Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A

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View this email online in your browser  July 17, 2025 Welcome to TechCrunch AM! This morning, we have notes on Lovable's blazing fast growth to unicorn status; Uber spending big bucks on its robotaxi dreams; and Roblox's latest attempt to mollify concerns about child security. We've also got a bunch more stories lined up for you, so let's get to work! TechCrunch Top 3 Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A: Only eight months after its launch, Sweden's Lovable has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation. Read More Uber invests hundreds of millions to build a premium robotaxi service: Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service. Read More Roblox introduces new safeguards for teens, including age estimation tech: The move comes as Roblox has come under fire in recent years over child safety concerns. Read More A message from Persona Your Startup's Growth Depends on Who You Let In Fake users drain your growth. Whether you're launching a dating app, marketplace, or fintech platform, identity verification is mission-critical. Persona provides seamless identity verification that feels invisible to real users and inspects the ones that aren't, so you can ship quickly, verify users with confidence, and focus on building what actually matters. Register Now Morning Must-Reads Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction: Former Waymo engineers have launched an autonomous vehicle startup with $80 million in venture funds. Read More UAE's deal to buy Nvidia AI chips reportedly on hold: The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE. Read More Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans: The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats. Read More OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry 'reckless' safety culture at Elon Musk's xAI: The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company's technological advances. Read More GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter: As Elon Musk once said, "we dug our own grave with Cybertruck." Read More A message from TechCrunch Partnerships Become a Sponsor at TechCrunch Disrupt - the World's Most Important Technology & Startup Event Attended by over 10,000 founders, investors and tech professionals from all across the startup ecosystem, our sponsorship programs can help you: Maximize brand visibility, generate new leads, get IRL access to startups, make a big announcement and intro your next customers and business partners. Contact TechCrunch Last but Not Least Slack bolsters search with AI, adds transcriptions and summaries for huddles: Slack is bolstering search on its app with AI features, adding transcription and summaries for huddles, and a way to see recaps of channels and threads. 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 © 2025 TechCrunch Media LLC 501 2nd Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94107