Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034
Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based startup founded in 2019 to build fusion power…
Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years
On Lucid's second-quarter earnings call in August, Napoli spoke about why he thinks the…
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI had built a text watermark before but held off on releasing it, partly…
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say
Although it's only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at…
After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post…
Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost
Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch…
Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
On X, Instinct founder Noah Shinn explained how Instinct handles users' privacy and security…
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout
TikTok announced Monday that it's launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app…
At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who…
Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era
Women throughout history have always sought out relationship advice, whether from newspaper columnists like…
5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day
The PearX program distinguishes itself from Y Combinator, the OG of startup accelerators, in…
HackerRank’s AI interviewer offers a glimpse into what job interviews could become
Chakra represents a bet against the kind of technical assessment business HackerRank spent years…
OpenAI launches visual ads that appear alongside image generation results
Now, the plan is to woo online advertisers who want to appeal to their…
Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips
The story begins almost 12 years ago, when Tayo Adesanya started a career working…
Open or closed AI? How founders are choosing what to build on at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
For AI startups, choosing a model isn't necessarily a one-time architecture decision anymore. Open…
Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database
The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens' data was breached…
