DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business

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View this email online in your browser  July 29, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business: DoorDash has received FAA approval to operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States. Read More Sam Altman is ready to decelerate: His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally." Read More eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019: Ina and David Steiner inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newsletter. In 2019, a plot was concocted to intimidate the couple into halting their negative coverage. Read More A message from General Compute General Compute is making a $300m bet against the GPU General Compute raised $15m to build the world's first ASIC cloud. By removing the GPU bottleneck, it runs frontier LLMs up to 16x faster than standard GPU clouds. ASIC silicon is also far more energy efficient, so it deploys in air-cooled data centers, making growth and expansion dramatically easier. Learn more here Morning Must-Reads These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era: Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital pen pals and nature journals, here are the latest App Store finds worth adding to your Home Screen. Read More Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors: The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied. Read More Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight: Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots. Read More The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope tumbled out of control: According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems. Read More Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls: The startup analyzes calls, messages and CRM data to identify effective sales techniques and turn them into playbooks for AI agents. Read More Last but Not Least MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea: Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself. Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107

Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors

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View this email online in your browser  July 28, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors: The investment comes after speculation that Saudi Arabia may take Lucid Motors private -- which the EV maker has denied. Read More Sam Altman is ready to decelerate: His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally." Read More Data centers may face temporary power cuts to prevent blackouts on largest US grid: The decision arrives as the breakneck pace of data center construction has grid operators scrambling to generate power. Read More Afternoon Must-Reads These App Store hidden gems prove there’s still room for great software in the AI era: Despite predictions that AI agents could make traditional apps obsolete, developers are shipping new software faster than ever. From smarter bookmarking tools and neighborhood marketplaces to digital pen pals and nature journals, here are the latest App Store finds worth adding to your Home Screen. Read More Fish Audio raises $52M seed to build AI voice models for creators and enterprises: Since launching last year, the startup today has more than 8 million people using the open source or hosted version of its models, and now generates annual recurring revenue of $21 million. Read More eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019: Ina and David Steiner inspired the ire of high-level eBay executives after occasionally criticizing the company in their newsletter. In 2019, a plot was concocted to intimidate the couple into halting their negative coverage. Read More The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope is tumbling out of control: According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems. Read More MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea: Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself. Read More A message from ThoughtSpot Who’s leading analytics and BI in 2026? Gartner evaluated every analytics platform so you don't have to. See why ThoughtSpot was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and BI. Read full report Last but Not Least Recursive Superintelligence signs $410M compute deal with Amazon: Recursive’s emphasis on self-improving AI systems means much of the budget that would traditionally go toward headcount and operations is put straight into compute, as the company seeks to automate its own product development process.  Read More Check out some of our other newsletters: StrictlyVC TechCrunch Events TechCrunch Mobility Want to adjust your daily newsletter schedule? You can do it right here Got a tip? Get in touch securely. Want to advertise on TechCrunch? advertise@techcrunch.com Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. Unsubscribe Member Center Privacy Policy Copyright © 2026 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107