After critics called the bill a “get-out-jail-free-card” for Big Tech that could make it nearly impossible to rein in social media platforms, Senator Marsha Blackburn killed her own compromise....
AppsForBharat, the Indian startup behind the Hindu devotional app Sri Mandir, has raised $20 million in a new round — just over nine months after securing $18 million — as the app continues to attract not only devotees but also strong investor interest. Susquehanna Asia...
Clio, last valued at $3B, makes a bet on AI-powered legal data provider...
Levelpath raises a $55 million Series B led by Battery Ventures...
While Siri can already call on ChatGPT for difficult questions, Apple now seems to be exploring a much deeper integration with technology from third-party AI providers....
A small company called Songscription launched last week with AI models that automate music transcription, turning an audio file of a song into sheet music within minutes. Operating on a freemium model, the product is geared toward both professional and hobbyist musicians. “We hope to...
After a poaching frenzy that’s brought in talent from rival firms like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, Zuckerberg announced a team of nearly two dozen researchers in an internal memo....
Tailor, a San Francisco- and Tokyo-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, has raised $22 million in a Series A funding round. Investors include ANRI, JIC Venture Growth Investments (JIC VGI), New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Spiral Capital and Y Combinator. ERP systems typically come with a...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is restructuring the company’s AI efforts to center around building AI “superintelligence.” Going forward, all teams working on AI at Meta will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to Bloomberg, which viewed an internal memo sent Monday. ...
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials....
Airial's instant trip function can quickly create a travel plan that includes flights, hotels, and transport across multiple cities and will generate a daily itinerary for you....
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco this October 27–29, and if you’re building with big funding goals in mind, the session on preparing for your later-stage raise needs to be on your radar. Join three powerhouse voices in venture and AI-driven innovation...
Join Tiffany Luck, partner from NEA, at TechCrunch All Stage as she unveils the art of pitching to venture capitalists. Luck will share insider tips on what VCs truly value, empowering you to tell your story with clarity and impact without falling prey to common...
The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser. The launch marks Cursor’s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product...
Campfire was launched in 2023 to upend 1990s-era enterprise resource planning accounting software (ERP) like Netsuite with an LLM-powered alternative. ...
AI marks the most significant revolution in startup development since the advent of cloud computing. This isn’t just an incremental change; AI is fundamentally reshaping every facet of company building, from the initial spark of idea validation and the intricate process of product development to...
Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled...
The tech giant poached several top Google researchers to help build a powerful AI tool that can diagnose patients and potentially cut health care costs....
Navin Chaddha, managing director of the 55-year-old Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield, is betting big on AI’s ability to transform people-heavy industries like consulting, law, and accounting. The veteran investor, whose wins include Lyft, Poshmark, and HashiCorp, recently discussed at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Menlo...
With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.”...
As Mark Zuckerberg lures away top research talent to Meta, OpenAI executives say they're ‘recalibrating comp,’ according to an internal memo....
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators....
Mark Zuckerberg has been working to poach talent from rival labs for his new superintelligence team....
Looks like Meta isn’t done poaching talent from OpenAI....
Researchers at Anthropic and AI safety company Andon Labs gave an instance of Claude Sonnet 3.7 an office vending machine to run. And hilarity ensued....
As warnings mount about AI’s potential to displace millions of jobs, Anthropic on Friday launched a its Economic Futures Program, new initiative to support research and policy development that addresses AI’s economic impacts....
TechCrunch All Stage hits Boston’s SoWa Power Station on July 15 — and just 2 exhibitor tables remain....
The partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft in many ways hinges on the definition of artificial general intelligence, creating a tension that has spilled over into OpenAI research that has not been made public....
Meta is offering multi-million pay packages to AI researchers. But no one is really getting an $100 million "signing bonus."...
A federal proposal that would ban states and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years could soon be signed into law, as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other lawmakers work to secure its inclusion into a GOP megabill ahead of a key July 4...