Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost
"The damage that an individual can do with an open model is small compared…
3 days to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Meet the startups before they hit mainstream
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place October 13-15 in San Francisco. Over 300 startups will…
Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal as online dating faces a reset
Bumble is getting a new owner. The dating app announced Tuesday that it has…
Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff amid intensifying competition for user attention
Netflix is laying off about 6% of its employee base, or close to 1,000…
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it
"You have to be willing to fail, and actually, not just willing, you actually…
Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs
Of course, these aren't the first open-weight models that Nvidia has released that compete…
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
Eric Schmidt's fortune is about to get even bigger. The former Google CEO is…
DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions
Just two days after the U.S. ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek's AI…
From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026
Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should…
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
Canadian AI company Cohere said on Monday that it found one of Alibaba's newest…
Amazon debuts the Alexa Photo Frame and Echo Time smart clock, plus other upgraded devices
Amazon unveiled five new Alexa devices today, including two new kinds of hardware: the…
OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings acquires ADT
Thrive Holdings has acquired physical security company ADT for $10 per share or about…
Elon Musk said Sam Altman “stole” a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims
His efforts put his attorneys in a tricky spot, facing a need to convince…
Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all
Microsoft is purchasing 650,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits from startup BioCirc, the…
Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
In the Bay Area in particular, freeway travel has helped Waymo dramatically cut trip…
Xreal, Google’s smartglasses partner, thinks it has finally mastered this notoriously tricky industry
Now, as form factors shrink and software improves, Xu feels that Xreal can finally…
