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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
Adobe Firefly’s video editor can now automatically create a first draft from footage
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Ivan Mehta
Adobe Firefly is getting a new feature called Quick Cut that uses AI to edit footage to create a first draft of the final video based on user instructions.
Amazon’s AI-powered Alexa+ gets new personality options
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Sarah Perez
Users will be able to choose from Alexa styles like Brief, Chill or Sweet, Amazon says.
Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Dominic-Madori Davis
Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC’s Winter 2025 cohort.
Jira’s latest update allows AI agents and humans to work side by side
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Rebecca Szkutak
Atlassian is unveiling “agents in Jira” which gives users the ability to assign and manage work given to AI agents the same as humans.
Harbinger acquires autonomous driving company Phantom AI
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Sean O’Kane
It’s the Los Angeles trucking startup’s first acquisition — the latest in a series of moves to spin up new revenue streams.
Khosla’s Keith Rabois backs Comp, which wants to bolster HR teams with AI
25 Feb 2026, 1:30 pm by Marina Temkin
The HR tech startup, which currently operates in Brazil, has raised a $17.25 million Series A.
India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users
25 Feb 2026, 2:00 am by Jagmeet Singh
ChatGPT and rivals are testing whether India’s massive AI user boom can translate into paying customers as free offers wind down.
Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M
25 Feb 2026, 12:45 am by Marina Temkin
The startup was founded by former Google TPU engineers in 2023.
Self-driving tech startup Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber, and three automakers
25 Feb 2026, 12:37 am by Kirsten Korosec
Major automakers, tech giants, AI companies, and chipmakers are all trying to get a piece of Wayve.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
