Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal
Enhanced geothermal startups are shaping up to be the dark horse in the battle…
Crusoe raises $3.9B to build massive data centers and small modular “AI factories”
Data center developer Crusoe said Thursday it raised $3.9 billion in a Series F…
Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate
Google and Google DeepMind researchers launched the DeepMind Institute on Wednesday to advance the…
Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear
A regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis in Nevada is set to expire…
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM could change how we all use AI
If AI lab PrismML isn't on your radar yet, it should be — not…
The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875 million worth of AI
The Federal Aviation Administration has been struggling to manage an air traffic control shortage…
The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI
As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are…
OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior
OpenAI caught something unusual while training its latest model, GPT-5.6 Sol: it began leaving…
Is the AI safety debate about safety or control?
Discussions have previously been held about creating a similar, federally run organization. However, the…
UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents
The UN's platform also keeps track of where each statistic comes from, so people…
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal
Several of the new admissions, however, run counter to OpenAI's fair use defense, particularly…
Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles
Waymo has restarted its robotaxi service in San Antonio, Texas, five months after one…
Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names…
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…
Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI
Pinterest is turning to AI to help consumers move from searching for product inspiration…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Events schedule: NMI, Backblaze, PeakXV Partners, Augment, and more to host
TechCrunch Disrupt is where the tech community comes together to build, debate, and connect.…
