supports prompt-based video editing, adds more third-party models
16 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Ivan Mehta
Adobe is updating its AI video-generation app, Firefly, with a new video editor that supports precise prompt-based edits, as well as adding new third-party models for image and video generation, including Black Forest Labs’ FLUX.2 and Topaz Astra.
Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor
16 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm by Tim De Chant
Last Energy will use the funds to build its 5 megawatt pilot reactor in Texas, which it hopes to turn on next year.
Everbloom built an AI to turn chicken feathers into cashmere
16 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm by Tim De Chant
Everbloom has also developed a chemical process to transform waste fibers and feathers into upcycled materials that resemble everything from polyester to cashmere.
Solo VC and Lovable investor Neil Murray raises third Nordic-focused fund
16 Dec 2025, 11:00 am by Dominic-Madori Davis
The Nordic Web closes $6M Fund III.
VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power
16 Dec 2025, 12:22 am by Marina Temkin
The next consumer tech revolution may require an introduction of a new personal device.
End of today’s TechCrunch roundup.
