Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid…
Surveillance company Flock cuts staff as privacy backlash grows
Surveillance camera maker Flock is cutting its workforce as the company faces ongoing and…
Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Reckoning’ is off to a weak start
So maybe a movie about Senate hearings and algorithm changes was never going to…
Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech’s most expensive mistakes
San Francisco-based startup Niobia is betting big on a critical but often overlooked part…
CedarDB wants one database to handle both transactions and analytics, as AI agents raise the stakes
A fully managed, cloud-hosted version will likely help CedarDB expand its user base beyond…
Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them
Elorian, the Palo Alto AI startup that raised a $55 million seed round at…
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back
Two of New York's sweethearts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and activist and "Broad City" star…
Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation after Sequoia leads Series C
Blacksmith, a platform that helps companies more efficiently build and test software, including code…
Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots
Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a new AI startup…
Starlink seems to be working normally again in Ukraine
SpaceX appears to have lifted restrictions the Ukrainian military's of use Starshield — the…
Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
After eight years developing AI for Meta, Rohit Patel is departing the company, TechCrunch…
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows
Google is bringing ads in its AI-powered Search experiences to international markets, betting that…
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work
Pope Leo XIV has decried AI as a threat to human dignity, but it's…
Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
The missing piece in this report was the Iran War, which started when BloombergNEF…
Google takes a page out of Meta’s book, announces new audio-powered smart glasses at IO 2026
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday,…
Anthropic says it’s about to have its first profitable quarter
Anthropic has told its investors that it will more than double revenue to around…
