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‘Queer Eye’s’ life coach Karamo Brown launches Kē, a wellness app featuring his AI digital clone
18h ago
Apple opens up App Store to new competition in Brazil
18h ago
MapTap, a daily geography game, is my new Wordle
18h ago
General Intuition in talks to raise $300M at around $2B valuation
18h ago
A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight
18h ago
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs
18h ago
AI is hurting Apple in more ways than one: it may force iPhone price increases
18h ago
Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming — now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI
18h ago
Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
18h ago
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap’s stock takes a dive
18h ago
‘This System Wasn’t Built For Me’: Black Founders Became Investors To Change Venture Capital
18h ago
I Sold My AI Startup Before Revenue: Here’s What Investors Missed — And Founders Shouldn’t
18h ago
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Yesterday
Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking
Yesterday
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
Yesterday
PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues
Yesterday
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
Yesterday
Anthropic’s latest feud with the Trump admin may actually help it, sales data suggests
Yesterday
Apple plans to change its Hide My Email privacy feature that could make it less effective
Yesterday
SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon
Yesterday
Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end
Yesterday
Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream
Yesterday
SpaceX Acquires AI Coding Tool Cursor For $60B In Year’s Largest Startup M&A Deal
Yesterday
Snap finally debuts its long awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren’t cheap
2 days ago
Sixty percent of U.S. consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
2 days ago
India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
2 days ago
Payments startup Flutterwave hits $3.2B valuation, backed by Ripple
2 days ago
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
2 days ago
Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google’s Israel, ICE ties
2 days ago
The US government’s Anthropic models ban was never about an AI jailbreak
2 days ago
Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms
2 days ago
SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
2 days ago
Fox to acquire Roku in $22B deal
2 days ago
Rewriting Your Pitch: SaaS Isn’t Dead, But The Playbook For Founders Is Changing
2 days ago
Cybersecurity vets protest ‘dangerous’ US government ban on Anthropic’s most powerful models
3 days ago
SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised
3 days ago
UK unveils sweeping social media ban for users under 16
3 days ago
Salesforce acquires AI customer service platform Fin for $3.6 billion
3 days ago
Sarvam becomes India’s newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech
3 days ago
Orbio raises $21 million to automate hiring and onboarding for frontline workers
3 days ago
Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon
3 days ago
UK may ban social media for children under 16
3 days ago
The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker
3 days ago
Sector Snapshot: Semiconductor Startup Funding Still Running Hot
3 days ago
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
4 days ago
TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla
4 days ago
The new Sonos Play has become my go-to desk and kitchen speaker
4 days ago
Robinhood sees ‘record-breaking’ traffic after SpaceX stock debuts
4 days ago
The $100M+ Round Is Now Just Your Typical Late-Stage Financing
4 days ago
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
4 days ago
Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand
4 days ago
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations
4 days ago
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
4 days ago
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger
4 days ago
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: NinjaOne Leads With $400M As Large Deals Also Go To Blockchain, Cloud Infrastructure, Biotech And Robotics
4 days ago
SpaceX Shares Close Up 19% After Largest IPO Of All Time
4 days ago
OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general
5 days ago
This thin under-pillow speaker helped me fall asleep without earbuds
5 days ago
The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks
5 days ago
SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world’s first trillionaire
5 days ago
Mistral is rumored to be raising €3B at €20B valuation
5 days ago
Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living
5 days ago
Anthropic’s safety warnings may have just backfired — the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI
5 days ago
SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
5 days ago
Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it
5 days ago
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
5 days ago
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI’s hot IPO summer
6 days ago
Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO
6 days ago
SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history
6 days ago
SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know
6 days ago
US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies
6 days ago
SpaceX Launches Largest IPO Of All Time
6 days ago
Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
6 days ago
Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
6 days ago
Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
6 days ago
SpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever
6 days ago
Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies
6 days ago
Before You Cheer The IPO Window, Watch Where The Money Goes
6 days ago
Coinbase debuts AI agent that can trade and pay for premium research
Jun 11, 2026
Quantum Space’s military SPAC is trying to catch SpaceX’s IPO wave
Jun 11, 2026
Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others
Jun 11, 2026
These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Jun 11, 2026
Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations
Jun 11, 2026
Base10 Partners Closes 2 Funds Totaling $850M To Invest In Real Economy Automation
Jun 11, 2026
Opendoor’s India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing
Jun 11, 2026
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei has just one direct report
Jun 11, 2026
xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims
Jun 11, 2026
Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
Jun 11, 2026
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
Jun 11, 2026
The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO
Jun 10, 2026
How memory tools can make AI models worse
Jun 10, 2026
Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat
Jun 10, 2026
Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable
Jun 10, 2026
Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026
Jun 10, 2026
Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEO’s leadership shakeup
Jun 10, 2026
Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Jun 10, 2026
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Jun 10, 2026
GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid
Jun 10, 2026
Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
Jun 10, 2026
Anthropic’s Claude Fable is a version of Mythos the public can access today
Jun 9, 2026
Rivian starts deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV
Jun 9, 2026
Apple’s foldable iPhone could be just around the corner
Jun 9, 2026
It’s not FAANG anymore. It’s MANGOS.
Jun 9, 2026
Apple says it may remove some apps from the App Store if they don’t attract users
Jun 9, 2026
Why Apple’s slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart
Jun 9, 2026
Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia, accusing it of ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Jun 9, 2026
As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Jun 9, 2026
Apple’s WWDC AI demos looked more real after $250M false ad settlement
Jun 9, 2026
OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic
Jun 9, 2026
NotebookLM’s new update will help you build source repository from chat
Jun 8, 2026
Amazon now lets you design custom merch using AI
Jun 8, 2026
WhatsApp says it caught new spyware attacks linked to NSO Group in violation of court order
Jun 8, 2026
WWDC 2026: What to expect, from Siri’s highly anticipated revamp to Apple Intelligence and iOS 27
Jun 8, 2026
Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump
Jun 8, 2026
Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
Jun 8, 2026
Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption
Jun 8, 2026
The most interesting startups right now want to get you off your phone
Jun 8, 2026
Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months
Jun 8, 2026
Active Startup Investors Didn’t Hold Back In May
Jun 8, 2026
Exclusive: Scotch Raises $20M Series A To Disrupt Legacy Liquor Retail Tech With AI
Jun 8, 2026
OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’
Jun 7, 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: Inside GM’s $900M EV battery gamble
Jun 7, 2026
Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far
Jun 7, 2026
GM’s electric future depends on a new battery — and this facility
Jun 7, 2026
As VC-backed e-bike startups went bankrupt, bootstrapped Lectric grew
Jun 7, 2026
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: On-Demand Custom Manufacturing, Underwater Geothermal Energy, And Adventure Group Travel
Jun 7, 2026
OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks
Jun 7, 2026
What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri’s highly anticipated revamp and Apple Intelligence updates
Jun 7, 2026
Sriram Krishnan is leaving his role as White House AI advisor
Jun 7, 2026
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI
Jun 7, 2026
Beyond Instagram: Introducing the next generation of social apps
Jun 7, 2026
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Megarounds Proliferate, Led By Enterprise Software, AI, And Space Tech
Jun 7, 2026
Investors Have Poured Billions Into Plaintiff-Side Legal AI, But Defense Could Be The Next Big Opportunity
Jun 7, 2026
Opinion: The Startup Ecosystem's Complexity Problem Is About to Eat Itself
Jun 6, 2026
Opinion: The 'Founder Mode' Gospel Is Being Sold as Inevitable. It Deserves Serious Pushback.
Jun 6, 2026
Opinion: The 'Founder Mode' Fantasy Is Being Sold as Leadership Truth
Jun 6, 2026
Opinion: The Real Story Behind AI's Funding Surge Isn't AI—It's Infrastructure Desperation
Jun 6, 2026
Opinion: The Data Center Fight Is Really About Who Controls the Startup Ecosystem
Jun 6, 2026
Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with startup Manus
Jun 6, 2026
Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names
Jun 6, 2026
Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches
Jun 6, 2026
Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days
Jun 6, 2026
Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
Jun 6, 2026
Opinion: The Tech Industry's Real Problem Isn't Too Little Innovation—It's Too Much Noise
Jun 5, 2026
Opinion: The Startup Ecosystem's Real Problem Isn't Access—It's Complexity Theater
Jun 5, 2026
Opinion: The Acquirer's Paradox—Why Rushing to Buy Might Be Silicon Valley's Costliest Mistake
Jun 5, 2026
Opinion: Why Tech's Failure Mystique Is Actually a Crisis of Accountability
Jun 5, 2026
Opinion: The Acquisition Game Is Rigged to Reward Scale Over Substance
Jun 5, 2026
Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites
Jun 5, 2026
Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns
Jun 5, 2026
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky plans to launch a new AI lab
Jun 5, 2026
Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app
Jun 5, 2026
Defense tech, AI, and fundraising take center stage at StrictlyVC Los Angeles on June 18
Jun 5, 2026
Opinion: The Startup World's Obsession With Speed Is Creating a Failure Problem It Won't Admit
Jun 4, 2026
Opinion: The Founder's Paradox - Why Your Fastest Growth Move Might Be Knowing When to Slow Down
Jun 4, 2026
Opinion: The VC Growth Fund Pivot Is a Canary in the Coal Mine for Early-Stage Funding
Jun 4, 2026
Opinion: The 'Patient-Friendly AI' Funding Boom Is Being Sold as Progress. Question That.
Jun 4, 2026
Opinion: The Funding Circus Needs Fewer Ringmasters, Not More AI Notekeepers
Jun 4, 2026
Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise
Jun 4, 2026
Quick commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in nine months
Jun 4, 2026
Lovable signs multiyear deal with Google Cloud to up usage 5x, source says
Jun 4, 2026
Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last?
Jun 4, 2026
Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year
Jun 4, 2026
Opinion: The Real Lesson From Uber's AI Budget Blowout Isn't Caution—It's That Growth Math Is Breaking
Jun 3, 2026
Opinion: The IPO Rush Is Backwards. Some Companies Should Stay Private Longer.
Jun 3, 2026
Opinion: Stop Building Bureaucracy and Start Solving Real Problems
Jun 3, 2026
Opinion: The Founder's Real Superpower Isn't Disruption—It's Knowing When to Say No
Jun 3, 2026
Opinion: We're Funding the Cleanest Pitches, Not the Hardest Problems
Jun 3, 2026
Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis
Jun 3, 2026
Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses
Jun 3, 2026
Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance
Jun 3, 2026
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
Jun 3, 2026
New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions
Jun 3, 2026
Opinion: The Founder Pipeline Problem Nobody Wants to Admit Is Getting Worse
Jun 2, 2026
Opinion: The Founder Hype Machine Is Rewarding Confidence Over Competence, and VCs Are Complicit
Jun 2, 2026
Opinion: Everyone Says "Profitability Over Growth" Now. That's the Problem.
Jun 2, 2026
Opinion: The 'AI Agent PC' Revolution Is Being Sold as Inevitable. Don't Buy It.
Jun 2, 2026
Opinion: We've Romanticized Startup Failure So Much We've Stopped Learning From It
Jun 2, 2026
Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
Jun 2, 2026
Defense tech darling Mach Industries hits $1.8B valuation, a 4x jump in a year
Jun 2, 2026
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
Jun 2, 2026
From the stage to the future: Where are Startup Battlefield’s alumni now?
Jun 2, 2026
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
Jun 2, 2026
Opinion: The Unsexy Truth About Startup Funding—Sometimes Saying No Is Smarter Than Saying Yes
Jun 1, 2026
Opinion: Everyone's Obsessed With AI Features. That's Missing the Real Product Revolution Happening Right Now.
Jun 1, 2026
Opinion: The Unsexy Truth About Seed Funding: Maybe Your Startup Doesn't Need $10M Yet
Jun 1, 2026
Opinion: The IPO Window Isn't Closing. It's Being Replaced.
Jun 1, 2026
Opinion: The VC Hype Machine Is Breaking. Winners Will Simplify It, Not Amplify It.
Jun 1, 2026
Erin Brockovich takes aim at data center secrecy
Jun 1, 2026
‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan
Jun 1, 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: It doesn’t matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce
Jun 1, 2026
Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis
Jun 1, 2026
Black founders raise highest amount of quarterly funding since 2022, but there’s a catch
Jun 1, 2026
Navigating The DPI Crunch And Startup Funding
Jun 1, 2026
Anthropic Nears $1T Valuation And Leapfrogs OpenAI On Unicorn Board With $65B Funding Round
Jun 1, 2026
Opinion: The Pedigree Problem Is About to Get Much Worse
May 31, 2026
Opinion: The Real Story Behind SoftBank's €75B Bet Isn't About France
May 31, 2026
Opinion: The Founder Exodus to Solo Funds Signals the End of Institutional Venture as We Know It
May 31, 2026
Opinion: The Quiet Acquisition Boom in AI Tooling Signals a Consolidation Reckoning
May 31, 2026
Opinion: The 'Fail Fast' Gospel Is Selling Us Snake Oil
May 31, 2026
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