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Today’s TechCrunch Roundup
Waymo starts autonomous testing in Philadelphia
3 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Sean O’Kane
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis join a long list of cities where the company is gearing up to offer robotaxi rides.
Autolane is building ‘air traffic control’ for autonomous vehicles
3 Dec 2025, 2:00 pm by Sean O’Kane
And the Palo Alto-based startup has raised $7.4 million to do that.
Spotify Wrapped 2025 adds its first multiplayer feature with ‘Wrapped Party’
3 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm by Sarah Perez
Spotify Wrapped returns to its data-driven roots with new interactive features, deeper insights, and social experiences designed to revive its fan-favorite feel.
Nothing looks to its community to raise $5M, wants to be ‘IPO-ready’ in 3 years
3 Dec 2025, 12:54 pm by Ivan Mehta
The new round, which opens on December 10, will enable consumers to buy the company’s shares at its Series C valuation of $1.3 billion.
After intense backlash, India pulls mandate to pre-install government app on smartphones
3 Dec 2025, 12:11 pm by Jagmeet Singh
On Wednesday, the Indian telecom ministry said Sanchar Saathi, an anti-theft and cybersecurity protection app, would remain voluntary, and that smartphone makers would no longer be required to preload it on devices they sell.
Uber and Avride launch robotaxi service in Dallas
3 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm by Kirsten Korosec
The robotaxis will initially have a human safety operator behind the wheel who will monitor the ride.
Healthify upgrades its AI assistant Ria with real-time conversation capabilities
3 Dec 2025, 7:00 am by Ivan Mehta
Healtify is adding live conversation capabilities to its AI assistant, powered by OpenAI’s realtime APIs
All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025
3 Dec 2025, 1:06 am by Rebecca Szkutak, Julie Bort, Kirsten Korosec
Amazon Web Services giant tech conference is happening this week with news ranging from chips to AI services.
Amazon challenges competitors with on-premises Nvidia ‘AI Factories’
3 Dec 2025, 12:43 am by Julie Bort
If the product name sounds familiar, it should. It’s a collab with Nvidia that combines AWS tech with the chip maker’s tech.
End of today’s TechCrunch roundup.
