We don't need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia's Jensen Huang says | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·27d ago
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang made his position on the dangers AI poses very clear while speaking at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference on Tuesday.
The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·27d ago
Across the country, Americans are debating how their lives might change if new AI data centers are built in their backyards.
Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·27d ago
Alongside news of its new AI-focused subscription plans, Meta announced on Tuesday that it will now allow AI agents of your choosing to set up and manage WhatsApp Business messaging, the service...
The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn't make it | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·27d ago
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool built as an alternative to Zapier, shut down entirely on Monday.
US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·27d ago
The AI race has grown so frenzied that, by 2035, U.S. data centers are projected to consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined.
SpaceX will try to put Starship in orbit for the first time on September 22 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·27d ago
SpaceX is ready to perform the 14th test flight of its Starship mega-rocket, and now the company will finally try to put the upper stage into Earth’s orbit for the first time, the company announced...
AI agents now have a place to snitch | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta·27d ago
“If you see something, say something” is no longer limited to human beings. Two new AI hotlines have launched to give AI agents a way to phone home about misbehaving peers.
Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·27d ago
Thatch, a platform that lowers healthcare costs for employers while expanding plan choices for workers, has raised $108 million at a $1 billion valuation from existing investors: The General...
Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·27d ago
If anything, 2026 has made clear that cybersecurity is no longer a background concern. Today, security is at the front and center of many conversations, woven into almost every major story of the...
Nitter and XCancel are dead (again) after X's latest legal actions | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·27d ago
After X threatened legal action last month, Nitter and XCancel, privacy-friendly services for viewing X posts, appear to be officially dead — for real this time.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·27d ago
Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s global policy chief, told reporters on Tuesday that the company has been working with rivals Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, as first reported by...
Wonder scores a $425 million partnership with DoorDash as it builds its food empire | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·27d ago
The delivery platform DoorDash is investing in and partnering with Marc Lore-owned food tech company Wonder in deals worth a total of $425 million, the company announced on Tuesday.
Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·27d ago
Companies have been increasingly using AI’s image generation chops to teach people photography skills.
Take your startup from prototype to production at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·27d ago
AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to building impressive prototypes. Getting those prototypes into production is a different story.
India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·27d ago
India has finally put a price on larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network, ending years of free processing for merchants as authorities seek to make a system used for billions...
Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women's health research with vaginal microbiome data | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·27d ago
Women’s health company Evvy on Tuesday said it has raised a $40 million Series B led by Catalio Capital Management.
Spotify finally lets parents exclude kids' music from Wrapped and recommendations | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·27d ago
At last, parents, your prayers have been answered! On Tuesday, Spotify announced that it’s finally doing something to fix how your kids’ listening habits ruin your end-of-year Spotify Wrapped...
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·27d ago
A day after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job over concerns that AI could kill us all by the end of the decade, I met with founders and brothers-in-law Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani.
Salesforce and Nvidia's new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·27d ago
A new AI model called Koa is one of the biggest announcements from Salesforce this week at its giant Dreamforce tech conference.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump 'we're not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen' | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·28d ago
While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he got a phone call that he couldn’t send to voicemail — it was from President Donald Trump.
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