Pulley, a Carta rival, is shutting down

Cap table management platform Pulley, backed by General Catalyst, Stripe, and Founders Fund, announced that it's closing shop in December.

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?

Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecedented access, but warn meaningful oversig...

After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera

Can Meta dodge the "pervert glasses" accusations with a new camera-free product?

X will now let US users trade via cashtags

The move closes the gap between the market discussions taking place on the timeline, and the market itself.

Automattic’s interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg’s brief ouster

CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additiona...

Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve

Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley...

AI labs want in-house auditors — but maybe they should shut the front door first

There may be a simpler and more effective fix for rogue agents, hiding in plain sight.

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The ShinyHunters gang leaked the files online after saying the Florida state agency did not pay their ransom demand.

Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices

Google is launching early access to a new MCP server for Google Home, allowing AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT and others to control connected devices, review ca...

Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface

Anthropic is releasing these features to Pro and Max plan subscribers initally

Hear why Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak says the screen era is ending at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

At this year's Disrupt, Neuralink's co-founder Max Hodak will present a vision for screen-free interfaces that can even offer medical help. Register before Sept...

How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly

“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?”  That’s the question that drove ...

May Mobility is going public in a $1.4B SPAC deal

The deal could net the asset-light robotaxi company more than $300 million in funding.

Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The robotics industry is still waiting for their breakthrough into day-to-day life. Nvidia's Les Karpas has an answer as to why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Regi...

Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks

The Pixel phone maker said there are indications that a bug in the phone's modem "may be under limited, targeted exploitation."

Amazon gives its workers a raise of $1 per hour

Amazon's investment in these raises comes out to over $1.5 billion, or about 0.06% of its $2.68 trillion market cap.

Threads’ new features let podcasters promote shows and reach listeners

Threads is rolling out new tools for podcasters, including profile cards, episode links, transcripts, guest tags, posting reminders and audience insights, as Me...

Next wave of VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 revealed

Meet the next five top-tier investors judging the Startup Battlefield 200 contenders live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. Register before September 25 to save up to...

3 days left to exhibit: Get your brand in front of VCs and high-value leads at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Last day to book your exhibit table at Disrupt is September 18. Three days left. Get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech l...

SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Intel to build memory chips in US

SK Hynix told TechCrunch the company hasn't finalized any plans or arrangements yet.

Clean tech startup Fluxnium found a way to tap 50,000 years worth of nuclear fuel

Fluxnium's fibers can extract uranium directly from seawater, which has enough of the nuclear fuel to power thousands of generations.

Former Infosys chief’s AI startup nabs another $53M

The Palo Alto startup says it has landed multiple seven-figure enterprise contracts within months of launch.

Amazon launches Alexa+ in India with Hindi support

Amazon today announced that its Alexa+ conversational assistant is available in India with Hindi support. The new assistant can hold conversations for longer an...

We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says

AI isn't some kind of new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang. It's just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker...

The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry

National outcry against data center construction has spread to Philadelphia, where officials suggested possible construction in a neighborhood already impacted ...

Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup

A new WhatsApp Business MCP server lets developers use AI coding agents like Claude, Cursor, Codex, and ChatGPT to handle setup, messaging templates, testing, a...

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy 'super app' launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.

US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

SpaceX will try to put Starship in orbit for the first time on September 22

Elon Musk's company will also attempt to deploy the first V3 Starlink satellites into its orbital internet constellation.

AI agents now have a place to snitch

The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.