AI spend per employee slumped at top firms in August — summer doldrums or a warning sign?
The adoption of AI tools by businesses slowed in August, according to spending data…
Bending Spoons to buy collaboration tools maker Miro for $1.36B, 90% less than its 2022 valuation
The Italian serial acquirer of software companies seems to be exploiting a specific change:…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026
"We're not rushing into an IPO," Altman said. "I actually think that given everything…
India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network
UPI has emerged as the spine of India's digital payments economy, processing 24.51 billion…
Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices
Smart home owners will soon be able to control their devices connected to Google…
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire
Baseten launched a new safety infrastructure standard alongside its Base Labs research arm on…
World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets
At their core, world models are about automating spatial intelligence, so the field could…
Discover what’s next: 5 days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket
With five days left to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026…
Spotify’s is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm with US launch of ‘Taste Profile’
Spotify is giving listeners a new tool to shape the recommendations it delivers to…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Cal AI’s Zach Yadegari on how to create viral growth and capitalize on it
What happens when the app you started in high school goes viral? For Zach…
Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about "pacing the frontier," maybe…
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
When the call came, Tarini Padmanabhuni's grandfather believed he was talking to his brother.…
OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices
OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful…
Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
The buzzy AI startup Instinct has just revealed a new potential revenue stream: product…
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president
In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its…
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
In posts on X and the program website, Google said the bug bounty program…
