Fitbit founders launch Luffu Link, an LTE health and safety band
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‘The world seems to be ready’: An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux
TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product.
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India’s Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones
Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon…
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Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC
The AI hedge fund went from "the talk of Wall Street" to "subject of federal subpoenas" faster than you can say…
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Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B
We all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though.
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Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO
The president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price…
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Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case
Zillow and Redfin reached a settlement with the FTC, which requires Redfin to reenter the rental advertising business.
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Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there’s still space
Make the most of Disrupt's crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15.
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Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face
Weeks after OpenAI disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone rogue and hacked AI dataset company Hugging…
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Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60%, blaming memory shortage
As the memory shortage continues to cause trouble for hardware makers, Amazon says it is now being forced to pass on…
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's…
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Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.
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Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
Early testers are raving about what Instinct can do, but some say the AI assistant’s sweeping access, broad terms and…
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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space…
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
Inside the frontier lab’s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.
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Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny
In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to "deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb" to…
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Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the…
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US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards
Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.
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Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet into a frenzy of speculation.
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Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million in the second-largest penalty issued under Europe’s…
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TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash
Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools…
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Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November…
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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
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Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs?
On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.
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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research
Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific…
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OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
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Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions…
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US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an…
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Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative…
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly…
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Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a…
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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by…
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Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf
Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.
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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia…
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