Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·4d ago
When Tony Fadell takes the stage at the inaugural MIT Future Fest, he projects a slide with three images of once-hyped AI devices that have already been discontinued: the Rabbit R1, the Humane AI...
OpenAI’s Alexander Embiricos is coming to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·4d ago
OpenAI just made one of its biggest bets yet on what comes after the chatbot. Now, the person leading that product is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening October 13-15.
The full lineup of interactive roundtables at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·4d ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is seven days away, bringing 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13-15 for three days of conversations...
Ring's first smart lock can be hand-cranked when its battery dies | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·4d ago
Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker, is entering a new market: smart locks. Ring’s new device isn’t exactly a copy-and-paste of the other locks already on the market, however, as it tackles...
6 days to Disrupt 2026: Save on your pass before doors open | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·4d ago
In six days, 10,000+ people from across the global startup and tech ecosystem will come together at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
Another personal AI assistant has launched — Meet Tab, which emerged from stealth with a $300M valuation | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·4d ago
A new personal AI assistant has arrived. Meet Tab, which announced Tuesday that it had officially emerged from stealth at a $300 million valuation.
How to find out if Amazon thinks you have 'flat buttocks' | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling·5d ago
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Amazon collects data about you based on what you buy. If you buy a lot of cat litter, Amazon will probably infer that you have cats, or if you buy a lot of...
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·5d ago
Melius, an AI platform for generating ad campaigns, images, and videos, announced on Tuesday that it raised a total of $25 million in funding, including a $20 million Series A led by CRV and a $5...
Silicon Valley's AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·5d ago
When self-taught coder Sigil Wen was 17, he moved to Silicon Valley and lived in an AI hacker house with famed AI researcher Andrej Karpathy.
How AI decision models could change content moderation | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Russell Brandom·5d ago
As decision models spread across the industry, a company called Musubi has a new idea for how to put them to work: moderating content.
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·5d ago
Cloud provider Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation, marking what could be its last private round before a planned 2027 IPO, according to The Wall Street...
The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·5d ago
Personal AI agents, like Meta’s Muse, Instinct, ChatGPT’s Dots, and others, are kicking off a new wave of consumer AI that involves more than just responding to queries.
Hark releases an AI personal assistant with a focus on privacy | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz·5d ago
From Muse to Instinct to Dots, tech firms are hunting for the user experience that will make an AI personal assistant a must-have product.
Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·5d ago
Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation; Aaru raised $88 million at a $1 billion...
Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·5d ago
Until recently, venture capitalists largely steered clear of defense startups. Investments in the sector were viewed as morally controversial, and the process of securing government contracts was...
Learn all about scaling, fundraising, founder how-tos, and more at TechCrunch Founder Summit, November 4 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·5d ago
There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with the skills and knowledge to build a company.
LibreOffice says 'no AI' is now a software feature | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·5d ago
If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software for you.
Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer's Wajo will win agent market on trust | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·5d ago
The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in recent weeks, with Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dot, and Instinct taking the lead and more competitors being launched each week.
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anna Heim·5d ago
The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday, French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both...
The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·5d ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders for three days of ideas, connections, and...
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