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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at risk. Here’s what you need to know
26 Mar 2026, 2:09 pm by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Here’s what we know, and what you need to know, about Coruna and DarkSword, two advanced iPhone hacking tools discovered by security researchers. DarkSword has now leaked online.
Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems
26 Mar 2026, 1:41 pm by Ram Iyer
Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.
Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription
26 Mar 2026, 1:30 pm by Ivan Mehta
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.
WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations
26 Mar 2026, 1:00 pm by Aisha Malik
The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.
A ‘pound of flesh’ from data centers: one senator’s answer to AI job losses
26 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm by Rebecca Bellan
Fears of AI-driven job loss are growing fast, and they’re fueling backlash against data centers. Sen. Mark Warner suggests taxing them to help workers survive the transition.
Mistral releases a new open-source model for speech generation
26 Mar 2026, 11:30 am by Ivan Mehta
Mistral’s new speech model can run on a smartwatch or a smartphone.
A little-known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber
26 Mar 2026, 8:15 am by Kirsten Korosec
Verne, the robotaxi company launched under Rimac Group, is starting with a service in Zagreb, Croatia.
The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now
26 Mar 2026, 2:46 am by Connie Loizos
Did anyone think there would not be a reckoning over this tie-up?
Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India
26 Mar 2026, 12:30 am by Jagmeet Singh
Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market.
Delve did the security compliance on LiteLLM, an AI project hit by malware
26 Mar 2026, 12:03 am by Julie Bort
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
