The complete Side Events lineup at Founder Summit 2026 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·3d ago
Boston, are you ready?! TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is about to explode with energy — and the real magic kicks off with an epic lineup of Side Events lighting up the city from November 3–6!
5 days to Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·3d ago
Five days from now, the global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West.
Cal AI's 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·3d ago
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched Persona, a new AI agent startup, and already raised $10 million.
Google releases a new local-first Granola competitor | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·3d ago
Earlier in April, Google released an AI-powered dictation tool that worked with local models. Now, the same team has released a new competitor to the AI note-taker Granola and others, which it...
China's Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kate Park·3d ago
Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has raised more than $500 million, the company’s first funding round since Meta was forced to call...
Amazon unveils new Alexa tablets with Alexa+ and Google Play Store access | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·3d ago
Amazon on Thursday unveiled a new lineup of Alexa tablets that feature personalized intelligence from its Alexa+ AI assistant and full access to the Google Play Store.
Uber and China's Pony.ai plan to launch robotaxis in London | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·3d ago
Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle maker Pony.ai plan to launch a robotaxi service in London as part of an expanded partnership to bring driverless cars to Europe.
Vesta raises $30M to bring swarms of agents to mortgage lenders | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·3d ago
Vesta, an AI-native software startup that helps lenders originate mortgages, announced on Thursday that it raised a $30 million round led by Conversion Capital.
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders 'elsewhere' | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos·4d ago
Endeavor Catalyst has closed its fifth fund with $320 million in capital commitments, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to more than $850 million.
Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·4d ago
Back in June, Nvidia announced that it had secured agreements with Microsoft and a host of other PC makers to develop AI- and agent-ready PCs for Windows based on its RTX Spark chip, but details on...
Meta's Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·4d ago
If there’s any doubt about how seriously Meta is taking AI, here’s a new signal: the company on Wednesday announced that its Muse assistant is now available in a dedicated iPad app.
ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·4d ago
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that provides age-based ratings and reviews of media and tech for families, has labeled ChatGPT for Teens an “unacceptable risk.” The rating comes as chatbots like...
X expands its 'Gametime' sports hub beyond the NFL, starting with MLB | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·4d ago
X is doubling down on sports, with Wednesday’s news that it’s expanding its “Gametime” feature on the social media site to go beyond tracking the NFL alone.
ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek·4d ago
ChatGPT is about to get a lot more visual, thanks to a new feature that OpenAI calls Intelligent UI.
Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha·4d ago
How clean is the air in your workplace? That’s the question Tanvi Thombre and Lakshya Saraf began investigating when they were engineering students who worked in their university makerspace.
CIA officer admits to creating fake top secret government program to steal over $190 million, including gold bars | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·4d ago
A now-former officer with the Central Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200 million, including hundreds of gold bars, as part of a fraudulent scheme masquerading as a top...
Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal·4d ago
Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of 2026.
Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ram Iyer·4d ago
Healthleap, a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has raised $38 million in seed and Series A funding, TechCrunch has...
SpaceX alumni nab $100M to rethink shipping with autonomous freight trains | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·4d ago
The railroad industry was one of the first to disrupt how the world worked with technology, but lately, innovation in freight railroading has amounted to little more than longer and longer trains.
Bloom raises $3.6M to become the 'Alibaba' of American manufacturing | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·4d ago
When Justin Kosmides co-founded Bloom in 2023, his goal was to create a savior for the mobility industry.
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