Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan24 Aug 2026
Hugging Face has been approached to sell at a valuation of $13 billion or more, Business Insider reported over the weekend.
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top 43%US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India's Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta24 Aug 2026
U.S. nutrition startup Berry Street said on Monday it has merged with Khosla Ventures-backed Indian startup Healthify to bank on the popular trend of people turning to GLP-1 drugs to lose weight.
Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha23 Aug 2026
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million (around $966 million) — the second largest penalty issued so far under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, according to...
TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec23 Aug 2026
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility!
Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha23 Aug 2026
The country needs to find a “compromise” between privacy and safety, according to Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley.
Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling23 Aug 2026
You probably know by now that the AI models powering ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other chatbots are trained on seemingly infinite databases of published works, containing hundreds of millions of...
Two years after launch, Walmart's Flipkart is closing in on India's quick-commerce leaders | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh23 Aug 2026
Indian startups spent years getting consumers accustomed to having groceries and everyday goods delivered within minutes.
Will the DOJ's investigation into a16z spook other VCs? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha22 Aug 2026
Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told TechCrunch that they were...
Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anna Heim22 Aug 2026
Inherent, a London AI lab founded by Google DeepMind alumni, says its AI agent just outperformed much larger models from Anthropic and OpenAI using a fraction of the size.
Frontier AI labs still won't say how they'd contain a rogue model | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan22 Aug 2026
Few of the top AI labs have published or demonstrated containment response plans, according to a recent study.
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant22 Aug 2026
U.S. battery startups hit a rough patch when the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated battery and EV incentives, undercutting a chunk of future demand.
Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can't hide an iterative upgrade | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta22 Aug 2026
If you buy the new Pixel 11 Pro, you might have to proactively tell people that you bought the latest phone, unless they are following each and every launch.
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos22 Aug 2026
Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos.
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kate Park22 Aug 2026
Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic...
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan21 Aug 2026
Anthropic’s universal usage standards for Claude forbid the model from generating sexually explicit content, including depicting or requesting sexual intercourse or sex acts, generating content...
How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis21 Aug 2026
Rillet co-founder and CEO Nicolas Kopp seems justifiably confident as we talk over Zoom a day after his company announced a $100 million raise at a $1 billion valuation. The U.S.
TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal21 Aug 2026
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve allegations that the social media platform violated federal...
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez21 Aug 2026
The new $225 Pebble Time 2 smartwatch feels like a toy, and we mean that in the best sense of the word.
Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort21 Aug 2026
Nvidia published some interesting new research on Friday suggesting it’s the harness, more than the underlying model, that is far more important when asking an AI to do long-horizon tasks.
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events21 Aug 2026
The lowest prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 end tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once that window closes, your chance to save up to $300 on your pass, or get an even larger discount on group pricing...