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Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares
That's more than $10 billion in shares, or around 1% of Musk's current net worth....
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Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India’s hospital economics
Even Healthcare reaches a $300 million valuation in a Khosla Ventures-led round as it plans to expand its hospital network in India....
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No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market
Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms...
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Anthropic says it’s committing 5% of its shares to a ‘public benefit fund’
Anthropic said that it will commit 5% of its shares to the fund....
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Everyone’s watching the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything’
"You Can See Everything" is having the second biggest opening weekend ever for a documentary film....
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Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce
After chatbot startup Character.AI filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, many of its employees will have the opportunity to take jobs at Disney. Character.AI’s former CEO Karandeep Anand recently be...
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TechCrunch Mobility: Rivian’s next act
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it....
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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web....
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TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account
A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms....
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Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year....
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Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better
The biggest change about Ember's new mug is that you no longer have to open the app to adjust your drink’s temperature....
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Mark Wahlberg wants to take on the longevity-startup crowd with an affordable gym concept
Mark Wahlberg, who once sank money into a gym chain that got kicked off the NYSE, is now building his own, and he promises you’ll get a cold plunge, a blood panel and a protein muffin without needing ...
1 week ago
Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad made the comments during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026....
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Porsche’s electric Macan Turbo is an automotive existential crisis
Maybe it was the grey color, the slightly bulbous roofline, or the vaguely SUV-like proportions of the electric Porsche Macan, but as I shuttled kids and groceries around city and suburban streets, I ...
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India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles....
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A Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet
Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic...
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Waymo’s robotaxis are headed to Canada
The company will start off by testing its self-driving vehicles on Toronto's streets....
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Tressfecta wants to make hair braiding a less arduous task for hairstylists
Tressfecta will be at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt!...
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In ‘You Can See Everything,’ Elizabeth Holmes meets her equal in comedian Nathan Fielder
Nathan Fielder's documentary about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has created a constellation of colliding personas that interrogate the very nature of authenticity....
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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."...
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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Counterfeits of luxury goods are a major problem for fashion houses. Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands’ marks and passing off dupes, known as “superfakes,” as genuine items. A st...
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Replit’s CEO says the future of work is the ‘self-driving company’
Replit CEO Amjad Masad envisions a future of “self-driving companies,” where AI agents handle day-to-day tasks and people focus on higher-level decisions....
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Even Benchmark thinks AI is eroding the venture pact against backing rivals
Benchmark says the Valley’s rule against backing rivals is getting harder to keep....
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Tesla reveals SpaceX-powered Roadster that flies and falls with style
The new car used thrusters to leap over a Cybercab, Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, Model Y, and Model 3 at a demo in Texas....
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When it came to Cal AI’s viral success, a small army of influencers paid off
The company generated over $30 million in revenue in two years and was acquired by MyFitness for an undisclosed amount of money in March....
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And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2026 is: Intero Biosystems
Intero Biosystems beat out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home the $100,000 grand prize at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026....
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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it
Panay said that it's possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products....
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Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon....
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Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users' needs instead of waiting for commands....
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Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network
The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization....
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Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them....
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Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network's a...
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Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends Oct. 16
Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit end on October 16. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4...
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Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia
Volvo is leveling up its automated driving system through an expansion of its nearly decade-long partnership with Nvidia that will extend beyond its battery electric vehicles....
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SK Hynix bargains for chip equipment exports to its China facility in return for building a factory in US
SK Hynix’s Solidigm is reportedly seeking US approval to send more chipmaking equipment to China as it weighs building a new NAND chip factory in America....
1 week ago
AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars
We'll likely learn more about how this will work at the company's upcoming "AI & Autonomy Day" event in December....
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Ramp reaches $60B valuation as it pushes deeper into AI
The funding comes as Ramp's annualized revenue crosses $2B, and its customer count reaches 85,000....
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Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US
The new shopping tool is available in the U.S. across Google Search and the Gemini app....
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Last day
Last day to join TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Join 10,000+ tech leaders for a day of connections and insights. Save 75% on your pass now....
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Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize con...
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Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware
The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads....
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Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform
Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta....
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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip des...
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Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse....
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Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026
It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals....
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Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can ...
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Intero Biosystems wants drugmakers to test on mini human intestines, not animals
Intero Biosystems is selling lab-grown human intestines to drugmakers as regulators push for alternatives to animal testing, while the startup looks to scale production and expand its organoid technol...
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CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes
Databases have traditionally been designed either for analytical data or for operational data. But database engine CedarDB supports both, and its approach has gained relevance with the rise of agentic...
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Ambani’s Jio seeks to raise $3.2B in what could be India’s biggest IPO
Jio plans to use most of its IPO proceeds to repay debt as it expands beyond telecom....
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Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots’ — its website says different
Langley’s comments come amid mounting scrutiny of Flock from privacy advocates, including the ACLU, and members of the public who are concerned about the misuse of its technology....
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