Opinion Yupp.ai shuts down after raising $33M from a16z crypto’s Chris DixonTechurzMarch 31, 2026 Sometimes an apparently good idea, a big raise from a big-name VC, and a sea of well-connected angel investors is…
Opinion OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in courtTechurzMarch 27, 2026 When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her…
Opinion Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retoolsTechurzMarch 13, 2026 Digg — Kevin Rose’s reboot of his once-popular link-sharing site — is laying off a sizable portion of its staff,…
Opinion Mesa shuts down credit card that rewarded cardholders for paying their mortgagesTechurzDecember 14, 2025 Fintech startup Mesa has shut down its Homeowners Card, which awarded points to cardholders for paying their mortgages. A message…
Opinion Hike, once a unicorn, shuts down as India cracks down on real-money gamingTechurzSeptember 13, 2025 Hike, once one of India’s most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New Delhi’s recent…
Security Hunters International shuts ransomware operations, reportedly becomes an extortion-only gang called World LeaksTechurzJuly 3, 2025 Ransomware gang Hunters International says it’s shutting down its operations for unexplained reasons, and is offering decryption keys to victim…
AI China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college examsTechurzJune 10, 2025 Chinese AI companies have temporarily paused some of their chatbot features to prevent students from using them to cheat during…
News People Can Fly shuts down two games and prepares for layoffsTechurzJune 2, 2025 Sebastian Wojciechowski, CEO of Polish game studio People Can Fly, announced that the company has suspended development on two games…