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Andy Dunn's startup Pie becomes less of an events app and more of a social network | TechCrunch
The social app founded by Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn is expanding beyond events with new digital homes for groups to connect, organize, and make plans.
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'The world seems to be ready': An interview with OpenAI head of product Thibault Sottiaux | TechCrunch
TechCrunch talks agents, UX, and reporting to Greg Brockman with OpenAI's head of product.
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Fiat Ventures combines venture and advisory divisions into new brand, raises $35M Fund II | TechCrunch
In an environment where emerging fund managers struggle to attract LP attention, FGV is betting that a different venture model can help it lure LPs.
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India's Airbound bags $37M to take on trucks with rocket-like drones | TechCrunch
Airbound's ultra-lightweight approach to drone delivery has attracted backing from Greenoaks, DoorDash, and Silicon Valley investor Lachy Groom.
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Oura is reportedly eyeing a September IPO that could value it at more than $16B | TechCrunch
We all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though.
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Situational Awareness, star AI hedge fund that nearly imploded, now being probed by the SEC | TechCrunch
The AI hedge fund went from "the talk of Wall Street" to "subject of federal subpoenas" faster than you can say "diversify your portfolio."
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Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case | TechCrunch
Zillow and Redfin reached a settlement with the FTC, which requires Redfin to reenter the rental advertising business.
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Trump bought SpaceX shares two weeks after blockbuster IPO | TechCrunch
The president bought when the stock was in the mid-$150 range. SpaceX finished trading on Monday back at its IPO price of $135.
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Apply now to host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
Apply before September 4 to be a part of the TechCrunch Disrupt community by hosting your own Side Event.
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Alabama launches investigation into OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face | TechCrunch
Weeks after OpenAI disclosed that one of its cybersecurity models had gone rogue and hacked AI dataset company Hugging Face, Alabama’s Attorney General announced an investigation into the incident.
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Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60 percent, blaming memory shortage | TechCrunch
As the memory shortage continues to cause trouble for hardware makers, Amazon says it is now being forced to pass on the costs to its consumers.
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Showcase your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and book an exhibit table while there's still space | TechCrunch
Make the most of Disrupt's crowds of potential investors and partners by exhibiting your startup from October 13-15.
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Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit's role in developing it.
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Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns | TechCrunch
Early testers are raving about what Instinct can do, but some say the AI assistant’s sweeping access, broad terms and ability to act on users’ behalf come with uncomfortable trade-offs
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Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics | TechCrunch
General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six.
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Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B | TechCrunch
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of responsibility to community, doubts arise as to whether a sale will happen.
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US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India's Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards | TechCrunch
Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.
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Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny | TechCrunch
In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to "deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb" to slow it down and avoid a "catastrophic intersection collision."
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OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them? | TechCrunch
Inside the frontier lab’s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.
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TechCrunch Mobility: The custom chip driving Waymo’s robotaxi ambitions | TechCrunch
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Who's behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha? | TechCrunch
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet into a frenzy of speculation.
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Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch
Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
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Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule | TechCrunch
Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool.
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Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions | TechCrunch
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million in the second largest penalty issued under Europe’s GDPR.
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Is it legal to train AI models on copyrighted books? It’s complicated | TechCrunch
Most published authors have, without their knowledge or consent, contributed to the development of the same AI tools that threaten to undermine their livelihoods. That seems illegal, right?
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Two years after launch, Walmart's Flipkart is closing in on India's quick-commerce leaders | TechCrunch
Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November volume.
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Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors | TechCrunch
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
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Will the DOJ's investigation into a16z spook other VCs? | TechCrunch
On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.
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Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch
Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.
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Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can't hide an iterative upgrade | TechCrunch
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pixel owners.
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Frontier AI labs still won't say how they'd contain a rogue model | TechCrunch
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasingly demonstrate unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior.
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US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense | TechCrunch
U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after EV incentives were slashed.
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OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill | TechCrunch
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
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Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams | TechCrunch
Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.
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Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf | TechCrunch
Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.
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Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive | TechCrunch
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover new skincare compounds, and is only now going public about it.
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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine | TechCrunch
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.
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How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48 hours | TechCrunch
Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp shared growth numbers at a board meeting and set off a fundraising frenzy from Iconiq, Sequoia and others. Without even trying.
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Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M | TechCrunch
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).
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Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats? | TechCrunch
Watch as Equity digs into the DOJ's antitrust probe of Andreessen Horowitz, what happens to AI startups that aren't Anthropic, OpenAI, or Nvidia, and more deals of the week.
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Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero | TechCrunch
Nvidia research shows that AI agents can perform well, and not go off the deep end, through fine-tuning, even if the AI model isn't that great at the task.
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit | TechCrunch
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.
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The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch | TechCrunch
The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.
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Tesla’s solar roof is dead — here’s what went wrong | TechCrunch
Tesla's solar roof was an experiment that never really caught on for the company. But does that mean the concept of roof-integrated solar is dead?
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Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket today | TechCrunch
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
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Waymo hands over documents in NHTSA's child collision probe | TechCrunch
The responses to NHTSA's questions so far are redacted entirely, citing "confidential business information."
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Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy | TechCrunch
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
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Tesla recalls 3 million cars as part of China-wide push to stop hidden door handles | TechCrunch
Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels that help occupants identify the often hard-to-find manual door releases.
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Private equity firm Apollo confirms data breach amid hacking wave targeting financial giants | TechCrunch
The private equity giant confirms a breach, weeks after Google researchers said hackers were targeting financial companies.
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Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up | TechCrunch
There's about to be a big fight to secure access to space.