Founders and investors in the Minneapolis tech industry told TechCrunch they’ve put much of their work on hold to help out their community.

Varaha’s fresh funding is part of a $45 million Series B round led by WestBridge Capital.

Attia co-founded longevity medical testing startup Biograph, which came out of stealth a year ago.

The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure.

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.

Under new safety rules published Monday by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, cars sold in the country must have mechanical releases on their door handles. The new rules, which go in effect January 1, 2027, will prohibit the hidden, electronically actuated door handles popularized by Tesla — and now found on numerous other electric vehicles in China.

The merger creates the world’s most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers.

Waymo said the funds will be used to fuel its growth, which has accelerated over the past year and doesn’t appear to be slowing.

The startup CEO says she plans to publicly address the charges this week.