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AI summary TechCrunch Founder Summit on November 4 offers founders insights on scaling, fundraising, and leadership through sessions led by investors and operators.
AI summary Anthropic expands its Claude for Startups program, offering free access to Claude Team and $1,000 in credits to qualifying startups.
AI summary LibreOffice states it will not include AI features in its software, focusing on user data control.
AI summary Vinod Khosla believes Wajo's focus on trust gives it an edge in the personal-agent market over competitors like Meta's Muse and Instinct.
AI summary Bluesky plans to apply for the '.bsky' domain suffix, allowing users to have shorter domain names for their social handles.
AI summary Amazon announced that Prime Video will host the Emmys from 2027, marking a shift from broadcast TV to streaming.
AI summary Mistral AI released ML4, a large multimodal model aiming to compete with American and Chinese rivals.
AI summary Pinterest introduces AI-powered 'Beauty Guides' to turn beauty Pins into actionable salon plans with terminology and details.
AI summary Uber acquires ezCater for $2.3 billion to expand its food delivery services.
AI summary TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will be held in San Francisco from October 13-15, featuring breakout sessions for in-depth discussions on AI and startup challenges.
AI summary Paramount completed a $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to form Skydance, combining major streaming platforms and franchises.
AI summary Glimpse aims to help manufacturers detect defects faster using CT scanning technology, with a new product called Explore for various industries.
AI summary Flai's AI dealership software schedules 50,000 appointments monthly and has seen 20x revenue growth.
AI summary Meta is testing a Reels-first interface on Facebook in India, aiming for a more video-focused experience.
AI summary Type One Energy raised $200 million to build a fusion power plant by 2034 using a supplier network to reduce costs.
The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.
OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.
Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.
Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI unveils Beam, its first open-weight model, which it says rivals GLM-5.2 on reasoning with far less inference compute. Weights are due this month.
Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says…
TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.
Ghost announced Monday its official emergence from stealth and an $11 billion seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.
TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.
HackerRank’s AI interviewer has already conducted more than 500,000 interviews, with Snowflake, Snorkel, and Capgemini among its early testers.
OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.
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The Danish government said the breach of names, addresses, and state-issued ID numbers affects 8 million people, including people living abroad and the deceased.
