Tesla's battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn't over after all

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View this email online in your browser  February 24, 2026 TechCrunch Top 3 Tesla's battle with the California Department of Motor Vehicles isn't over after all: Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the California DMV in the ongoing battle around Autopilot. Read More A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox: The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it's really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent. Read More Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India's Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments: Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow's $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million. Read More Be the first to know when news breaks Subscribe to our News Alerts, and you won't miss a thing. Breaking news, exclusives, and special reports—straight to your inbox. Sign up for News Alerts! A message from HSBC HSBC CIB Survey Reveals Trade Trends in Tech Sector Tech firms are setting the pace in global trade preparedness, with 91% confident about international growth in the next two years. 79% have made or considered changes to where assembly or processing takes place to mitigate tariffs. Liquidity is a top priority, as 71% have seen an increase in short-term financing to address working capital needs. Download the report Morning Must-Reads Anthropic launches new push for enterprise agents with plugins for finance, engineering, and design: It's a major opportunity to grow Anthropic's enterprise client base — and a significant threat to SaaS products currently performing those functions.  Read More Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people: The number of people affected by a data breach at government contractor giant Conduent is growing, as millions of people continue to receive notices warning them that hackers stole their personal data. Read More Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing: With the new acquisitions, the company wants to bolster its position as a marketing solution by potentially adding video creation and more granular measurement. Read More Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal as it chases 'personal superintelligence': Meta is buying billions of dollars in AMD AI chips in a multiyear deal tied to a 160 million-share warrant, deepening its push to diversify beyond Nvidia and expand data center capacity. Read More Nimble raises $47M to give AI agents access to real-time web data: Nimble uses AI agents to search the web, verify and validate the results, and then clean and structure the information into neat tables that can then be queried like a database. Read More A message from Fidelity Stop Guessing What Fundraising Requires Cap table. Pitch deck. Investor updates. Diligence. The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips you with the core materials founders can use to raise with confidence. Download the Kit  Last but Not Least It's time to pull the plug on plug-in hybrids: Plug-in hybrid vehicles are rarely charged, according to a new study. Why are automakers still producing them? 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