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OpenAI has not yet said what its plans are for the future of travel. But Sonder founder Francis Davidson is a well-known figure in the travel industry.

Copilot 10 November 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic face new oversight as New York’s AI safety law takes effect

New York is preparing to enforce its sweeping AI safety law, requiring major developers like OpenAI and Anthropic to register, disclose safety practices, and report critical incidents or face fines.

Copilot 10 November 2026

All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO

Each of the seven co-founders plans to sell exactly the same number of shares in the IPO, which would bring each of them about $250 million in cash at the midpoint of the price range while leaving…

Copilot 10 November 2026

Oura to acquire AI-native primary care startup Counsel Health for $625M

The deal comes a few weeks after Oura postponed its up to $2.2 billion IPO indefinitely, citing “uncertainty in the IPO market.”

Copilot 10 November 2026

PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

PSI used an unreleased Anthropic model to answer a fundamental question about quantum computing that scientists have pursued for nearly two decades.

Copilot 10 November 2026

OpenAI rolls out new business profiles, making ChatGPT just a little bit more like Google

OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Anthropic launches Claude Meetings to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks

As participants talk, Claude can draft the plan being discussed, map out a timeline on a whiteboard, answer questions in the meeting chat, and access connected work apps to retrieve information, such…

Copilot 10 November 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy: a timeline

The affair could have ramifications for national security as the U.S. and China race to develop the most advanced AI infrastructure.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Google broadens its AI hardware portfolio with two new specialized chips

Google's new tensor processing units (TPUs) broaden its chip portfolio to more use cases: confidential model training and more memory capacity.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Meta’s AI agent Muse lands on Apple Watch and Android Wear OS

Users can now interact with Meta’s AI assistant through voice calls, text messages, or dictation on their Apple Watch.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Adobe brings AI agents and new creative tools to Photoshop, Premiere, and Firefly

Adobe is taking on Figma with a new prototype builder tool in Firefly.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Anthropic sets IPO price range of $70 to $78 per share to reach an implied valuation of $1.404 trillion

The company could end up being worth a hefty $1.404 trillion if its shares list at the top of the price range, on a fully diluted basis.

Copilot 10 November 2026

After challenging Google’s Android with Cyanogen, its co-founder takes aim at Windows for AI era

Kora is set to launch as a free-to-use alternative to Windows, targeting users who rely heavily on AI models and agents.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Spotify’s AI DJ gets new voices, personalities, and an option for less chatter

Spotify Premium users can now customize their AI DJ with new voices with different personalities, or turn off the commentary between songs.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Ring, known for its doorbell cameras, launches a home security drone and an enterprise security robot

Amazon-owned Ring is pushing into robotics with the launch of a home security drone and a rolling robot designed to patrol and protect businesses.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Cyberattacks threaten to make open source AI a little less open, Hugging Face exec warns

Hugging Face executive Irene Solaiman warns that growing cyberattacks on open AI platforms could force tighter security restrictions, threatening the accessibility that makes open source communities…

Copilot 10 November 2026

Otter AI can now follow conversations across 30+ languages

Otter AI just added support for 27 languages and revealed an upcoming feature that can follow along if speakers switch between languages.

Copilot 10 November 2026

Anthropic reportedly plans to move forward with IPO plans

The AI company is expected to set its valuation range this week, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Jensen Huang reportedly engaged a PR firm with a history of handling high-profile sex scandals a year ago

The PR firm was enlisted shortly after an October 2025 New York Times report described Alice Huang's business dealings with Jensen Huang, Wired reported.

Copilot 9 November 2026

A short seller flagged Nvidia CEO’s ties to a suspected Chinese spy six months before the scandal

Six months before Nvidia's spy scandal erupted, Culper Research was already questioning Jensen Huang's unusually close relationship with a Chinese executive.

Copilot 9 November 2026

The race is on to sue Nvidia

Nvidia’s stock slid more than 4% after its board opened an investigation into Jensen Huang’s relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and one securities law expert says the company’s earlier…

Copilot 9 November 2026

Jensen Huang pulls out of ElevenLabs Summit amid Nvidia controversy

The Nvidia CEO also pulled out of an Anthropic event earlier.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Anthropic releases new Mythos and Fable models amid RSI concerns

Anthropic says the new models "show improvements in areas like coding, reasoning, and vision," as well as in communicating more clearly with users.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy puts Nvidia’s China ambitions under scrutiny

Jensen Huang’s alleged affair with a suspected Chinese spy threatens to complicate Nvidia’s lobbying efforts to loosen U.S. chip export restrictions and maintain access to China’s lucrative AI market.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution

At 10 cents per million input tokens, Ember is significantly cheaper than frontier competitors like Haiku and Luna.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines

Anthropic bought billions of dollars' worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process

Medium's new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology's role in publishing.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe-coding apps amid a changing internet

Automattic aims to compete with the likes of Lovable with Spacefast.

Copilot 9 November 2026

Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s ‘about a 50-50’

Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO.

Copilot 8 November 2026

Nvidia will investigate CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with possible Chinese spy

In a memo to the company, Huang admitted that he had an affair.

Copilot 7 November 2026

After the midterms, things are looking rocky for Elon Musk and data centers

On Equity, we unpacked what the midterms mean for the tech industry.

Copilot 7 November 2026

Megaspeed exec was recruited to spy on Nvidia CEO, according to US intelligence memo

A memo circulated earlier this year reportedly claimed that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited a female technology executive to spy on Nvidia's CEO.

Copilot 7 November 2026

Crusoe sells troubled Wyoming data center project to Google

The deal highlights the challenges of developing massive AI data centers.

Copilot 6 November 2026

OpenAI reportedly raises an additional $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation

OpenAI has reportedly raised an additional $11 billion as part of a funding round that hasn't closed yet but is expected to in the coming weeks.

Copilot 6 November 2026

Hundreds of Artex AI hacking tools found publicly exposed to the web

Security researchers found hundreds of servers hosting the penetration testing tool Artex exposed to the internet, allowing anyone access to the hacking tool.

Copilot 6 November 2026

Meta introduces Spaces, a new way to collaborate with your Muse agent

Meta's Muse agents continue to get new features and integrations. Spaces promises to be a new way to interact with the AI helpers.

Copilot 6 November 2026

How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry

Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the…

Copilot 6 November 2026

After the midterms, is the AI industry in for a rough two years?

Copilot 6 November 2026

Ramp data shows AI spending stalling just as Anthropic nears its IPO

AI usage keeps climbing, but spending has stalled. Price cuts and smarter cost controls among the biggest spenders could challenge investor assumptions about AI hypergrowth.

Copilot 6 November 2026

After blocking Muse, Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop

Amazon said that the feature will roll out to millions of users in coming weeks.

Copilot 6 November 2026

Underdog shows off a 32MB speech model in new demo

Despite its small size, Underdog's new model can generate both speech and music.

Copilot 6 November 2026

Physicl raises $10M to make the digital world real enough for robots

Physicl is trying to solve the sim-to-real gap with a pipeline originally built to market goods online.

Copilot 6 November 2026

Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI agent security startup Clutch for $500M

Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Airbnb says it’s launching an AI travel agent in the first half of 2027

Airbnb says its upcoming AI agent will help travelers plan trips, compare options, manage bookings, and get assistance throughout their stay.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar

Meta's AI agent can now take calls as a customizable animated avatar, ahead of the launch of a Tamagotchi-like wearable designed to bring Muse to life.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder

Meta warns that growing political opposition to data centers could threaten future AI investments, as communities push back against massive infrastructure projects.

Copilot 5 November 2026

OpenAI released a new cybersecurity model. Is that enough?

OpenAI's newest cybersecurity model comes out as AI labs face scrutiny of their work to protect digital infrastructure.

Copilot 5 November 2026

OpenAI president Greg Brockman says company could be IPO ready in 2027

Speaking at a Wall Street Journal tech conference on Wednesday, the executive touted how the company had been gaining ground in the enterprise market, where rival Anthropic had already successfully…

Copilot 5 November 2026

Claude can now analyze your spending with its new Personal Finance tool

With Personal Finance in Claude, users can connect their bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask questions about their finances.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics

As AI floods math with unchecked proofs, Axiom Math is betting on verification. The startup’s AI agents just formally verified the Stacks Project, one of the field’s biggest libraries.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure

The deal is expected to support the development of DBX Agent Cloud, a new storage platform aimed at developers building AI models and agents.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Aina’s smart ring has a screen, a joystick, and a mic so you can talk to AI agents

Aina's ring can also take calls and help you dictate notes on your Mac.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Box taps Nvidia’s Nemotron for new agent-first content retrieval system

The system can supposedly answer queries four times faster, with 20% fewer errors and 90% fewer tokens used.

Copilot 5 November 2026

A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI

While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced…

Copilot 5 November 2026

Agility is the first pure humanoid robot company on the stock market. Are you buying?

Agility arrives on the Nasdaq today as the first publicly traded pure-play humanoid robotics company.

Copilot 5 November 2026

Apple is reportedly cutting budgets for its internal AI usage

The tokenmaxxing frenzy has been short-lived as bills for said tokens came due, and companies decided that token rationing might be a more fiscally sensible approach.

Copilot 5 November 2026

After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.

Copilot 4 November 2026

AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says

During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only four people booked a ride using an AI agent.

Copilot 4 November 2026

OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election

OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable…

Copilot 4 November 2026

DuckDuckGo pitches itself to schools amid backlash over Google’s AI policy

DuckDuckGo is courting schools frustrated by Google's AI restrictions, pointing educators to its search engine and options to disable AI features.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs

Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable…

Copilot 4 November 2026

I tried Apple’s Siri Recaps. They’re surprisingly useful — and a little unsettling

Apple's AI-powered Siri Recaps won me over in just one day, despite my privacy reservations. But there's still room for improvement.

Copilot 4 November 2026

Google faces backlash for plan that would turn off Search for schools that restrict AI

Politicians on the left, like NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani and former FTC chair Lina Khan, accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly.

Copilot 4 November 2026

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Doors open at 9 a.m. ET in Boston

Today is the day to join TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston's SoWa Power Station. Register now to join this founder-focused conference today.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models’ identity

Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet…

Copilot 3 November 2026

Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds amid AI-driven cybersecurity boom

Cybersecurity-focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Hiding inside Palantir’s skyrocketing quarter is a foreboding signal

Palantir's U.S. commercial revenue surpassed U.S. government revenue for the first time ever.

Copilot 3 November 2026

AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges

The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood

The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they're currently in the mood for.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute

At a moment when Anthropic's compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search

Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up

Apple's new App Store rules will require 18+ ratings for dating apps and AI companions that offer sexual or romantic content.

Copilot 3 November 2026

The TechCrunch Founder Summit agenda is only half the reason to be in Boston on November 4

On November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 brings founders and VCs to Boston's SoWa Power Station for practical insights and connections. Register before prices increase at the door.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Tomorrow: TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston and when pass rates increase

Secure your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass savings before prices increase tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET. Save up to $100 on your pass, and get a second for free.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing

Now in beta: Apple's new Audio Intelligence features can help you remember what someone said or take notes on conversations.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Google takes Dreambeans to India in bid to bring AI-generated personal stories to the masses

Google's Dreambeans, its latest AI experiment, now supports 13 Indian languages.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps

Apple hinted at ways that it could spur revenue through third-party "opportunities" during its Monday night earnings call.

Copilot 3 November 2026

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens

Y Combinator Garry Tan has jokingly admitted that he's suffered from "cyber psychosis” and barely sleeps sometimes because he’s so excited to be working with his AI agents. On a new episode of Walter…

Copilot 2 November 2026

Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts

The one-year-old startup is now valued at $300 million.

Copilot 2 November 2026

Anthropic warns that it’s very close to RSI capability, aka self-building AI

RSI is the point at which AI grows so good at training itself that it spawns a dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities. To the AI doomers, RSI represents the cataclysm from which there is no return.

Copilot 2 November 2026

Web host Squarespace lays off 19% of its employees

The website builder said that the job losses are part of a broader restructuring of its organization.

Copilot 2 November 2026

New York Times and other outlets sue web browser Brave over alleged content scraping

The New York Times is suing privacy-focused web browser company Brave for allegedly scraping the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributing it to its own customers, like Anthropic and…

Copilot 2 November 2026

42AI comes out of stealth with $62.5M and a world model that can ‘predict human behavior’

Here's a question straight out of sci-fi: What if AI could predict what you were going to do before you decided to, even in a completely new situation?

Copilot 2 November 2026

Elon Musk throttles Grok Bot limits due to ‘unsustainably high’ costs

Musk recently referred to Grok Bot as having "the fastest growth of a product that I've ever seen in my life."

Copilot 2 November 2026

Omen AI adds liquid know-how in $16 million Aquatic Labs acquisition

Two startups tackling the data center water problem are joining forces in a $16 million deal.

Copilot 2 November 2026

2 days till TechCrunch Founder Summit: Boston founders don’t need a Silicon Valley address to build something big

TechCrunch Founder Summit happens on November 4 in Boston for a founder-focused agenda and impactful connections. Save up to $100 or get discounts with group passes.

Copilot 2 November 2026

OpenAI is finally merging ChatGPT’s Chat and Work tabs

OpenAI said that ChatGPT and Codex will draw usage from the same allocation pool after this change.

Copilot 1 November 2026

OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

Copilot 1 November 2026

AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?

On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.

Copilot 1 November 2026

Data centers are now a midterm issue, even in Brooklyn

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

Copilot 31 October 2026

Apple CEO says the company doesn’t ‘want to ship AI for AI’s sake’

Apple's new CEO defended the company's current position in the AI landscape.

Copilot 31 October 2026

4 days left: How TechCrunch Founder Summit helps you make more useful connections to scale

On November 4 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, get ready for a full day packed with meaningful networking opportunities, actionable insights, and connections that could change the trajectory of your…

Copilot 31 October 2026

Judge allows NAACP lawsuit over xAI data center pollution to move forward

An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

Copilot 31 October 2026

OpenAI reportedly lowers funding target for new round

OpenAI’s latest funding round doesn't seem to be living up to expectations.

Copilot 31 October 2026

Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia

When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Ollie, a privacy-focused AI assistant, is shutting down

As an increasing number of AI assistants flood the market, the founder of Ollie, an assistant that respected its users' privacy, says it will be shutting down in a week.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Intel’s stock crashes, knocking $12B from government’s stake

Intel is being hurt by PC sales as the AI industry gobbles memory and other components causing PC prices to rise.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says

Blackstone's forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has…

Copilot 30 October 2026

Last-minute Halloween costumes for tech nerds

No Halloween costume? Just be a deceptively cute AI agent icon, a PHP vulnerability, or sleepy time Bryan Johnson.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Zest’s new AI agent finds restaurants and books reservations over text

Can't agree on where to eat? Zest's AI concierge can combine everyone's tastes, put restaurant options to a vote, and make the reservation.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz warns that the AI boom is ‘a great opportunity to go deceive people’

The cautionary Theranos tale takes on a new significance in the AI era, when companies that have never turned a profit are raising capital at trillion-dollar valuations.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Skip the small talk: Make game-changing connections at TechCrunch Founder Summit with Braindate

At TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, happening November 4 at SoWa Power Station in Boston, networking powered by Braindate is designed to make those conversations easier to find, whether they are in…

Copilot 30 October 2026

DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents

DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers.

Copilot 30 October 2026

5 days left: Your last chance to connect, scale, and save at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

5 days to save up to $100, plus a second pass for free to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 in Boston on November 4. Register now.

Copilot 30 October 2026

Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out

Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.

Copilot 30 October 2026

You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work

David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace.

Copilot 29 October 2026

AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says — but first, it will spend big

Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spending spree, its CEO said Thursday.

Copilot 29 October 2026

As search traffic dries up, Reddit announces it’s shifting to a logged-in experience

As AI transforms how people find information online, Reddit is rethinking its open-web roots to protect its audience and business.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Rivian expands joint venture with VW to include AI assistant

Rivian doesn't disclose if the value of its $5.8 billion joint venture will expand as a result.

Copilot 29 October 2026

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT

OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings is buying ADT in a $15.3 billion deal, with plans to bring AI to the home security business.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Meta quietly launches an AI fashion app called Style Sketch

The app connects to Instagram to build a virtual closet from photos you’ve already shared, or lets you add items manually by snapping a photo, recording a quick video, or uploading images from your…

Copilot 29 October 2026

Granola crunches up a dictation feature to compete with Wispr

Uno reverse! After Wispr added meeting notes to its dictation app, Granola is adding dictation to its meeting notetaker. The voice AI wars are getting interesting.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity

Mistral says its new model can afford organizations a kind of control over its cyber defenses that closed models can't.

Copilot 29 October 2026

US investigated Chinese spy plot aimed at Nvidia CEO

A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Ex-Palantir execs launch Dream with $17M from a16z to build AI world models for construction

Dream is grounded in real physics and construction standards. Just as LLMs learn from text, Dream's world model is trained on more than 100 million square feet of building data gathered from permit…

Copilot 29 October 2026

Wabi, the AI agent that builds mini apps, now valued at $1.25B after latest round

On Thursday, AI app Wabi, now describing itself as a "personal agent," said it has raised $55 million at a $1.25 billion valuation.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure

With Pipecat, Deepgram will likely gain a deeper understanding of real-time voice and video infrastructure.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists and subscriptions and update delivery instructions

The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions.

Copilot 29 October 2026

Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists, subscriptions, and update delivery instructions

The update allows you to use Alexa to create lists, register them, see what's on them, and add or edit items. You can also manage subscriptions with the AI bot.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion

Microsoft has never disclosed Azure's quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows

The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet's third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI

Microsoft said it made $10 billion in revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, including revenue-sharing payments, in the quarter ending September 30. It underscores the still-enormous…

Copilot 28 October 2026

Microsoft hits 10 quarters of record-breaking revenue in a row

Whatever the future of AI might be, the current situation is still very good for Microsoft. The tech giant reported yet another record for quarterly revenue on Wednesday: $92.3 billion, a 19%…

Copilot 28 October 2026

Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying

The frontier lab is lifting the curtain on how users spend money on its models ahead of a planned IPO.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Wiz’s CTO on PHP2Shell and the coming ‘vulnpocalypse’

The PHP scare may have faded from your feed, but the cleanup is far from over. Last week, two critical bugs in the open source language behind roughly 70% of websites left organizations scrambling to…

Copilot 28 October 2026

The ‘Vulnpocalypse’ is coming for the internet’s aging code, says Wiz’s CTO

Copilot 28 October 2026

Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms

The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.

Copilot 28 October 2026

As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps

A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Introducing the Microsoft Copilot harness: Unlocking the potential of truly multi-model agentic work

If you want to compete, you need to be multi-model. And if you want to take advantage of everything that different AI models have to offer, you need a great harness. But building one that works…

Copilot 28 October 2026

AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

Copilot 28 October 2026

South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

Copilot 28 October 2026

Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription…

Copilot 28 October 2026

7 days until TechCrunch Founder Summit: Save up to $100 on your pass before doors open

In just 7 days, TechCrunch Founder Summit takes over Boston’s SoWa Power Station on November 4. Your chance to save up to $100 on tickets is running out, and the opportunity to learn and connect…

Copilot 28 October 2026

VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more

Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication

A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

Copilot 27 October 2026

The data center boom has an upside: innovation for the US grid

As the AI boom stresses the existing power grid, all sorts of new opportunities for grid modernization are also emerging as a result, industry insiders say.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant

The banking giant reminds customers that "you're responsible for activity" resulting from your AI agents' access.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Who’s really in charge at Anthropic after the IPO?

Here's a clear explanation of Anthropic's incredibly complex governance structure.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies

Disruptive has made headlines in recent years for pouring money into companies like chip startup Groq and the AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?

TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Google’s Genie 4 world model adds audio, more realistic worlds, and real-time steering

Genie 4 can maintain a consistent scene for up to two minutes, double Genie 3's limit, and offers better physics and more humanlike characters.

Copilot 27 October 2026

The platform approach to becoming Frontier

Last year at Ignite, we introduced the concept of Frontier Transformation and how it is different from any technology-led pursuit, because it requires us to focus on business outcomes first. It…

Copilot 27 October 2026

Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Japan internet giant GMO says hackers posted stolen customer data

Japan's GMO Internet is verifying alleged customer data posted by suspected hackers following a cloud service breach.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Opera introduces a new web standard to let users deploy AI locally in their browser

The new standard, WebAI, is designed to work with a variety of AI models.

Copilot 27 October 2026

General Compute raises $100 million Series A, countering the neocloud disaster narrative

General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs

Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown fourteenfold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.

Copilot 27 October 2026

How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant

Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else's AI agent.

Copilot 27 October 2026

Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing

An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has…

Copilot 26 October 2026

Anthropic’s IPO filing reveals its strategy for keeping enterprise customers hooked

Anthropic’s S-1 shows more than half of its $100,000-plus customers now use both the Claude Platform and a first-party app, a cross-selling playbook reminiscent of Amazon that’s making enterprise…

Copilot 26 October 2026

SpaceX locks in $40B GPU financing deal with Apollo

The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.

Copilot 26 October 2026

Introducing a Voluntary Exit Offer

Amy Coleman, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees today. Today, we’re introducing a new Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) to eligible…

Copilot 26 October 2026

Anthropic officially files for its public debut

Anthropic has officially filed for an IPO, revealing soaring revenue, mounting losses, major enterprise adoption, and an unusual governance structure designed to preserve founder control and its AI…

Copilot 25 October 2026

Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’

The footage looks okay, as long as you're not seeking artistry, inspiration, or human interest.

Copilot 23 October 2026

Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia

inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.

Copilot 23 October 2026

Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing

MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.

Copilot 22 October 2026

OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO

Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.

Copilot 22 October 2026

1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password

The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.

Copilot 22 October 2026

Canva releases its first image generation model

Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.

Copilot 22 October 2026

OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up

OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?

Copilot 22 October 2026

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’

Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from…

Copilot 22 October 2026

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thousands of its customers.

Copilot 22 October 2026

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide.

Copilot 22 October 2026

Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.

Copilot 22 October 2026

Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents

Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.

Copilot 22 October 2026

Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

Copilot 22 October 2026

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agencies to remove its technology over national security concerns.

Copilot 21 October 2026

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira says fears over AI-buildout debt are overblown

Blackstone’s AI head on why the PE giant isn't panicked by market jitters.

Copilot 21 October 2026

Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

Copilot 21 October 2026

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch Founder Summit is a full-day gathering in Boston on November 4 where founders across all stages connect with top VCs and experienced entrepreneurs to gain tactical insights on building and…

Copilot 21 October 2026

Meta says Muse has over 10M users, with shopping a top activity

Meta Muse users are adopting the app for shopping and personal productivity, the company said during its Q3 earnings call. The AI app now has over 10M users.

Copilot 21 October 2026

Recursive launches Flint, a laptop coding model it says was largely built by AI

Startup Recursive has released Flint, a free, laptop-sized coding model built largely by its own AI research system, as an early test of AI that improves itself.

Copilot 21 October 2026

While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat

As Amazon blocks AI agents from shopping on its site, Walmart is taking the opposite approach, introducing new technology that lets AI agents make purchases on customers' behalf, with controls over…

Copilot 21 October 2026

PHP Armageddon: OpenAI, Google’s Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

This is the kind of security issue that was found and prevented by AI, but is also a high risk because of AI.

Copilot 20 October 2026

Advancing digital sovereignty with greater control and choice

Across my conversations with leaders in government, critical infrastructure and regulated industries, one priority consistently rises to the top: putting technology to work on their most important…

Copilot 19 October 2026

Securing the agentic insider

In the last few months, concerns have arisen about AI safety as a growing number of incidents were publicly disclosed. These incidents exposed how powerful models have become and how they represent a…

Copilot 15 October 2026

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 MyFitnessPal for an undisclosed amount of money in March.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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…

Copilot 15 October 2026

Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends October 16

Savings of up to $200 end October 16 for TechCrunch Founder Summit. These savings for Founder and Investor Passes vanish after Friday. Join 1,000 founders and investors on November 4 at Boston’s SoWa…

Copilot 15 October 2026

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.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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.

Copilot 15 October 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Last day

Last day to be part of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Join 10,000+ tech leaders for a day of connections and insights. Save 75% on your pass now.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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…

Copilot 15 October 2026

Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

Copilot 15 October 2026

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…

Copilot 15 October 2026

Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt

Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” is using AI to help organizations spot trouble brewing online before…

Copilot 14 October 2026

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.

Copilot 14 October 2026

YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms

The label will appear on the player page and include songs entirely generated by AI or partially, such as AI involved in composition and vocals.

Copilot 14 October 2026

Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.

Copilot 14 October 2026

Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music

Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.

Copilot 14 October 2026

Save 50% on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket and join the last 2 days in San Francisco’s Moscone West

Get a 50% discount on the last two days of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 14-15, in San Francisco. Register now and join the rest of the startup ecosystem. Today, it's all about physical and…

Copilot 14 October 2026

Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace

Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell.

Copilot 14 October 2026

Floqer’s AI agents research sales prospects so teams don’t have to

The problem Floqer is trying to solve is familiar to anyone who has worked in sales or revenue operations.

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