Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say Rox, a startup developing autonomous AI agents to boost sales productivity, has raised a round valuing the company at $1.2 billion, according to multiple sources. The funding included a lead investment from returning backer General Catalyst, two of the people said. Rox AI and General Catalyst did not respond to TechCrunch’s...

Venezuela approves amnesty that may release of hundreds detained for political reasons People who consider their detained family members to be political prisoners protest for their releases outside the United Nations office in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday Feb. 18, 2026....

Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his crash helmet as he stands outside the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday....

The Winter Olympics gets 8 new events, including its first new sport in decades Athletes compete during the men's sprint race at the Ski Mountaineering World Cup event in Bormio, Italy in February 2025, a year before the sport makes its debut at the Winter Olympics....

Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models Enterprise AI company Cohere launched a new family of multilingual models on the sidelines of the ongoing India AI Summit. The models, dubbed Tiny Aya, are open-weight — meaning their underlying code is publicly available for anyone to use and modify — support over 70 languages, and can run on everyday devices like laptops without requiring...