XDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation
Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF, a startup that collects real-world…
Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time
If you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there's a limited…
European founders and VCs urge lawmakers ‘to get EU Inc right’
EU Inc has also stepped up its namedropping game. On the investor side, EU…
Y Combinator’s Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to ‘distill’ frontier models, too
"They are at the frontier and driving it forward. We want that to be…
Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too
Correction: An earlier version of this piece identified the phone Jensen Huang used to…
Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M
Sikka departed that startup in April, according to his LinkedIn profile. He told TechCrunch…
Last call: Disrupt volunteer application closes soon
If you've been on the fence about volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, this is…
Dario Amodei and other AI leaders want to ‘Pace the Frontier’ but…how?
A week after an Anthropic researcher's doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company's…
Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini
After first unveiling its new AI-powered laptop, dubbed Googlebook, in May, Google on Monday…
Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
Given that Snorkel sells reinforcement learning (RL) environments and complete datasets rather than human…
Meta is trying VR glasses (again), this time with more IMAX
Meta is renewing its quest to make virtual reality a thing. At its Connect…
Anthropic’s founders seek voting control ahead of IPO
Anthropic's founders want to stay in charge after the company goes public. According to…
ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages
ElevenLabs launched two new speech models on Monday, called ElevenLabs v4 and v4 Turbo,…
Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related
Almost every AI tool's demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book…
WhatsApp adds new parental controls for teen accounts
WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls that could allow guardians to keep a tab…
World’s first enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months
Geothermal company Fervo Energy announced Thursday morning that it had started selling electricity from…
