#  @TechCrunch TechCrunch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is making headlines, warning that using ChatGPT as a therapist has no legal confidentiality and revealing that the company is losing money on its ChatGPT Pro plan. Meanwhile, other tech companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon are making moves in AI, with Google partnering with Reliance to offer free AI access to millions of users in India. Anthropic, a rival AI company, projects $70B in revenue by [----]. ### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::816653/interactions)  - [--] Week [----------] +151% - [--] Month [----------] +122% - [--] Months [-----------] -14% - [--] Year [-----------] -31% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::816653/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] +6% - [--] Month [-----] +27% - [--] Months [-----] +7.30% - [--] Year [------] -20% ### Followers: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::816653/followers)  - [--] Week [---------] +0.17% - [--] Month [---------] +0.66% - [--] Months [---------] -5.60% - [--] Year [---------] -5.90% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::816653/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) #920 [stocks](/list/stocks) #217 [finance](/list/finance) #3595 [countries](/list/countries) 7.39% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 6.92% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 5.63% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms) #102 [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) #6022 [events](/list/events) #553 [products](/list/products) 1.06% **Social topic influence** [ai](/topic/ai) #275, [open ai](/topic/open-ai) #143, [ceo](/topic/ceo) #3882, [in the](/topic/in-the) 4.92%, [$googl](/topic/$googl) #690, [anthropic](/topic/anthropic) #850, [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) #4035, [company](/topic/company) 3.52%, [xai](/topic/xai) #22, [microsoft](/topic/microsoft) #1225 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@william_r2rclub](/creator/undefined) [@fnb2fnr](/creator/undefined) [@ctibedo](/creator/undefined) [@intelligencer41](/creator/undefined) [@premkn](/creator/undefined) [@alsamahii](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@talesftf](/creator/undefined) [@adarshkusingh](/creator/undefined) [@kuriharan](/creator/undefined) [@ok_dot7494](/creator/undefined) [@madanchaolla](/creator/undefined) [@joeyscleaning](/creator/undefined) [@strykrai](/creator/undefined) [@nexastools](/creator/undefined) [@infinitereign88](/creator/undefined) [@taylynryder](/creator/undefined) [@equitypod](/creator/undefined) [@blue_beba__](/creator/undefined) [@ybk1476702](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal TechCrunch A [--] GW orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4 billion almost three times its ground-bound equivalent" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/why-the-economics-of-orbital-ai-are-so-brutal/) 2026-02-11T19:33Z 9.7M followers, 22.6K engagements "LittleBits and Disney launch Snap the Gap to teach girls STEM TechCrunch LittleBits Disney and UC Davis announced this morning that theyve joined forces for the launch of Snap the Gap. The non-profit program is designed to" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/02/littlebits-and-disney-launch-snap-the-gap-to-teach-girls-stem/) 2026-02-05T06:05Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a personal hacker TechCrunch The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries including an unnamed central African government the U.K. and the United States" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/informant-told-fbi-that-jeffrey-epstein-had-a-personal-hacker/) 2026-01-30T22:58Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Epstein-linked longevity guru Peter Attia leaves David Protein and his own startup 'won't comment' TechCrunch Attia co-founded longevity medical testing startup Biograph which came out of stealth a year ago" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/epstein-linked-longevity-guru-peter-attia-leaves-david-protein-and-his-own-startup-wont-comment/) 2026-02-04T00:13Z 9.7M followers, 15.3K engagements "Y Combinators police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation TechCrunch Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs Bedrock Capital announced that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/y-combinators-police-surveillance-darling-flock-safety-raises-275m-at-7-5b-valuation/) 2025-03-13T21:23Z 9.7M followers, 55.9K engagements "The [----] Startup Battlefield [---] is here see who made the cut TechCrunch Were thrilled to unveil the [----] Startup Battlefield [---] TechCrunchs handpicked list of the most promising early-stage startups" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/the-2025-startup-battlefield-200-is-here-see-who-made-the-cut/) 2025-08-28T00:01Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone except Shohei Ohtani TechCrunch According to Grok Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB's greatest power hitters. except Ohtani" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/grok-says-elon-musk-is-better-than-basically-everyone-except-shohei-ohtani/) 2025-11-20T23:46Z 9.7M followers, 166.8K engagements "Tesla Roadster production has been pushed back again TechCrunch The Tesla Roadster might go into production in [----] seven years after it debuted CEO Elon Musk said at the [----] shareholders meeting" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/tesla-roadster-production-has-been-pushed-back-again/) 2025-08-06T17:40Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion helps you build habits TechCrunch First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speed run SignalFire True Global and other investors" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/first-voyage-raises-2-5m-for-its-ai-companion-helps-you-build-habits/) 2025-12-15T14:50Z 9.7M followers, 77.6K engagements "The price gap between Waymo and Uber is narrowing TechCrunch A trip in a Waymo robotaxi still costs more on average than a comparable ride in a human-driven Uber or a Lyft. But that gap is narrowing according to new data published Tuesday by Obi a company that aggregates real-time pricing and pickup times across multiple ride-hailing services" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/the-price-gap-between-waymo-and-uber-is-narrowing/) 2026-01-28T01:23Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Robotics scene still bullish but layoffs are looming Venture funding for robotics startups remains strong. Its a dissonance worth exploring so thats exactly what we did at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/21/robotics-scene-continues-to-be-bullish-but-layoffs-are-looming/) 2022-07-21T16:30Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "BrowserStack hauls in $50 million Series A from Accel TechCrunch It's not often you see a single venture capital firm investing $50 million in a Series A round. These usually involve a much smaller number spread across" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/browserstack-hauls-in-50-million-series-a-from-accel/) 2018-01-30T14:27Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Pinterest to lay off 15% of staff to redirect resources to AI TechCrunch Pinterest says it's "reallocating resources to AI-focused roles and teams that drive AI adoption and execution" and "prioritizing AIpowered products and capabilities."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/pinterest-to-lay-off-15-of-staff-to-redirect-resources-to-ai/) 2026-01-27T14:50Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements "Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India's most competitive college entrance exam TechCrunch Google's launch of practice tests for JEE follows its recent move to offer full-length SAT practice tests in Gemini" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/google-turns-gemini-toward-indias-most-competitive-entrance-exam/) 2026-01-28T10:37Z 9.7M followers, 16K engagements "As it preps Specs for the masses Snap's Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users TechCrunch The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/as-it-preps-specs-for-the-masses-snaps-q4-shows-revenue-growth-but-fewer-daily-users/) 2026-02-05T00:10Z 9.7M followers, 11.7K engagements "Meanwhile Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million TechCrunch While everyone has been preoccupied with the Microsoft-Yahoo saga the Microsoft acquisition machine keeps on chugging along. Microsoft announced today" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/meanwhile-microsoft-buys-danger/) 2008-02-11T15:43Z 9.7M followers, 1.5M engagements "I met a lot of weird robots at CES -- here are the most memorable TechCrunch If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/09/i-met-a-lot-of-weird-robots-at-ces-here-are-the-most-memorable/) 2026-01-10T01:13Z 9.7M followers, 15.4K engagements "Under Armour says it's 'aware' of data breach claims after 72M customer records were posted online TechCrunch TechCrunch obtained a sample of the stolen data which contained names email addresses dates of birth and the user's approximate geographic location. Under Armour confirmed some sensitive information was taken in the breach" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/under-armour-says-its-aware-of-data-breach-claims-after-72m-customer-records-were-posted-online/) 2026-01-22T15:31Z 9.7M followers, 26.9K engagements "ChatGPT users send [---] billion prompts a day TechCrunch ChatGPT receives [---] billion prompts from global users every day" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/chatgpt-users-send-2-5-billion-prompts-a-day/) 2025-07-21T19:44Z 9.7M followers, 53.4K engagements "Germany's Homelike an Airbnb-like service focused on longer-term rentals raises $14M led by Spark TechCrunch The success of Airbnb has created a major disruption in how people choose where to stay when they visit other places. Gone are the days of assuming a" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/23/homelike-airbnblike/) 2018-08-23T22:18Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras inside its listings TechCrunch Airbnb is banning the use of indoor security cameras in all of its listings the company announced on Monday" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/11/airbnb-is-banning-indoor-security-cameras-inside-its-listings/) 2024-03-12T14:15Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "AI models still struggle to debug software Microsoft study shows TechCrunch Even some of the best AI models today still struggle to debug software a Microsoft study shows" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/ai-models-still-struggle-to-debug-software-microsoft-study-shows/) 2025-11-27T15:03Z 9.7M followers, 97K engagements "India's Supreme Court to WhatsApp: 'You cannot play with the right to privacy' TechCrunch India's top court is investigating WhatsApps data-sharing model monopoly power and user consent" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/indias-supreme-court-to-whatsapp-you-cannot-play-with-the-right-to-privacy/) 2026-02-03T12:41Z 9.7M followers, 12.9K engagements "Elon Musk says 'humans are underrated' calls Tesla's 'excessive automation' a 'mistake' TechCrunch In a rare meaculpa for the mercurial billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that the company has been too reliant on robots for production" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/13/elon-musk-says-humans-are-underrated-calls-teslas-excessive-automation-a-mistake/) 2026-02-04T02:45Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in [----] driven by AI app adoption TechCrunch Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in [----] driven by AI app adoption" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/consumers-spent-more-on-mobile-apps-than-games-in-2025-driven-by-ai-app-adoption/) 2026-01-21T11:30Z 9.7M followers, 13K engagements "Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry TechCrunch Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/insight-partners-sued-by-former-vice-president-kate-lowry/) 2026-01-05T23:33Z 9.7M followers, 22.5K engagements "Alexa+ Amazon's AI assistant is now available to everyone in the U.S. TechCrunch Amazon opens Alexa+ to everyone in the U.S. The AI feature is free for Prime members across devices and free for everyone on mobile and web" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/alexa-amazons-ai-assistant-is-now-available-to-everyone-in-the-u-s/) 2026-02-04T14:12Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter TechCrunch Microsoft one of OpenAI's major investors is benefiting greatly from the AI lab's growth" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/microsoft-earnings-7-6-billion-openai/) 2026-01-28T22:51Z 9.7M followers, 45K engagements "The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most TechCrunch The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/the-washington-post-is-retreating-from-silicon-valley-when-it-matters-most/) 2026-02-05T21:37Z 9.7M followers, 11.4K engagements "Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a personal hacker TechCrunch The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries including an unnamed central African government the U.K. and the United States" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/informant-told-fbi-that-jeffrey-epstein-had-a-personal-hacker) 2026-02-04T19:21Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause TechCrunch Kofi Ampadu the partner at a16z who led the firm's Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program has left the firm" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/a16z-partner-kofi-ampadu-to-leave-firm-after-txo-program-pause/) 2026-01-31T01:27Z 9.7M followers, 22.2K engagements "The biggest breach of US government data is under way TechCrunch Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/doge-biggest-breach-of-united-states-government-data-under-way/) 2025-05-02T04:17Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Hacktivist scrapes over [------] stalkerware customers' payment records TechCrunch More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/hacktivist-scrapes-over-500000-stalkerware-customers-payment-records/) 2026-02-10T16:05Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Risotto raises $10M seed to use AI to make ticketing systems easier to use TechCrunch Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets Risotto has raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by Bonfire Ventures" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/risotto-raises-10m-seed-to-use-ai-to-make-ticketing-systems-easier-to-use/) 2026-01-27T15:27Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Stealth Payment Startup Stripe Backed By PayPal Founders TechCrunch There isn't much information out there about Stripe a new payments startup cofounded by brothers Patrick Collison and John Collison (last seen selling their startup Auctomatic to Live Current Media for $5 million). It's an online business to business and business to consumer payments provider we've confirmed. "How is it different than PayPal or Google Checkout" I asked someone who's seen the product. Their answer - "It doesn't suck."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/stealth-payment-startup-stripe-paypal/) 2026-02-05T03:20Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Salesforce Einstein Studio lets you bring your own model starting with Amazon SageMaker TechCrunch Salesforce announced Einstein Studio to bring your own model into Salesforce Data Cloud starting with Amazon Sagemaker" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/04/salesforce-einstein-studio-lets-you-bring-your-own-model-starting-with-amazon-sagemaker/) 2023-08-11T15:05Z 9.7M followers, 59.8K engagements "Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is hard to imagine TechCrunch Take Zuckerberg's outlook with a grain of salt. After all he thought we'd all be hanging out in the metaverse by now" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/mark-zuckerberg-future-smart-glasses/) 2026-01-28T22:33Z 9.7M followers, 29.6K engagements "Researchers say Russian government hackers were behind attempted Poland power outage TechCrunch Security researchers have attributed the attempted use of destructive "wiper" malware across Poland's energy infrastructure in late December to a Russian-backed hacking group known for causing power outages in neighboring Ukraine" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/researchers-say-russian-government-hackers-were-behind-attempted-poland-power-outage/) 2026-01-23T20:22Z 9.7M followers, 11.9K engagements "Segment Raises $27 Million For Its "One API To Rule Them All" TechCrunch Segment a Y Combinator-backed startup that allows businesses to use a single API for event tracking in order to send data to hundreds of different tools" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/09/segment-raises-27-million-for-its-one-api-to-rule-them-all/) 2015-10-09T15:09Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Ethereum creator donates $1 billion worth of meme coins to India Vitalik Buterin the creator of Ethereum has donated Ethereum and meme coins worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/vitalik-buterin-donates-1-billion-worth-of-meme-coins-to-india-covid-relief-fund/) 2021-05-13T10:32Z 9.7M followers, 205.7K engagements "Fundamental raises $255M Series A with a new take on big data analysis TechCrunch Fundamental has built a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/fundamental-raises-255-million-series-a-with-a-new-take-on-big-data-analysis) 2026-02-06T01:22Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Meet Gizmo: a TikTok for interactive vibe-coded mini apps TechCrunch Gizmo's app is like a TikTok for vibe-coded mini apps.and it's a lot of fun" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/meet-gizmo-a-tiktok-for-interactive-vibe-coded-mini-apps/) 2026-02-04T21:47Z 9.7M followers, 13.1K engagements "Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor TechCrunch The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon-removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to pay" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/google-and-microsoft-backed-terradot-acquires-carbon-removal-competitor/) 2026-02-06T21:03Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "NewLimit founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong raises $130M to develop age-reversing treatments TechCrunch NewLimit a startup that aims to increase how long people can live a healthy life by genetically programming their cells has raised $130M" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/newlimit-founded-by-coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-raises-130m-to-develop-age-reversing-therapies/) 2025-05-06T21:28Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B TechCrunch Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation according to reports" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/anthropic-reportedly-upped-its-latest-raise-to-20b/) 2026-01-27T21:16Z 9.7M followers, 15K engagements "X updates its terms files countersuit to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge TechCrunch X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name trademarks logos and more without written consent" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/x-updates-its-terms-to-lay-claim-to-the-twitter-trademark-after-newcomers-challenge/) 2025-12-16T21:13Z 9.7M followers, 46.7K engagements "TuSimple co-founder demands liquidation sues company for control of his shares TechCrunch Xiaodi Hou the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving truck startup TuSimple is demanding that the board immediately liquidate the company and return" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/27/tusimple-co-founder-demands-liquidation-sues-company-for-control-of-his-shares/) 2024-11-27T16:50Z 9.7M followers, 22.4K engagements "'Among the worst we've seen': report slams xAI's Grok over child safety failures TechCrunch We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media and they all have risks but Grok is among the worst weve seen Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/among-the-worst-weve-seen-report-slams-xais-grok-over-child-safety-failures/) 2026-01-27T10:03Z 9.7M followers, 10.6K engagements "Trump's prospective TikTok buyer reportedly includes Oracle Blackstone a16z TechCrunch After pushing the TikTok sale date back yet again President Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday that he had found a potential buyer for the ByteDance-owned platform" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/trumps-prospective-tiktok-buyer-reportedly-includes-oracle-blackstone-a16z) 2025-07-08T14:31Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Samsung's TriFold phone will cost $2899 in the US TechCrunch The phone's display unfolds twice to reveal a 10-inch display which is the largest screen ever on a Galaxy phone" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/samsungs-trifold-phone-will-cost-2899-in-the-us/) 2026-01-27T15:17Z 9.7M followers, 10.5K engagements "Bluesky issues its first transparency report noting rise in user reports and legal demands TechCrunch Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation regulatory compliance account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/bluesky-issues-its-first-transparency-report-noting-rise-in-user-reports-and-legal-demands/) 2026-01-30T17:30Z 9.7M followers, 12.5K engagements "Anthropics new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code TechCrunch Built into the Claude Desktop app Cowork lets users designate a specific folder where Claude can read or modify files with further instructions given through the standard chat interface" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropics-new-cowork-tool-offers-claude-code-without-the-code/) 2026-01-12T19:34Z 9.7M followers, 29.2K engagements "YouTube prepares crackdown on 'mass-produced' and 'repetitive' videos as concern over AI slop grows TechCrunch YouTube's creator liaison said the change is a "minor" update to YouTube's longstanding policies" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/youtube-prepares-crackdown-on-mass-produced-and-repetitive-videos-as-concern-over-ai-slop-grows/) 2025-07-10T12:00Z 9.7M followers, 246.4K engagements "Omada Health IPO signals healthier market avoids 'down-round' trend TechCrunch Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/omada-health-ipo-signals-healthier-market-avoids-down-round-trend/) 2025-06-06T22:17Z 9.7M followers, 27.7K engagements "Streaming services accounted for nearly 80% of all music revenue in [----] TechCrunch Streaming music services share of total music revenues is bigger than ever. According to a year-end report from the RIAA revenues from streaming" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/26/streaming-services-accounted-for-nearly-80-of-all-music-revenue-in-2019) 2020-05-13T19:24Z 9.7M followers, 205.9K engagements "Anthropic releases Opus [---] with new Chrome and Excel integrations TechCrunch Anthropic has launched Opus [---] the latest version of its flagship model with new integrations into Chrome and Excel" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/anthropic-releases-opus-4-5-with-new-chrome-and-excel-integrations/) 2025-11-24T19:10Z 9.7M followers, 119.7K engagements "Interview: Tim Draper Doubles Down On Europe TechCrunch DFJ the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm has built out a global presence not just through direct investments but through a network of firms" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/03/tim-draper-europe/) 2026-02-06T19:31Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "KDDI au unveils spring cell phone line-up (photo gallery) TechCrunch Japans second biggest mobile phone carrier KDDI au today presented their new cell phones for this spring. The first handsets will be available in Nippon on Saturday. And they have a few spectacular models to offer - if only the Japanese carriers did what they promised a few months back (large-scale internationalization due to a shrinking home market) everyone could get their hands on these things" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/kddi-au-unveils-spring-cell-phone-line-up-photo-gallery/) 2025-09-16T23:46Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Kevin Rose on Digg reinvention and startup investing TechCrunch Disrupt [----] Kevin Rose Digg founder and True Ventures partner returns to TechCrunch Disrupt [----] to talk pivots reinvention and spotting the next wave of breakout startups. Save up to $668 on passes before Sept. 26" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/from-digg-to-deals-kevin-rose-on-reinvention-and-investing-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/) 2025-09-24T15:04Z 9.7M followers, 16.5K engagements "Meta-backed Hupo finds growth after pivot to AI sales coaching from mental wellness TechCrunch Hupo backed by Meta pivoted from mental wellness to AI sales coaching for banks and insurers and secured a $10M Series A led by DST Global" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/meta-backed-hupo-finds-growth-after-pivot-to-ai-sales-coaching-from-mental-wellness/) 2026-01-13T04:03Z 9.7M followers, 14.4K engagements "Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public TechCrunch Digg a reboot of an earlier social news site is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/digg-launches-its-new-reddit-rival-to-the-public/) 2026-01-14T19:03Z 9.7M followers, 77.3K engagements "Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver TechCrunch Not all of Tesla's fleet in Austin will be fully driverless. Per Tesla's AI lead Ashok Elluswamy the company will be "starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed in with the broader robotaxi fleet with safety monitors and the ratio will increase over time."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/tesla-launches-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-with-no-human-safety-driver/) 2026-01-22T18:53Z 9.7M followers, 13.7K engagements "Social network UpScrolled sees surge in downloads following TikTok's US takeover TechCrunch UpScrolled's TikTok alternative is climbing up the App Store's top charts" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/social-network-upscrolled-sees-surge-in-downloads-following-tiktoks-us-takeover/) 2026-01-26T20:12Z 9.7M followers, 27.9K engagements "Jack Dorsey funds diVine a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive TechCrunch Jack Dorsey backs diVine a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of 6-second looping videos" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/) 2025-11-13T02:01Z 9.7M followers, 310.1K engagements "AI layoffs or AI-washing TechCrunch How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing/) 2026-02-01T22:17Z 9.7M followers, 16.7K engagements "Duolingo launches [---] courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI TechCrunch Duolingo is introducing [---] new language courses that were created with generative AI the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/duolingo-launches-148-courses-created-with-ai-after-sharing-plans-to-replace-contractors-with-ai/) 2025-04-30T15:08Z 9.7M followers, 281.2K engagements "One of Europe's largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack TechCrunch An alleged ransomware attack has taken down the systems of the Sapienza University of Rome" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/one-of-europes-largest-universities-knocked-offline-for-days-after-cyberattack/) 2026-02-05T19:04Z 9.7M followers, 10.8K engagements "Amazons Melania documentary makes $7M on opening weekend TechCrunch While the documentary is exceeding box office expectations it's unlikely to make a profit in theaters" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/amazons-melania-documentary-makes-7m-on-opening-weekend/) 2026-02-01T19:19Z 9.7M followers, 40.3K engagements "ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI TechCrunch ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI as OpenAI Google and Apple push conversational systems into wearables new hardware and everyday interactions" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/elevenlabs-ceo-voice-is-the-next-interface-for-ai/) 2026-02-05T14:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Indian vibe-coding startup Emergent raises $70M at $300M valuation from SoftBank Khosla Ventures TechCrunch The funding comes as the startup claims it has scaled ARR to $50 million and is targeting $100 million by April 2026" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/indian-vibe-coding-startup-emergent-raises-70m-at-300m-valuation-from-softbank-khosla-ventures/) 2026-01-20T13:51Z 9.7M followers, 30.9K engagements "Trump DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor TechCrunch Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in [----]. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/trump-doe-gives-microsoft-partner-1b-loan-to-restart-three-mile-island-reactor/) 2025-11-19T00:07Z 9.7M followers, 63.5K engagements "Stripe alumni raise 30M Series A for Duna backed by Stripe and Adyen execs TechCrunch Having raised a [--] million Series A round led by CapitalG business identity verification startup Duna is now among the most well-capitalized European startups founded by Stripe alumni" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/stripe-alumni-raise-e30m-series-a-for-duna-backed-by-stripe-and-adyen-execs/) 2026-02-04T23:52Z 9.7M followers, 40.4K engagements "Apple's latest iPhone security feature just made life more difficult for spyware makers TechCrunch Apple launched a new security feature for iPhone [--] and iPhone Air designed to reduce the effect of memory corruption bugs and in turn make spyware and zero-days more difficult to hack into iPhones" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/apples-latest-iphone-security-feature-just-made-life-more-difficult-for-spyware-makers/) 2025-09-11T22:05Z 9.7M followers, 45.4K engagements "Fitbit founders launch AI platform to help families monitor their health TechCrunch Luffu uses AI in the background to gather and organize family information learn day-to-day patterns and flag notable changes so families can stay aligned and address potential well-being issues" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/fitbit-founders-launch-ai-platform-to-help-families-monitor-their-health/) 2026-02-03T15:54Z 9.7M followers, 13.6K engagements "MobileCoin a cryptocurrency advised early on by Signals Moxie Marlinspike has raised venture funding TechCrunch MobileCoin a cryptocurrency that has received technical guidance from Moxie Marlinspike the creator of private messaging app Signal has raised $11.35" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/09/mobilecoin-a-cryptocurrency-involving-signal-founder-moxie-marlinspike-just-raised-venture-funding/) 2021-05-14T16:00Z 9.7M followers, 190K engagements "Affirm now has [----] retail partners TechCrunch Today Affirm has announced that it has more than [----] merchants signed up to offer its financing options at checkout helping to reduce the friction around making large purchases and by extension increasing sales for its partners" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/20/affirm-now-has-1000-retail-partners/) 2017-07-20T18:16Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Tinder looks to AI to help fight 'swipe fatigue' and dating app burnout TechCrunch Tinder is testing AI recommendations and insight from your Camera Roll for better matches" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/tinder-looks-to-ai-to-help-fight-swipe-fatigue-and-dating-app-burnout/) 2026-02-06T06:47Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Gradients heat pumps get new smarts to enable old-building retrofits TechCrunch Gradient's heat pumps fit in windows minimizing installation times. Now it is introducing software to make those units more intelligent" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/gradients-heat-pumps-get-new-smarts-to-enable-old-building-retrofits/) 2026-02-04T16:05Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI and training pipelines will love it TechCrunch Googles Data Commons gets an MCP Server to help AI systems access massive amounts of real-world data" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/google-makes-real-world-data-more-accessible-to-ai-and-training-pipelines-will-love-it/) 2025-09-24T15:03Z 9.7M followers, 22.3K engagements "Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS the prestigious AI conference TechCrunch Research from startup GPTZero points to the impossible problem prestigious conferences face in the age of AI slop" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/irony-alert-hallucinated-citations-found-in-papers-from-neurips-the-prestigious-ai-conference/) 2026-01-21T20:42Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Amazon and Google are winning the AI capex race but what's the prize TechCrunch In [----] Amazon plans to spend $200 billion in capex. Google is just behind at $175 billion to $185 billion. It's a lot of money" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/amazon-and-google-are-winning-the-ai-capex-race-but-whats-the-prize/) 2026-02-05T22:44Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements "SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins Gemini crypto exchange TechCrunch The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini the crypto exchange founded by Trump backers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/24/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange/) 2026-01-24T18:09Z 9.7M followers, 18K engagements "TikTok recovers from dip in usage that benefited rival apps following U.S. ownership change TechCrunch TikTok usage dropped following ownership change benefiting rival apps. But now its numbers are climbing again" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/tiktok-recovers-from-dip-in-usage-that-benefited-rival-apps-following-u-s-ownership-change/) 2026-02-03T15:57Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools TechCrunch AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/secondary-sales-shift-from-founder-windfalls-to-employee-retention-tools/) 2026-02-05T17:34Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms TechCrunch Roku users around the country turned on their TVs this week to find an unpleasant surprise: The company required them to consent to new dispute resolution" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/roku-disables-tvs-and-streaming-devices-until-users-consent-to-forced-arbitration/) 2024-03-06T21:40Z 9.7M followers, 927.8K engagements "Altman describes OpenAI's forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone TechCrunch Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm distraction-free computing launching within two years" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/altman-describes-openais-forthcoming-ai-device-as-more-peaceful-and-calm-than-the-iphone/) 2025-11-24T23:04Z 9.7M followers, 97K engagements "Suspected developer of crypto mixer Tornado Cash arrested A Dutch government agency says it has arrested an individual suspected of being a developer of the crypto mixing service Tornado Cash days after U.S. sanction" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/12/suspected-tornado-cash-developer-arrested-in-amsterdam/) 2022-08-12T16:19Z 9.7M followers, 101.2K engagements "Elon Musk's SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk's xAI with plan to build data centers in space TechCrunch The merger creates the world's most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/elon-musk-spacex-acquires-xai-data-centers-space-merger) 2026-02-09T20:39Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Colin Kaepernick lost control of his story. Now he wants to help creators own theirs TechCrunch Thousands of stories have been written about former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick. If anyone knows a thing or two about" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/colin-kaepernick-launches-ai-startup-help-creators-storytelling/) 2024-07-24T19:05Z 9.7M followers, 170.3K engagements "OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot's "adult mode" reportedly fired on discrimination claim TechCrunch The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/openai-policy-exec-who-opposed-chatbots-adult-mode-reportedly-fired-on-discrimination-claim) 2026-02-11T10:12Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Tourlane raises a $47M C round led by Sequoia and Spark Capital TechCrunch There still exists an old-fashioned problem in travel: group travel that requires individuals and groups to plan and book personalized multi-day tours" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/07/tourlane-raises-a-47m-c-round-led-by-sequoia-and-spark-capital/) 2019-05-07T13:55Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "SkyFi raises $12.7M to turn satellite images into insights TechCrunch The Austin-based marketplace offers imagery from more than [--] space-based imagery providers" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/skyfi-raises-12-7m-to-turn-satellite-images-into-insights/) 2026-01-14T11:33Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements "TikTok rolls out new accessibility tools including AI-generated ALT text TechCrunch TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's expanding its suite of accessibility tools by rolling out AI-generated ALT text for photos a high-contrast mode" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/tiktok-rolls-out-new-accessibility-tools-including-ai-generated-alt-text/) 2025-05-16T11:51Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Big tech is paying for Trump's White House ballroom TechCrunch Trump's $250 million White House ballroom will be funded in part by big tech companies like Amazon Apple Google Meta and Microsoft" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/big-tech-is-paying-for-trumps-white-house-ballroom/) 2025-10-24T02:57Z 9.7M followers, 30.9K engagements "San Francisco Police Department investigating Zoox collision with a parked car TechCrunch The investigation is looking into a January [--] crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver's side door of a parked car which Zoox said was "suddenly opened."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/san-francisco-police-department-investigating-zoox-collision-with-a-parked-car/) 2026-01-28T17:04Z 9.7M followers, 11.6K engagements "AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp TechCrunch The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/ai-journalism-startup-symbolic-ai-signs-deal-with-rupert-murdochs-news-corp/) 2026-01-16T00:51Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements "Diver attacked by Elon Musk as 'pedo guy' is prepping a libel suit TechCrunch A British cave diving expert who helped save the young Thai football team that got trapped in caves this summer is preparing a legal action against Elon" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/29/diver-attacked-by-elon-musk-as-pedo-guy-is-prepping-a-libel-suit/) 2026-02-02T04:27Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Trumps critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric TechCrunch The administration's $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China's influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/trumps-critical-mineral-reserve-is-an-admission-that-the-future-is-electric/) 2026-02-05T15:50Z 9.7M followers, 12.6K engagements "Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon Meta Microsoft Perplexity and others TechCrunch The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content like Wikipedia at scale" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/wikimedia-foundation-announces-new-ai-partnerships-with-amazon-meta-microsoft-perplexity-and-others/) 2026-01-15T15:19Z 9.7M followers, 12.8K engagements "What tech CEOs and executives have said about ICE's actions in Minnesota TechCrunch The Trump administrations approach to immigration has reached a level of violence that the tech industry cannot ignore. Here's how tech leaders are responding to the moment" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/what-tech-ceos-and-executives-have-said-about-ice-in-minnesota/) 2026-02-03T16:15Z 9.7M followers, 10.5K engagements "Matthew Cassinelli Author at TechCrunch Read more from Matthew Cassinelli at TechCrunch" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/author/matthew-cassinelli/) 2018-07-08T12:00Z 9.7M followers, 203.2K engagements "AI News & Artificial Intelligence TechCrunch Read the latest on artificial intelligence and machine learning tech the companies that are building them and the ethical issues AI raises today" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence) 2025-07-11T17:30Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "This candy sorting machine isnt the hero the world wants but its the hero the world needs TechCrunch War. Famine. Drought. Imagine Dragons. The world is full of horror and what better way to assuage that grief then by watching this M&M and Skittles" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/06/this-candy-sorting-machine-isnt-the-hero-the-world-wants-but-its-the-hero-the-world-needs/) 2017-02-06T16:09Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "MrBeast's analytics platform ViewStats is out in beta TechCrunch The top YouTuber in the U.S. MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats which is now available in beta. Similar to tools" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/mrbeasts-analytics-platform-viewstats-is-out-in-beta/) 2025-05-17T17:54Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Qualcomm backs SpotDraft to scale on-device contract AI with valuation doubling toward $400M TechCrunch SpotDraft now processes over [--] million contracts annually using its AI tool with contract volumes up 173% year-over-year" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/qualcomm-backs-spotdraft-to-scale-on-device-contract-ai-with-valuation-doubling-toward-400m/) 2026-01-27T01:31Z 9.7M followers, 19.2K engagements "With Mobile App Cardify The Founder Of Ad.ly Takes On His Next Challenge: Improving Customer Loyalty TechCrunch Earlier today David Lee of SV Angel said that one of the hottest areas to watch in tech right now is the area of mobile commerce and companies that can close the loop between online and offline transactions. Today sees the launch of Cardify a mobile app and merchant dashboard that aim to solve that challenge from the direction of customer loyalty. The idea behind Cardify a contestant in the TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield is this: the need to identify and engage customers is a" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/22/with-mobile-app-cardify-the-founder-of-ad-ly-takes-on-his-next-challenge-improving-customer-loyalty/) 2024-04-09T06:00Z 9.7M followers, 45.5K engagements "Sam Altman says OpenAI will have a legitimate AI researcher by [----] TechCrunch OpenAI says its deep learning systems are rapidly advancing with models increasingly able to solve complex tasks faster. So fast in fact that internally OpenAI is tracking towards achieving an intern-level research assistant by September [----] and a fully automated legitimate AI researcher by [----] CEO Sam Altman said during a livestream Tuesday" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/sam-altman-says-openai-will-have-a-legitimate-ai-researcher-by-2028/) 2025-10-28T18:51Z 9.7M followers, 48.9K engagements "How DropBox Started As A Minimal Viable Product TechCrunch Drew Houston is featured on the cover of Forbes magazine as the entrepreneur who out-Steve Jobsed Steve Jobs. He just raised $250 million for DropBox (as he explains in this TCTV interview). His success is well-earned as Dropbox continues to earn its reputation as one of Silicon Valleys hottest companies. But what these stories tend to leave out is that Drew has spent years doing the unglamorous work building not just a great product but a great company. Ive been happy to host him at the past two Startup Lessons Learned conferences" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/19/dropbox-minimal-viable-product/) 2011-10-20T00:39Z 9.7M followers, 197.8K engagements "Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI's ChatGPT Health reveal TechCrunch Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/anthropic-announces-claude-for-healthcare-following-openais-chatgpt-health-reveal/) 2026-01-12T20:51Z 9.7M followers, 17.3K engagements "2026 plans: What's next for Startup Battlefield [---] TechCrunch Startup Battlefield [---] applications will open in mid-February. Join the iconic startup pitch competition by joining the mailing list" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/looking-ahead-to-2026-whats-next-for-startup-battlefield-200/) 2026-02-03T19:03Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "TechCrunch Disrupt [----] tickets now on sale: Lowestrates all year TechCrunch TechCrunch Disrupt2026ticketsare officially on sale. Save up to $680 on your ticket and be among thefirst [---] registrantsto score a+1pass at 50% off" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/techcrunch-disrupt-2026-tickets-now-on-sale-lowest-rates-all-year/) 2026-01-21T15:02Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "With Twilio under activist pressure Segment could be put up for sale TechCrunch With Twilio under pressure from activist investors its looking at whether to sell Segment the company it bought in [----] for $3.2 billion" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/18/twilio-activist-pressure-segment-sale/) 2024-02-18T18:00Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Modelence raises $3 million to smooth out the vibe-coding stack TechCrunch How do you build tooling for the AI software stack A company called Modelence has an interesting answer" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/modelence-raises-13-million-to-smooth-out-the-vibe-coding-stack/) 2026-01-28T17:40Z 9.7M followers, 18.9K engagements "India's Varaha bags $20M to scale carbon removal from the Global South TechCrunch Varaha's fresh funding is part of a $45 million Series B round led by WestBridge Capital" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/indias-varaha-bags-20m-to-scale-carbon-removal-from-the-global-south/) 2026-02-03T23:32Z 9.7M followers, 11.8K engagements "I spent a month living with a $430 AI pet the Casio Moflin TechCrunch Casios Moflin a hamster-like robot pet uses AI to develop a personality over time" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/21/i-spent-a-month-living-with-a-430-ai-pet-the-casio-moflin/) 2025-10-21T18:27Z 9.7M followers, 18K engagements "Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork TechCrunch The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done which tools and data to pull from how to handle critical workflows and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/anthropic-brings-agentic-plugins-to-cowork/) 2026-01-30T18:01Z 9.7M followers, 22.1K engagements "Amid Trump attacks and weaponized sanctions Europeans look to rely less on US tech TechCrunch European governments are looking to move away from U.S. tech and reclaim their digital sovereignty at a time of unpredictability and volatility in the United States" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/amid-trump-attacks-and-weaponized-sanctions-europeans-look-to-rely-less-on-us-tech) 2026-02-09T14:00Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "AI SRE Resolve AI confirms $125M raise unicorn valuation TechCrunch The two-year-old startup confirms that it closed a Series A led by Lightspeed at $1 billion valuation" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/ai-sre-resolve-ai-confirms-125m-raise-unicorn-valuation/) 2026-02-04T21:42Z 9.7M followers, 11.8K engagements "Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway For $3.9B TechCrunch Expedia Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire the publicly traded vacation rental service HomeAway and its brands (including VRBO.com) for $3.9 billion in cash and common sto" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2015/11/04/expedia-acquires-airbnb-rival-homeaway-for-3-9b/) 2026-02-05T15:02Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Starbucks to unveil its web3-based rewards program Starbucks plans to enter the web3 space noting its NFTs wouldnt just serve as digital collectibles but would provide owners with access to exclusive content" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/03/starbucks-to-unveil-its-web3-based-rewards-program-next-month/) 2022-08-03T23:24Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "How AI is helping solve the labor issue in treating rare diseases TechCrunch At Web Summit Qatar AI-powered biotech startups describe how automation data and gene editing are filling labor gaps in drug discovery and rare disease treatment" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/how-ai-is-helping-with-the-labor-issue-in-treating-rare-diseases/) 2026-02-06T14:32Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Biotics AI Battlefield [----] gains FDA approval for its AI-powered fetal ultrasound product TechCrunch TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield [----] winner Biotics AI announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/19/biotics-ai-battlefield-2023-gains-fda-approval-for-its-ai-powered-fetal-ultrasound-product/) 2026-01-19T15:04Z 9.7M followers, 14.8K engagements "Accel doubles down on Fibr AI as agents turn static websites into one-to-one experiences TechCrunch Fibr AI replaces marketing agency and engineering-heavy website personalization with autonomous systems designed for enterprise scale" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/accel-doubles-down-on-fibr-ai-as-agents-turn-static-websites-into-one-to-one-experiences/) 2026-02-04T13:05Z 9.7M followers, 13.4K engagements "No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation TechCrunch Framer a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/no-code-website-builder-framer-reaches-2b-valuation/) 2025-08-28T15:20Z 9.7M followers, 240.3K engagements "Elon Musk reportedly wants a June SpaceX IPO to align with his birthday the planets TechCrunch SpaceX eyes June for IPO to align with Musk's birthday and the planets" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/elon-musk-reportedly-wants-a-june-spacex-ipo-to-align-with-his-birthday-the-planets/) 2026-01-28T17:13Z 9.7M followers, 17.1K engagements "Threads edges out X in daily mobile users new data shows TechCrunch Threads daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion creator tools and fast feature rollouts even as X faces fresh controversies" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mobile-users-new-data-shows/) 2026-01-18T17:00Z 9.7M followers, 54.9K engagements "Judge orders Amazon to turn over Echo recordings in double murder case TechCrunch A New Hampshire judge has ordered Amazon to turn over two days of Amazon Echo recordings in a double murder case. Prosecutors believe that recordings from" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/14/amazon-echo-recordings-judge-murder-case/) 2026-02-10T01:00Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Watch This Self-Steering Tesla Model S Drive Itself (And Us) Down The Highway TechCrunch For months now Tesla has been saying that their cars would soon pick up a whole new trick: autopilot. Later this week the first of those features will" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/14/watch-this-self-steering-tesla-model-s-drive-itself-and-us-down-the-highway/) 2015-10-15T03:00Z 9.7M followers, 37.9K engagements "Snap gets serious about Specs spins AR glasses into standalone company TechCrunch The social media company's smartglasses are set to be released to the public later this year" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/snap-gets-serious-about-specs-spins-ar-glasses-into-standalone-company/) 2026-02-09T23:30Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa's defense back in the hands of Africans TechCrunch African defense company Terra comes out of stealth with a $11.75M round led by Joe Lonsdale's 8VC" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/these-gen-zers-just-raised-11-75m-to-put-africas-defense-back-in-the-hands-of-africans/) 2026-01-12T08:04Z 9.7M followers, 43K engagements "How a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East TechCrunch The phishing campaign targeted users on WhatsApp including an Iranian-British activist and stole the credentials of a Lebanese cabinet minister and at least one journalist" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/16/how-a-hacking-campaign-targeted-high-profile-gmail-and-whatsapp-users-across-the-middle-east/) 2026-01-16T17:20Z 9.7M followers, 11.8K engagements "Vivun announces $18M Series A to keep growing pre-sales platform TechCrunch Vivun's co-founder and CEO Matt Darrow used to run pre-sales at Zuora and he saw that pre-sales team members had a lot of insight into customers. He" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/14/vivun-announces-18m-series-a-to-keep-growing-pre-sales-platform/) 2020-10-14T14:04Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "TechCrunch Mobility: The great Tesla rebranding TechCrunch Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/techcrunch-mobility-the-great-tesla-rebranding/) 2026-02-01T17:08Z 9.7M followers, 15.4K engagements "Duolingo CEO says controversial AI memo was misunderstood TechCrunch While Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn faced backlash after declaring that Duolingo would become an AI-first company he suggested in a new interview the real issue was that he did not give enough context" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/17/duolingo-ceo-says-controversial-ai-memo-was-misunderstood/) 2025-08-17T16:47Z 9.7M followers, 249.1K engagements "Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X TechCrunch The company will stop making the pioneering EVs in the second quarter of [----] CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-is-killing-off-the-model-s-and-model-x/) 2026-01-28T22:41Z 9.7M followers, 37.4K engagements "Tiger Global Microsoft to fully exit Walmart-backed PhonePe via its IPO TechCrunch Tiger Global and Microsoft are offering up their full stakes in the company while Walmart is choosing to retain its majority stake and selling up to [----] million shares" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/tiger-global-microsoft-to-fully-exit-walmart-backed-phonepe-via-its-ipo/) 2026-01-22T11:23Z 9.7M followers, 13.7K engagements "French police search X office in Paris summons Elon Musk for questioning TechCrunch The Paris prosecutors office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/french-police-search-x-office-in-paris-summons-elon-musk-for-questioning/) 2026-02-03T16:56Z 9.7M followers, 13.7K engagements "Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round TechCrunch Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/31/waymo-reportedly-raising-a-16-billion-funding-round/) 2026-02-01T00:20Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Who's behind AMI Labs Yann LeCun's world model startup TechCrunch Yann LeCun's new venture AMI Labs has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/whos-behind-ami-labs-yann-lecuns-world-model-startup/) 2026-01-24T00:06Z 9.7M followers, 18.8K engagements "Humans& a 'human-centric' AI startup founded by Anthropic xAI Google alums raised $480M seed round TechCrunch Humans& a startup that believes AI should empower people not replace them has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/humans-a-human-centric-ai-startup-founded-by-anthropic-xai-google-alums-raised-480m-seed-round/) 2026-01-20T16:03Z 9.7M followers, 35.9K engagements "Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in [----] TechCrunch Mark Zuckerberg says [----] will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026/) 2026-01-28T23:18Z 9.7M followers, 19.6K engagements "Microsoft [---] hit by outage preventing access to emails and files TechCrunch An hours-long outage is preventing Microsoft's enterprise customers from accessing their inboxes files and video meetings" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/microsoft-365-hit-by-outage-preventing-access-to-emails-and-files/) 2026-01-22T21:35Z 9.7M followers, 32.1K engagements "Facebook Activates "Like" Button; FriendFeed Tires Of Sincere Flattery TechCrunch Facebook has just activated a new feature that allows users to leave "Like" labels on photos notes and other items across the network. The feature" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/facebook-activates-like-button-friendfeed-tires-of-sincere-flattery/) 2026-02-07T13:31Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Mundi Ventures closes on 750M for Kembara its largest deep tech and climate fund TechCrunch Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a [---] million first close toward its [--] billion target" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/mundi-ventures-closes-on-e750m-for-kembara-its-largest-deep-tech-and-climate-fund/) 2026-02-05T00:05Z 9.7M followers, 12.7K engagements "Google co-founders may be leaving California TechCrunch Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/google-co-founders-may-be-pulling-out-of-california/) 2026-01-11T23:00Z 9.7M followers, 89.1K engagements "3 days left to lock in up to $668 savings for Disrupt [----] TechCrunch You have just [--] days left to save up to $668 on your pass. Join 10000+ founders investors and innovators at Disrupt [----]. Register before Sept 26" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/3-days-left-dont-miss-your-last-chance-to-lock-in-regular-bird-pricing-for-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/) 2025-09-24T14:04Z 9.7M followers, 16.7K engagements "Brex acquires three companies to build out its bank alternative for startups TechCrunch Brex wants to help startups get the money that traditional big banks wont lend them and it just acquired three companies to help it do so: Neji Compose" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/24/brex-acquires-three-companies-to-build-out-its-bank-alternative-for-startups/) 2020-03-24T15:20Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "How far will Elon Musk take the everything business as SpaceX andxAImerge TechCrunch Elon Musk is building something bigger than a single company. Equity breaks down the SpaceX and xAI merger the rise of the personal conglomerate Waymos $16B raise AI chip wars and more" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/how-far-will-elon-musk-take-the-everything-business-as-spacex-and-xai-merge/) 2026-02-06T18:03Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Alphabet won't talk about the Google-Apple AI deal even to investors TechCrunch Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/alphabet-wont-talk-about-the-google-apple-ai-deal-even-to-investors/) 2026-02-04T23:29Z 9.7M followers, 12.9K engagements "a16z- and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesnt have TechCrunch Last year AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However nearly two dozen sources -- including" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/24/a16z-and-benchmark-backed-11x-has-been-claiming-customers-it-doesnt-have/) 2025-03-24T23:03Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI and convince Paul Graham to join in TechCrunch Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/teen-founders-raise-6m-to-reinvent-pesticides-using-ai-and-convince-paul-graham-to-join-in/) 2025-11-13T15:05Z 9.7M followers, 184.6K engagements "Uber is literally in the drivers seat when it comes to AV bets TechCrunch Self-driving truck startupWaabi's billion-dollar fundraiseisn'tjust about trucks.Watch as Equity unpacks the company's deal with Uber and more of the week's news" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/video/uber-is-literally-in-the-drivers-seat-when-it-comes-to-av-bets/) 2026-01-30T18:58Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Hackers launch another wave of mass-hacks targeting company file transfer tools TechCrunch Hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular enterprise file transfer tool used by thousands of firms" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/02/hackers-launch-another-wave-of-mass-hacks-targeting-company-file-transfer-tools/) 2026-02-06T09:29Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months TechCrunch The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/notepad-says-chinese-government-hackers-hijacked-its-software-updates-for-months/) 2026-02-03T03:45Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips TechCrunch The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/exclusive-positron-raises-230m-series-b-to-take-on-nvidias-ai-chips) 2026-02-04T21:02Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Encrypted services Apple Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist TechCrunch Spanish police requested information from Apple and encrypted services Proton and Wire about a pro-Catalan independence activist" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/encrypted-services-apple-proton-and-wire-helped-spanish-police-identify-activist/) 2024-05-09T14:56Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation becomes defense unicorn TechCrunch French defense tech company Harmattan AI is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation which is best known for making the Rafale fighter jet" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/harmattan-ai-raises-200m-series-b-led-by-dassault-aviation-becomes-defense-unicorn/) 2026-01-12T14:04Z 9.7M followers, 15.4K engagements "Threads gets its own DMs as app distances itself from Instagram TechCrunch At launch Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats preset emoji reactions the ability to report spam and mute DMs (as on Instagram). Other features like group messaging inbox filters and more advanced message controls will arrive in a later release" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/threads-gets-its-own-dms-as-app-distances-itself-from-instagram/) 2025-07-01T23:12Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Anduril has invented a wild newdrone flying contest where jobs are the prize TechCrunch This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey he tells TechCrunch" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/anduril-has-invented-a-wild-new-drone-flying-contest-where-jobs-are-the-prize/) 2026-01-27T21:57Z 9.7M followers, 42.1K engagements "Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge report says TechCrunch This merger would bring the Grok chatbot Starlink satellites and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/elon-musk-spacex-xai-merger-talks-ipo-reuters/) 2026-01-29T19:33Z 9.7M followers, 17.3K engagements "Tinder to use AI to get to know users tap into their Camera Roll photos TechCrunch Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and with permission will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and personality" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/tinder-to-use-ai-to-get-to-know-users-tap-into-their-camera-roll-photos/) 2025-11-05T18:25Z 9.7M followers, 30.6K engagements "What leaders of technology companies need to be thinking about today TechCrunch Its quite a time to be leading and expanding a tech company. In just the last [--] days our personal and professional lives have changed dramatically. Everywhere we turn we see the impact of COVID-19 not just on us personally but also on our businesses customers and the general market. As a leader of a …" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/sponsor/cohnreznick/five-things-to-consider-that-may-impact-your-tech-company-in-2020/) 2020-03-14T14:53Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "2026 Startup Battlefield [---] nominations are open TechCrunch Pre-Series A founders: nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield [---] are open. Compete in the worlds most iconic pitch competition at Disrupt 2026" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/the-battle-begins-startup-battlefield-200-nominations-are-open/) 2026-02-09T14:38Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool TechCrunch Such a tool could be used to add music to existing videos or to add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track sources said" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/25/openai-reportedly-developing-new-generative-music-tool/) 2025-10-25T19:54Z 9.7M followers, 116.3K engagements "Former FTX CEO SBF pleads not guilty to US criminal charges TechCrunch The FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to all eight counts of U.S. criminal charges on Tuesday" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/03/ftx-former-ceo-sbf-pleads-not-guilty-to-u-s-criminal-charges/) 2023-01-09T14:00Z 9.7M followers, 96.2K engagements "WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook due to privacy intrusions TechCrunch "Itis time for me to move on . . . I'm taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/30/jan-koum-quits-facebook/) 2019-12-30T15:00Z 9.7M followers, 407.1K engagements "Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in [----] data shows TechCrunch This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists [----] was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/hackers-stole-over-2-7-billion-in-crypto-in-2025-data-shows/) 2025-12-24T00:17Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Meta lays off employees across multiple teams TechCrunch Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch noting these changes were made to reallocate" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/16/meta-lays-off-employees-across-multiple-teams/) 2024-10-17T01:59Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Microsoft lost its keys and the government got hacked TechCrunch China hacked dozens of email accounts including in government. Microsoft opens up slightly about how the hackers pulled off the heist" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/microsoft-lost-keys-government-hacked/) 2023-08-02T22:52Z 9.7M followers, 72.8K engagements "Luminar receives a larger $33M bid for its lidar business TechCrunch A new leading bidder has appeared in the Luminar bankruptcy case: Redmond Washington-based MicroVision which beat out Quantum Computing Inc.'s bid by $5 million" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/luminar-receives-a-larger-33-million-bid-for-its-lidar-business/) 2026-01-27T14:18Z 9.7M followers, 17.3K engagements "Spotify's new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you're listening to TechCrunch The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/spotifys-new-feature-lets-you-explore-the-story-behind-the-song-youre-listening-to/) 2026-02-06T14:51Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations TechCrunch Xcode [----] offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/xcode-moves-into-agentic-coding-with-deeper-openai-and-anthropic-integrations) 2026-02-05T17:50Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Okay Im slightly less mad about that Magnificent Ambersons AI project TechCrunch But this is still a bad idea" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/08/okay-im-slightly-less-mad-about-that-magnificent-ambersons-ai-project/) 2026-02-08T19:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "The glaring security risks with AI browser agents TechCrunch New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity but they also come with increased security risks" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/25/the-glaring-security-risks-with-ai-browser-agents/) 2025-10-25T12:03Z 9.7M followers, 40.3K engagements "Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics TechCrunch The use of administrative subpoenas which are not subject to judicial oversight are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics) 2026-02-05T00:01Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT TechCrunch Intuit said its tools such as TurboTax Credit Karma QuickBooks and Mailchimp will be accessible through ChatGPT allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds reviewing credit options or managing business finances" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/intuit-signs-100m-deal-with-openai-to-bring-its-apps-to-chatgpt/) 2025-11-19T04:59Z 9.7M followers, 87.7K engagements "Ex-Splunk execs' startup Resolve AI hits $1 billion valuation with Series A TechCrunch The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners according to people familiar with the deal" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/ex-splunk-execs-startup-resolve-ai-hits-1-billion-valuation-with-series-a/) 2025-12-20T00:59Z 9.7M followers, 44.7K engagements "Agentic coding comes to Apple's Xcode with agents from Anthropic and OpenAI TechCrunch Xcode [----] offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/agentic-coding-comes-to-apples-xcode-26-3-with-agents-from-anthropic-and-openai/) 2026-02-03T18:02Z 9.7M followers, 13.5K engagements "Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI TechCrunch Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-invested-2b-in-elon-musks-xai/) 2026-01-28T21:53Z 9.7M followers, 12K engagements "TC Sessions: Robotics [----] - Overview Startup and Technology News" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-sessions-robotics-2022/) 2021-12-08T01:11Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "China's Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies TechCrunch Norway's government accused Chinas Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/chinas-salt-typhoon-hackers-broke-into-norwegian-companies/) 2026-02-06T15:40Z 9.7M followers, 11.3K engagements "Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum in his own words at Disrupt SF TechCrunch Today at Disrupt SF [----] Vitalik Buterin sat down with AngelList founder Naval Ravikant to talk Ethereum. Because well Vitalik created Ethereum. Up" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/18/vitalik-buterin-explains-ethereum-in-his-own-words-at-disrupt-sf/) 2017-09-18T20:05Z 9.7M followers, 2.4M engagements "Apple Introducing New Mac Pro Pro iMacs and External Display Over Coming Years If weve had a pause in upgrades and updates were sorry for that what happened with the Mac Pro and were going to come out with something great to replace it. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller is talking to a small group of reporters. The purpose of the discussion while somewhat unclear initially reveals itself a few minutes in" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/) 2017-04-06T19:35Z 9.7M followers, 718.3K engagements "Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence praise Trump TechCrunch Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/anthropic-and-openai-ceos-condemn-ice-violence-praise-trump/) 2026-01-27T18:21Z 9.7M followers, 25.2K engagements "Toyota's new solid-state battery could make its way to cars by [----] TechCrunch Toyota is touting its progress on a new kind of battery technology which uses a solid electrolyte instead of the conventional semi-liquid version used in" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/25/toyotas-new-solid-state-battery-could-make-its-way-to-cars-by-2020/) 2017-10-17T03:28Z 9.7M followers, 4.1M engagements "Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in unsexy businesses TechCrunch Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be leaning in heavily on B2B" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/solo-gp-nichole-wischoff-raises-20m-fund-backed-by-peter-thiel-to-invest-in-unsexy-businesses/) 2022-12-16T18:03Z 9.7M followers, 505.6K engagements "India has changed its startup rules for deep tech TechCrunch India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/07/india-has-changed-its-startup-rules-for-deep-tech/) 2026-02-08T03:30Z 9.7M followers, 28.6K engagements "Indonesia conditionally lifts ban on Grok TechCrunch Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAIs chatbot Grok" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/indonesia-conditionally-lifts-ban-on-grok/) 2026-02-01T17:22Z 9.7M followers, 15K engagements "OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources TechCrunch The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major AI summit expected to draw top executives from Meta Google and Anthropic. This will be Altman's first visit to the country in nearly a year" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/openai-chief-sam-altman-plans-india-visit-as-ai-leaders-converge-in-new-delhi-sources/) 2026-01-23T15:33Z 9.7M followers, 20.1K engagements "Industrial Toys Raises $5M From Accel To Build Tablet Games For Serious Players TechCrunch Industrial Toys the tablet and mobile gaming studio led by Alex Seropian (founder of Bungie Studios creators of the enormously successful Halo franchise) is announcing that it has raised a $5 million Series A from Accel Partners. Accel's Vasant Natarajan who's joining the Industrial Toys board suggested that when there's "a big platform shift" in gaming it creates new opportunities to build "big independent game companies." In this case even though the firm has already made big bets on Angry Birds-maker" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/31/industrial-toys-series-a-accel/) 2014-04-01T04:08Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work TechCrunch The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/pacific-fusion-finds-a-cheaper-way-to-make-its-fusion-reactor-work/) 2026-02-05T17:02Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "SEC shuts down Munchee ICO TechCrunch In what should be an interesting beginning to the coming avalanche of ICO failures the SEC has come down hard on Munchee a company that built a $15" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/12/sec-shuts-down-munchee-ico/) 2017-12-12T23:34Z 9.7M followers, 15.5K engagements "Uber launches an 'AV Labs' division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners TechCrunch Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/uber-launches-an-av-labs-division-to-gather-driving-data-for-robotaxi-partners/) 2026-01-27T13:29Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B-parameter open source LLM from scratch to best Meta's Llama TechCrunch 30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tiny-startup-arcee-ai-built-a-400b-open-source-llm-from-scratch-to-best-metas-llama/) 2026-01-28T17:31Z 9.7M followers, 12.5K engagements "Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers TechCrunch Were starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/elon-musk-is-getting-serious-about-orbital-data-centers/) 2026-02-05T18:55Z 9.7M followers, 14.5K engagements "UAE to invest billions to build AI data center in France TechCrunch A few days ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris the French presidency has announced the first of several expected financial" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/uae-to-invest-billions-to-build-ai-data-center-in-france/) 2026-02-07T16:45Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements "Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid TechCrunch The startup has raised more than $500 million to date from investors to build a massive distributed power plant supported by residential batteries" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/lunar-energy-raises-232m-to-deploy-home-batteries-that-prop-up-the-grid/) 2026-02-04T19:33Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements "Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork TechCrunch The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done which tools and data to pull from how to handle critical workflows and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes."" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/anthropic-brings-agentic-plugins-to-cowork) 2026-02-07T18:12Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements "A comprehensive list of [----] tech layoffs TechCrunch A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech from Big Tech to startups broken down by month throughout [----] and 2025" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/tech-layoffs-2025-list/) 2025-09-30T17:03Z 9.7M followers, 53.3K engagements "Identity management startup ForgeRock snags $88 million Series D TechCrunch Used to be when we thought about identity as it relates to computers and software it involved a person logging into an application or service" [X Link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/05/identity-startup-forgerock-lands-88-million-series-d-investment/) 2017-09-05T15:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal TechCrunch A [--] GW orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4 billion almost three times its ground-bound equivalent"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:33Z 9.7M followers, 22.6K engagements
"LittleBits and Disney launch Snap the Gap to teach girls STEM TechCrunch LittleBits Disney and UC Davis announced this morning that theyve joined forces for the launch of Snap the Gap. The non-profit program is designed to"
X Link 2026-02-05T06:05Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a personal hacker TechCrunch The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries including an unnamed central African government the U.K. and the United States"
X Link 2026-01-30T22:58Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Epstein-linked longevity guru Peter Attia leaves David Protein and his own startup 'won't comment' TechCrunch Attia co-founded longevity medical testing startup Biograph which came out of stealth a year ago"
X Link 2026-02-04T00:13Z 9.7M followers, 15.3K engagements
"Y Combinators police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation TechCrunch Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs Bedrock Capital announced that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation"
X Link 2025-03-13T21:23Z 9.7M followers, 55.9K engagements
"The [----] Startup Battlefield [---] is here see who made the cut TechCrunch Were thrilled to unveil the [----] Startup Battlefield [---] TechCrunchs handpicked list of the most promising early-stage startups"
X Link 2025-08-28T00:01Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone except Shohei Ohtani TechCrunch According to Grok Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB's greatest power hitters. except Ohtani"
X Link 2025-11-20T23:46Z 9.7M followers, 166.8K engagements
"Tesla Roadster production has been pushed back again TechCrunch The Tesla Roadster might go into production in [----] seven years after it debuted CEO Elon Musk said at the [----] shareholders meeting"
X Link 2025-08-06T17:40Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"First Voyage raises $2.5M for its AI companion helps you build habits TechCrunch First Voyage has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round from a16z speed run SignalFire True Global and other investors"
X Link 2025-12-15T14:50Z 9.7M followers, 77.6K engagements
"The price gap between Waymo and Uber is narrowing TechCrunch A trip in a Waymo robotaxi still costs more on average than a comparable ride in a human-driven Uber or a Lyft. But that gap is narrowing according to new data published Tuesday by Obi a company that aggregates real-time pricing and pickup times across multiple ride-hailing services"
X Link 2026-01-28T01:23Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Robotics scene still bullish but layoffs are looming Venture funding for robotics startups remains strong. Its a dissonance worth exploring so thats exactly what we did at TC Sessions: Robotics 2022"
X Link 2022-07-21T16:30Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"BrowserStack hauls in $50 million Series A from Accel TechCrunch It's not often you see a single venture capital firm investing $50 million in a Series A round. These usually involve a much smaller number spread across"
X Link 2018-01-30T14:27Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Pinterest to lay off 15% of staff to redirect resources to AI TechCrunch Pinterest says it's "reallocating resources to AI-focused roles and teams that drive AI adoption and execution" and "prioritizing AIpowered products and capabilities.""
X Link 2026-01-27T14:50Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India's most competitive college entrance exam TechCrunch Google's launch of practice tests for JEE follows its recent move to offer full-length SAT practice tests in Gemini"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:37Z 9.7M followers, 16K engagements
"As it preps Specs for the masses Snap's Q4 shows revenue growth but fewer daily users TechCrunch The company is engaged in a strategy to diversify its revenue sources as it heads into the new year"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:10Z 9.7M followers, 11.7K engagements
"Meanwhile Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million TechCrunch While everyone has been preoccupied with the Microsoft-Yahoo saga the Microsoft acquisition machine keeps on chugging along. Microsoft announced today"
X Link 2008-02-11T15:43Z 9.7M followers, 1.5M engagements
"I met a lot of weird robots at CES -- here are the most memorable TechCrunch If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed"
X Link 2026-01-10T01:13Z 9.7M followers, 15.4K engagements
"Under Armour says it's 'aware' of data breach claims after 72M customer records were posted online TechCrunch TechCrunch obtained a sample of the stolen data which contained names email addresses dates of birth and the user's approximate geographic location. Under Armour confirmed some sensitive information was taken in the breach"
X Link 2026-01-22T15:31Z 9.7M followers, 26.9K engagements
"ChatGPT users send [---] billion prompts a day TechCrunch ChatGPT receives [---] billion prompts from global users every day"
X Link 2025-07-21T19:44Z 9.7M followers, 53.4K engagements
"Germany's Homelike an Airbnb-like service focused on longer-term rentals raises $14M led by Spark TechCrunch The success of Airbnb has created a major disruption in how people choose where to stay when they visit other places. Gone are the days of assuming a"
X Link 2018-08-23T22:18Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras inside its listings TechCrunch Airbnb is banning the use of indoor security cameras in all of its listings the company announced on Monday"
X Link 2024-03-12T14:15Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"AI models still struggle to debug software Microsoft study shows TechCrunch Even some of the best AI models today still struggle to debug software a Microsoft study shows"
X Link 2025-11-27T15:03Z 9.7M followers, 97K engagements
"India's Supreme Court to WhatsApp: 'You cannot play with the right to privacy' TechCrunch India's top court is investigating WhatsApps data-sharing model monopoly power and user consent"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:41Z 9.7M followers, 12.9K engagements
"Elon Musk says 'humans are underrated' calls Tesla's 'excessive automation' a 'mistake' TechCrunch In a rare meaculpa for the mercurial billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk acknowledged that the company has been too reliant on robots for production"
X Link 2026-02-04T02:45Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Consumers spent more on mobile apps than games in [----] driven by AI app adoption TechCrunch Consumers spent more money in mobile apps than games in [----] driven by AI app adoption"
X Link 2026-01-21T11:30Z 9.7M followers, 13K engagements
"Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry TechCrunch Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry"
X Link 2026-01-05T23:33Z 9.7M followers, 22.5K engagements
"Alexa+ Amazon's AI assistant is now available to everyone in the U.S. TechCrunch Amazon opens Alexa+ to everyone in the U.S. The AI feature is free for Prime members across devices and free for everyone on mobile and web"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:12Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter TechCrunch Microsoft one of OpenAI's major investors is benefiting greatly from the AI lab's growth"
X Link 2026-01-28T22:51Z 9.7M followers, 45K engagements
"The Washington Post is retreating from Silicon Valley when it matters most TechCrunch The Bezos-owned newspaper gutted its San Francisco bureau and coverage of tech including journalists reporting on Amazon and Blue Origin"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:37Z 9.7M followers, 11.4K engagements
"Informant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a personal hacker TechCrunch The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries including an unnamed central African government the U.K. and the United States"
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"a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause TechCrunch Kofi Ampadu the partner at a16z who led the firm's Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program has left the firm"
X Link 2026-01-31T01:27Z 9.7M followers, 22.2K engagements
"The biggest breach of US government data is under way TechCrunch Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government"
X Link 2025-05-02T04:17Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
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X Link 2026-02-10T16:05Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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X Link 2026-02-05T03:20Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
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X Link 2023-08-11T15:05Z 9.7M followers, 59.8K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-28T22:33Z 9.7M followers, 29.6K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-23T20:22Z 9.7M followers, 11.9K engagements
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"Ethereum creator donates $1 billion worth of meme coins to India Vitalik Buterin the creator of Ethereum has donated Ethereum and meme coins worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts"
X Link 2021-05-13T10:32Z 9.7M followers, 205.7K engagements
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X Link 2026-02-06T21:03Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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X Link 2025-05-06T21:28Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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X Link 2026-01-27T21:16Z 9.7M followers, 15K engagements
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"'Among the worst we've seen': report slams xAI's Grok over child safety failures TechCrunch We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media and they all have risks but Grok is among the worst weve seen Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said"
X Link 2026-01-27T10:03Z 9.7M followers, 10.6K engagements
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X Link 2025-07-08T14:31Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
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"Bluesky issues its first transparency report noting rise in user reports and legal demands TechCrunch Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation regulatory compliance account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold"
X Link 2026-01-30T17:30Z 9.7M followers, 12.5K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-12T19:34Z 9.7M followers, 29.2K engagements
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X Link 2025-07-10T12:00Z 9.7M followers, 246.4K engagements
"Omada Health IPO signals healthier market avoids 'down-round' trend TechCrunch Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy"
X Link 2025-06-06T22:17Z 9.7M followers, 27.7K engagements
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X Link 2020-05-13T19:24Z 9.7M followers, 205.9K engagements
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X Link 2025-11-24T19:10Z 9.7M followers, 119.7K engagements
"Interview: Tim Draper Doubles Down On Europe TechCrunch DFJ the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm has built out a global presence not just through direct investments but through a network of firms"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:31Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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X Link 2025-09-16T23:46Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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X Link 2026-01-14T19:03Z 9.7M followers, 77.3K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-22T18:53Z 9.7M followers, 13.7K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-26T20:12Z 9.7M followers, 27.9K engagements
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X Link 2025-11-13T02:01Z 9.7M followers, 310.1K engagements
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X Link 2026-02-01T22:17Z 9.7M followers, 16.7K engagements
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X Link 2025-04-30T15:08Z 9.7M followers, 281.2K engagements
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X Link 2026-02-05T19:04Z 9.7M followers, 10.8K engagements
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X Link 2026-02-01T19:19Z 9.7M followers, 40.3K engagements
"ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI TechCrunch ElevenLabs CEO argued at Web Summit Qatar that voice is the next interface for AI as OpenAI Google and Apple push conversational systems into wearables new hardware and everyday interactions"
X Link 2026-02-05T14:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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"Trump DOE gives Microsoft partner $1B loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor TechCrunch Constellation Energy will use the loan to refurbish a reactor it idled in [----]. Microsoft has agreed to buy the power once the facility reopens in 2028"
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X Link 2026-02-04T23:52Z 9.7M followers, 40.4K engagements
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X Link 2025-09-11T22:05Z 9.7M followers, 45.4K engagements
"Fitbit founders launch AI platform to help families monitor their health TechCrunch Luffu uses AI in the background to gather and organize family information learn day-to-day patterns and flag notable changes so families can stay aligned and address potential well-being issues"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:54Z 9.7M followers, 13.6K engagements
"MobileCoin a cryptocurrency advised early on by Signals Moxie Marlinspike has raised venture funding TechCrunch MobileCoin a cryptocurrency that has received technical guidance from Moxie Marlinspike the creator of private messaging app Signal has raised $11.35"
X Link 2021-05-14T16:00Z 9.7M followers, 190K engagements
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X Link 2017-07-20T18:16Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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X Link 2026-02-06T06:47Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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"Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI and training pipelines will love it TechCrunch Googles Data Commons gets an MCP Server to help AI systems access massive amounts of real-world data"
X Link 2025-09-24T15:03Z 9.7M followers, 22.3K engagements
"Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS the prestigious AI conference TechCrunch Research from startup GPTZero points to the impossible problem prestigious conferences face in the age of AI slop"
X Link 2026-01-21T20:42Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
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X Link 2026-02-05T22:44Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-24T18:09Z 9.7M followers, 18K engagements
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X Link 2026-02-03T15:57Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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X Link 2026-02-05T17:34Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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"Altman describes OpenAI's forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone TechCrunch Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm distraction-free computing launching within two years"
X Link 2025-11-24T23:04Z 9.7M followers, 97K engagements
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X Link 2022-08-12T16:19Z 9.7M followers, 101.2K engagements
"Elon Musk's SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk's xAI with plan to build data centers in space TechCrunch The merger creates the world's most valuable private company and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers"
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X Link 2024-07-24T19:05Z 9.7M followers, 170.3K engagements
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X Link 2019-05-07T13:55Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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X Link 2026-01-14T11:33Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements
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X Link 2025-10-24T02:57Z 9.7M followers, 30.9K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-28T17:04Z 9.7M followers, 11.6K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-16T00:51Z 9.7M followers, 14.1K engagements
"Diver attacked by Elon Musk as 'pedo guy' is prepping a libel suit TechCrunch A British cave diving expert who helped save the young Thai football team that got trapped in caves this summer is preparing a legal action against Elon"
X Link 2026-02-02T04:27Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Trumps critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric TechCrunch The administration's $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China's influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:50Z 9.7M followers, 12.6K engagements
"Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon Meta Microsoft Perplexity and others TechCrunch The AI partnerships allow companies to access the org's content like Wikipedia at scale"
X Link 2026-01-15T15:19Z 9.7M followers, 12.8K engagements
"What tech CEOs and executives have said about ICE's actions in Minnesota TechCrunch The Trump administrations approach to immigration has reached a level of violence that the tech industry cannot ignore. Here's how tech leaders are responding to the moment"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:15Z 9.7M followers, 10.5K engagements
"Matthew Cassinelli Author at TechCrunch Read more from Matthew Cassinelli at TechCrunch"
X Link 2018-07-08T12:00Z 9.7M followers, 203.2K engagements
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X Link 2017-02-06T16:09Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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X Link 2025-05-17T17:54Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
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X Link 2026-01-27T01:31Z 9.7M followers, 19.2K engagements
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X Link 2011-10-20T00:39Z 9.7M followers, 197.8K engagements
"Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI's ChatGPT Health reveal TechCrunch Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product"
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X Link 2024-02-18T18:00Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Modelence raises $3 million to smooth out the vibe-coding stack TechCrunch How do you build tooling for the AI software stack A company called Modelence has an interesting answer"
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"India's Varaha bags $20M to scale carbon removal from the Global South TechCrunch Varaha's fresh funding is part of a $45 million Series B round led by WestBridge Capital"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:32Z 9.7M followers, 11.8K engagements
"I spent a month living with a $430 AI pet the Casio Moflin TechCrunch Casios Moflin a hamster-like robot pet uses AI to develop a personality over time"
X Link 2025-10-21T18:27Z 9.7M followers, 18K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-30T18:01Z 9.7M followers, 22.1K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-28T17:13Z 9.7M followers, 17.1K engagements
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X Link 2026-01-18T17:00Z 9.7M followers, 54.9K engagements
"Judge orders Amazon to turn over Echo recordings in double murder case TechCrunch A New Hampshire judge has ordered Amazon to turn over two days of Amazon Echo recordings in a double murder case. Prosecutors believe that recordings from"
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X Link 2015-10-15T03:00Z 9.7M followers, 37.9K engagements
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"Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in [----] TechCrunch Mark Zuckerberg says [----] will be "a big year for delivering personal super intelligence.""
X Link 2026-01-28T23:18Z 9.7M followers, 19.6K engagements
"Microsoft [---] hit by outage preventing access to emails and files TechCrunch An hours-long outage is preventing Microsoft's enterprise customers from accessing their inboxes files and video meetings"
X Link 2026-01-22T21:35Z 9.7M followers, 32.1K engagements
"Facebook Activates "Like" Button; FriendFeed Tires Of Sincere Flattery TechCrunch Facebook has just activated a new feature that allows users to leave "Like" labels on photos notes and other items across the network. The feature"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:31Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Mundi Ventures closes on 750M for Kembara its largest deep tech and climate fund TechCrunch Spain-based deeptech and climate megafund Kembara has just completed a [---] million first close toward its [--] billion target"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:05Z 9.7M followers, 12.7K engagements
"Google co-founders may be leaving California TechCrunch Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google"
X Link 2026-01-11T23:00Z 9.7M followers, 89.1K engagements
"3 days left to lock in up to $668 savings for Disrupt [----] TechCrunch You have just [--] days left to save up to $668 on your pass. Join 10000+ founders investors and innovators at Disrupt [----]. Register before Sept 26"
X Link 2025-09-24T14:04Z 9.7M followers, 16.7K engagements
"Brex acquires three companies to build out its bank alternative for startups TechCrunch Brex wants to help startups get the money that traditional big banks wont lend them and it just acquired three companies to help it do so: Neji Compose"
X Link 2020-03-24T15:20Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"How far will Elon Musk take the everything business as SpaceX andxAImerge TechCrunch Elon Musk is building something bigger than a single company. Equity breaks down the SpaceX and xAI merger the rise of the personal conglomerate Waymos $16B raise AI chip wars and more"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:03Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Alphabet won't talk about the Google-Apple AI deal even to investors TechCrunch Alphabet CEO skipped an analyst's question about Apple on the company's earnings call"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:29Z 9.7M followers, 12.9K engagements
"a16z- and Benchmark-backed 11x has been claiming customers it doesnt have TechCrunch Last year AI-powered sales automation startup 11x appeared to be on an explosive growth trajectory. However nearly two dozen sources -- including"
X Link 2025-03-24T23:03Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI and convince Paul Graham to join in TechCrunch Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules"
X Link 2025-11-13T15:05Z 9.7M followers, 184.6K engagements
"Uber is literally in the drivers seat when it comes to AV bets TechCrunch Self-driving truck startupWaabi's billion-dollar fundraiseisn'tjust about trucks.Watch as Equity unpacks the company's deal with Uber and more of the week's news"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:58Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Hackers launch another wave of mass-hacks targeting company file transfer tools TechCrunch Hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular enterprise file transfer tool used by thousands of firms"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:29Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months TechCrunch The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months"
X Link 2026-02-03T03:45Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Exclusive: Positron raises $230M Series B to take on Nvidia's AI chips TechCrunch The investment comes from backers including the Qatar Investment Authority as demand for chips beyond Nvidia soars and as Qatar aims to build out its AI infrastructure"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:02Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Encrypted services Apple Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist TechCrunch Spanish police requested information from Apple and encrypted services Proton and Wire about a pro-Catalan independence activist"
X Link 2024-05-09T14:56Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation becomes defense unicorn TechCrunch French defense tech company Harmattan AI is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation which is best known for making the Rafale fighter jet"
X Link 2026-01-12T14:04Z 9.7M followers, 15.4K engagements
"Threads gets its own DMs as app distances itself from Instagram TechCrunch At launch Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats preset emoji reactions the ability to report spam and mute DMs (as on Instagram). Other features like group messaging inbox filters and more advanced message controls will arrive in a later release"
X Link 2025-07-01T23:12Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Anduril has invented a wild newdrone flying contest where jobs are the prize TechCrunch This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey he tells TechCrunch"
X Link 2026-01-27T21:57Z 9.7M followers, 42.1K engagements
"Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI in talks to merge report says TechCrunch This merger would bring the Grok chatbot Starlink satellites and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation"
X Link 2026-01-29T19:33Z 9.7M followers, 17.3K engagements
"Tinder to use AI to get to know users tap into their Camera Roll photos TechCrunch Tinder is testing a feature called Chemistry that will get to know users through questions and with permission will access Camera Roll photos on their phones to learn more about their interests and personality"
X Link 2025-11-05T18:25Z 9.7M followers, 30.6K engagements
"What leaders of technology companies need to be thinking about today TechCrunch Its quite a time to be leading and expanding a tech company. In just the last [--] days our personal and professional lives have changed dramatically. Everywhere we turn we see the impact of COVID-19 not just on us personally but also on our businesses customers and the general market. As a leader of a …"
X Link 2020-03-14T14:53Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"2026 Startup Battlefield [---] nominations are open TechCrunch Pre-Series A founders: nominations for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield [---] are open. Compete in the worlds most iconic pitch competition at Disrupt 2026"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:38Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool TechCrunch Such a tool could be used to add music to existing videos or to add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track sources said"
X Link 2025-10-25T19:54Z 9.7M followers, 116.3K engagements
"Former FTX CEO SBF pleads not guilty to US criminal charges TechCrunch The FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to all eight counts of U.S. criminal charges on Tuesday"
X Link 2023-01-09T14:00Z 9.7M followers, 96.2K engagements
"WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum quits Facebook due to privacy intrusions TechCrunch "Itis time for me to move on . . . I'm taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches"
X Link 2019-12-30T15:00Z 9.7M followers, 407.1K engagements
"Hackers stole over $2.7B in crypto in [----] data shows TechCrunch This was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists [----] was the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set"
X Link 2025-12-24T00:17Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Meta lays off employees across multiple teams TechCrunch Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch noting these changes were made to reallocate"
X Link 2024-10-17T01:59Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Microsoft lost its keys and the government got hacked TechCrunch China hacked dozens of email accounts including in government. Microsoft opens up slightly about how the hackers pulled off the heist"
X Link 2023-08-02T22:52Z 9.7M followers, 72.8K engagements
"Luminar receives a larger $33M bid for its lidar business TechCrunch A new leading bidder has appeared in the Luminar bankruptcy case: Redmond Washington-based MicroVision which beat out Quantum Computing Inc.'s bid by $5 million"
X Link 2026-01-27T14:18Z 9.7M followers, 17.3K engagements
"Spotify's new feature lets you explore the story behind the song you're listening to TechCrunch The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:51Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations TechCrunch Xcode [----] offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:50Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Okay Im slightly less mad about that Magnificent Ambersons AI project TechCrunch But this is still a bad idea"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"The glaring security risks with AI browser agents TechCrunch New AI browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity promise to increase user productivity but they also come with increased security risks"
X Link 2025-10-25T12:03Z 9.7M followers, 40.3K engagements
"Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics TechCrunch The use of administrative subpoenas which are not subject to judicial oversight are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:01Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Intuit signs $100M+ deal with OpenAI to bring its apps to ChatGPT TechCrunch Intuit said its tools such as TurboTax Credit Karma QuickBooks and Mailchimp will be accessible through ChatGPT allowing users to ask questions and complete tasks such as estimating tax refunds reviewing credit options or managing business finances"
X Link 2025-11-19T04:59Z 9.7M followers, 87.7K engagements
"Ex-Splunk execs' startup Resolve AI hits $1 billion valuation with Series A TechCrunch The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners according to people familiar with the deal"
X Link 2025-12-20T00:59Z 9.7M followers, 44.7K engagements
"Agentic coding comes to Apple's Xcode with agents from Anthropic and OpenAI TechCrunch Xcode [----] offers agentic coding capabilities with Anthropic's Claude Agent and OpenAI's Codex"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:02Z 9.7M followers, 13.5K engagements
"Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI TechCrunch Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion"
X Link 2026-01-28T21:53Z 9.7M followers, 12K engagements
"TC Sessions: Robotics [----] - Overview Startup and Technology News"
X Link 2021-12-08T01:11Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"China's Salt Typhoon hackers broke into Norwegian companies TechCrunch Norway's government accused Chinas Salt Typhoon hacking group of conducting a cyberespionage campaign in the country"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:40Z 9.7M followers, 11.3K engagements
"Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum in his own words at Disrupt SF TechCrunch Today at Disrupt SF [----] Vitalik Buterin sat down with AngelList founder Naval Ravikant to talk Ethereum. Because well Vitalik created Ethereum. Up"
X Link 2017-09-18T20:05Z 9.7M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Apple Introducing New Mac Pro Pro iMacs and External Display Over Coming Years If weve had a pause in upgrades and updates were sorry for that what happened with the Mac Pro and were going to come out with something great to replace it. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller is talking to a small group of reporters. The purpose of the discussion while somewhat unclear initially reveals itself a few minutes in"
X Link 2017-04-06T19:35Z 9.7M followers, 718.3K engagements
"Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence praise Trump TechCrunch Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:21Z 9.7M followers, 25.2K engagements
"Toyota's new solid-state battery could make its way to cars by [----] TechCrunch Toyota is touting its progress on a new kind of battery technology which uses a solid electrolyte instead of the conventional semi-liquid version used in"
X Link 2017-10-17T03:28Z 9.7M followers, 4.1M engagements
"Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in unsexy businesses TechCrunch Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be leaning in heavily on B2B"
X Link 2022-12-16T18:03Z 9.7M followers, 505.6K engagements
"India has changed its startup rules for deep tech TechCrunch India is adjusting startup rules to help more of its deep tech startups with funding and long-term success"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:30Z 9.7M followers, 28.6K engagements
"Indonesia conditionally lifts ban on Grok TechCrunch Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAIs chatbot Grok"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:22Z 9.7M followers, 15K engagements
"OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources TechCrunch The visit comes as New Delhi prepares to host a major AI summit expected to draw top executives from Meta Google and Anthropic. This will be Altman's first visit to the country in nearly a year"
X Link 2026-01-23T15:33Z 9.7M followers, 20.1K engagements
"Industrial Toys Raises $5M From Accel To Build Tablet Games For Serious Players TechCrunch Industrial Toys the tablet and mobile gaming studio led by Alex Seropian (founder of Bungie Studios creators of the enormously successful Halo franchise) is announcing that it has raised a $5 million Series A from Accel Partners. Accel's Vasant Natarajan who's joining the Industrial Toys board suggested that when there's "a big platform shift" in gaming it creates new opportunities to build "big independent game companies." In this case even though the firm has already made big bets on Angry Birds-maker"
X Link 2014-04-01T04:08Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work TechCrunch The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory's Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:02Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"SEC shuts down Munchee ICO TechCrunch In what should be an interesting beginning to the coming avalanche of ICO failures the SEC has come down hard on Munchee a company that built a $15"
X Link 2017-12-12T23:34Z 9.7M followers, 15.5K engagements
"Uber launches an 'AV Labs' division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners TechCrunch Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases"
X Link 2026-01-27T13:29Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B-parameter open source LLM from scratch to best Meta's Llama TechCrunch 30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:31Z 9.7M followers, 12.5K engagements
"Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers TechCrunch Were starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:55Z 9.7M followers, 14.5K engagements
"UAE to invest billions to build AI data center in France TechCrunch A few days ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris the French presidency has announced the first of several expected financial"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:45Z 9.7M followers, [----] engagements
"Lunar Energy raises $232M to deploy home batteries that prop up the grid TechCrunch The startup has raised more than $500 million to date from investors to build a massive distributed power plant supported by residential batteries"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:33Z 9.7M followers, [---] engagements
"Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork TechCrunch The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done which tools and data to pull from how to handle critical workflows and what slash commands to expose so your team gets more consistent outcomes.""
X Link 2026-02-07T18:12Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
"A comprehensive list of [----] tech layoffs TechCrunch A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech from Big Tech to startups broken down by month throughout [----] and 2025"
X Link 2025-09-30T17:03Z 9.7M followers, 53.3K engagements
"Identity management startup ForgeRock snags $88 million Series D TechCrunch Used to be when we thought about identity as it relates to computers and software it involved a person logging into an application or service"
X Link 2017-09-05T15:42Z 9.7M followers, [--] engagements
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