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Five Days Remaining: Over Half of the First 500 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Plus-One Passes at 50% Off Are Already Claimed

Explore what’s next as 300+ startups debut their breakthroughs, experience the high-stakes energy of Startup Battlefield 200, and tap into curated, high-impact networking with the leaders shaping the...

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Apple’s Next-Gen AirTag Delivers Enhanced Volume and Extended Tracking Range

Apple’s latest iteration of the AirTag represents a calculated refinement of its personal tracking ecosystem, reinforcing the company's dominance in a niche yet vital category of consumer...

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Nvidia’s AI Weather Models Likely Predicted This Storm Weeks in Advance

As a series of volatile winter storms recently underscored the limitations of traditional meteorological modeling across the United States, Nvidia has strategically unveiled a significant expansion...

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Synthesia Reaches $4B Valuation and Offers Employee Liquidity

Synthesia, the London-based pioneer in generative artificial intelligence, has orchestrated a significant capital event that underscores the soaring institutional appetite for enterprise-grade AI...

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After Disrupting Firefighting, This Founder Is Building a Massive AI Powerhouse

The professional trajectory of Dr. Aman Sethi does not follow the traditional arc of a fire-safety executive, yet his multidisciplinary background is precisely what has enabled him to disrupt a...

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ChatGPT reportedly sourcing answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia

The competitive landscape of generative artificial intelligence, long characterized by fierce rivalries and distinct ideological silos, is experiencing a curious and perhaps inevitable convergence of...

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TikTok’s Immigration Status Data Collection Sparks Privacy Concerns: Understanding the New Policy Implications

The recent scrutiny regarding TikTok’s updated privacy policy reflects a fundamental tension between rigorous regulatory compliance and the growing public anxiety over data sovereignty. At the heart...

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Researchers Link Russian State Hackers to Attempted Polish Power Grid Attack

Recent forensic analysis has identified a sophisticated, albeit unsuccessful, attempt to compromise segments of the Polish national power grid this past December, an incident that underscores the...

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Microsoft Provided FBI With BitLocker Encryption Keys to Decrypt Suspects’ Laptops, Reports Reveal

The ubiquitous adoption of BitLocker as a primary defensive mechanism for data-at-rest underscores a fundamental tension within the modern enterprise ecosystem: the delicate balance between seamless...

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Capital One acquires Brex at a steep discount to its peak valuation, but early investors still secure a massive windfall on the exit

While the broader market often scrutinizes late-stage valuations and the complexities of fintech exits, the acquisition of Brex by Capital One stands as a resounding vindication for the venture...

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Anthropic, xAI, and Google Alumni Secure $480M Seed Round for Human-Centric AI Startup Humans&

In the increasingly crowded landscape of artificial intelligence startups, humans& is positioning itself as a high-conviction bet on the future of organizational synergy. Boasting a lean but...

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Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes

RadixArk was recently valued at about $400 million in a funding round led by Accel, according to two people familiar with the matter, a notable amount for a startup that was only announced last...

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A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025

Last year was a tumultuous one for the U.S. semiconductor industry. But before we get too deep into 2026, here is a final look at everything that happened in the U.S. semiconductor industry in...

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X copies Bluesky with a ‘Starterpacks’ feature that helps you find who to follow

The idea behind the new feature is to help users find accounts that match their interests across a range of categories, including News, Politics, Fashion, Technology, Business & Finance, Health &...

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Todoist’s app now lets you add tasks to your to-do list by speaking to its AI

True to its name, Ramble can take your meandering, unstructured speech and turn it into organized tasks. The app will also capture other details you mention, like project deadlines, priorities,...

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SpaceX didn’t properly inspect crane before collapse at Starbase, OSHA says

SpaceX didn’t properly inspect a hydraulic crane that had recently been repaired before it collapsed at the company’s Starbase, Texas, facility last June, according to the Occupational Safety and...

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Anthropic’s CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism

The criticism was particularly notable because one of those chipmakers, Nvidia, is a major partner and investor in Anthropic. “The CEOs of these companies say, ‘It’s the embargo on chips that’s...

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Well, there goes the metaverse!

Few are going to miss it. Fast-forward, and the metaverse has effectively been abandoned in favor of AI. Meta, betting on the “if you build it, they will come” strategy, was more interested in the...

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Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT

Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. Yet here’s Sequoia, already invested in...

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Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)

Take Larry Page, who about 3% of Google but controls roughly 30% of its voting power through dual-class stock. Under this proposal, he’d owe taxes on that 30%. For a company valued in the hundreds of...

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AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh tell TechCrunch. Their startup journey is a wild...

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The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them

It took Rebecca Yu seven days to vibe code her dining app. She was tired of the decision fatigue that comes from people in a group chat not being able to decide where to eat. “Once vibe-coding apps...

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Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise

Berlin-based Parloa has raised $350 million in Series D funding from existing investors, valuing the six-year-old customer service AI startup at $3 billion. The round comes just eight months after...

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Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI

Former OpenAI exec Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is saying goodbye to two of its co-founders, both of whom are headed back to OpenAI. Another former OpenAI staffer who went to work...