Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in $1.38B all-cash deal

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View this email online in your browser  September 10, 2025 TechCrunch Top 3 Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons in $1.38B all-cash deal: The announcement comes as Bending Spoons was interested in a potential takeover of Vimeo as far back as March 2024. Read More RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing: A new system called Real Simple Licensing would allow AI companies to license training data at a massive scale — if they're willing to pay for it. Read More Spotify is finally launching support for lossless music streaming: Spotify is finally launching lossless music streaming support after consumers demanded it for years. Read More A message from Snapdragon Drive innovation with next-gen AI PCs Learn how advanced AI PCs can prepare your workforce for future challenges while improving productivity today, ensuring a seamless transition to new technologies. Learn more Morning Must-Reads After selling to Spotify, Anchor's co-founders are back with Oboe, an AI-powered app for learning: Oboe is a new AI-powered learning platform that lets you create personalized courses on any topic with a prompt. Read More Robinhood embraces copy trading after warning competitors about regulatory risks: Roughly nine months after suggesting that a young copy trading platform could only operate because it flew "under the radar" of regulators, Robinhood has announced its own entry into the space with "Robinhood Social," a new feature that will allow users to follow and manually replicate the trades of prominent investors. Read More Uber will add Blade's helicopters to its platform as early as 2026: The move comes just one month after Uber partner Joby acquired Blade's passenger business. Read More AI gaming startup Born raises $15M to build 'social' AI companions that combat loneliness: Born, maker of cute virtual pet Pengu, believes the current chatbot landscape isn't the final form factor for AI friends. The Berlin-based startup raised $15M on the idea that AI companions should have a social component. Read More Ex-Google X trio wants their AI to be your second brain — and they just raised $6M to make it happen: TwinMind, available on Android and iOS, passively captures background audio to gain context and deliver on-the-go summaries. Read More A message from TechCrunch Events Disrupt 2025: AI, scaling, IPO, and more on 5 stages Get access to 250+ top tech voices, 200 sessions, 100+ tomorrow's breakthroughs, 10,000+ attendees, 3 days straight — October 27–29 at San Francisco's Moscone West. Don't miss valuable takeaways across 5 industry stages, breakouts, roundtables, and unmatched networking. All at the 20th anniversary of TechCrunch. Register before September 26 to save up to $668 on your ticket. Register Now 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! Last but Not Least This app just raised $14M to take on the loneliness epidemic: Clyx is social platform that helps users find IRL community events to join. 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