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Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
OpenAI’s revenue is reportedly $20 billion less than previously projected
India rejects Elon Musk’s claim of discrimination over Starlink launch
Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
While VCs crowd into San Francisco, Endeavor Catalyst raises $320M for founders ‘elsewhere’
Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B valuation, launches AI agents for business users
Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut
ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises
Spotify expands audiobooks to over 180 markets
How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat buttocks’
Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet
How AI decision models could change content moderation
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior
Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors
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Anthropic is giving startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature
Vinod Khosla believes ex-Deepmind engineer’s Wajo will win agent market on trust
Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web
Emmys will move from broadcast TV to Prime Video in 2027
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals
Pinterest’s AI now turns beauty Pins into action plans
Uber is spending $2.3B to get into catering
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Paramount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance
Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part
Flai’s AI dealership software is booking 50,000 appointments per month
Facebook tests going Reels-first in India
Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034
Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
Reflection debuts Beam, a open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
At 19, Ghost founder raises $11 million to build a $3,499 computer for your personal AI
Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era
5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day
HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become
OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results
Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips
Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database
Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’
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