Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Is on Track to Out-Talk Humanity
The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he's willing to spend trillions of dollars to win....
15 agosto, 2025
ChatGPT’s mobile app has generated $2B to date, earns $2.91 per install
ChatGPT is topping its rivals on mobile with $2B in global consumer spending to date....
15 agosto, 2025
Perplexity’s bid for Google Chrome could be just the beginning
Perplexity, the AI search startup that hasn’t even cracked 100 million monthly users, just made a $34.5 billion cash offer to buy Chrome from Google. The unsolicited bid comes as the DOJ prepares its remedy decision after ruling Google illegally maintained a search monopoly. The...
15 agosto, 2025
Meet the first batch of VCs set to judge Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Startup Battlefield 200 is the crown jewel of TechCrunch Disrupt. From thousands of applicants, only the top 20 will take the Stage at Disrupt 2025 (October 27–29, San Francisco) to pitch their vision to panels of top-tier VCs in front of a live audience. Every...
15 agosto, 2025
U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel
This deal would be meant to help Intel bulk up its U.S. chip manufacturing, including its much-delayed Ohio factory....
14 agosto, 2025
Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China
Nvidia struck a surprising deal after convincing the president that H20 chips aren’t a national security risk. But whether the reversal is good or bad depends on who you ask....
14 agosto, 2025
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
What really motivated the US government to ban Nvidia from selling powerful computer chips to China?...
14 agosto, 2025
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated....
14 agosto, 2025
The wait is almost over: The 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 list drops August 27
After reviewing thousands of groundbreaking applications from around the globe, TechCrunch is just days away from announcing the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200....
14 agosto, 2025
Cohere hits a $6.8B valuation as investors AMD, Nvidia, and Salesforce double down
Cohere's market proposition has always been to offer secure LLMs specifically geared for enterprise use, not for consumers....
14 agosto, 2025
Loveable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months
Loveable is a vibe coding startup growing phenomenally quickly, according to new sales projections from CEO Anton Osika. ...
14 agosto, 2025
Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids
The standards also allow the bots to make "statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics," such as "black people are dumber than white people." ...
14 agosto, 2025
Buzzy AI startup Multiverse creates two of the smallest high-performing models ever
It humorously calls this family the Model Zoo because one is like the size of a fly's brain and the other the size of a chicken's....
14 agosto, 2025
Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up
Google has launched Flight Deals as its AI tool within Google Flights to help travelers find cheaper fares....
14 agosto, 2025
Inside the Box: Aaron Levie on reinvention at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Aaron Levie of Box joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October....
14 agosto, 2025
Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer
Cohere has hired Joelle Pineau, Meta's former VP of AI research who previously oversaw the tech giant's fundamental AI research (FAIR) lab. In her newly created Chief AI Officer role, Pineau will oversee AI strategy across Cohere's research, product and policy teams....
14 agosto, 2025
Senators Press Howard Lutnick’s Former Investment Firm Over Tariff Conflict of Interest Concerns
Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are demanding answers from Cantor Fitzgerald after WIRED reported that the firm was essentially creating a way for clients to bet on whether Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court....
14 agosto, 2025
Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself
Anytime you expect AI to be self-aware, you’re in for disappointment. That’s just not how it works....
14 agosto, 2025
The Kryptos Key Is Going Up for Sale
Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the elusive solution to K4, the outdoor sculpture that sits at CIA headquarters....
14 agosto, 2025
Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company
Igor Babuschkin is leaving xAI less than three years after he co-founded the startup with Elon Musk, following a series of scandals at company....
13 agosto, 2025
Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi
Waymo now lets you stream music straight from Spotify, which makes the back seat of a robotaxi feel more like your own private space....
13 agosto, 2025
India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato
Rapido's beta food delivery service has popped up in three key localities in Bengaluru before a broader rollout....
13 agosto, 2025
GPT-5 Doesn’t Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence
Researchers studying the emotional impact of tools like ChatGPT propose a new kind of benchmark that measures a model’s emotional and social impact....
13 agosto, 2025
Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale
Monarch's tractors were the only vehicles being built by Foxconn in Ohio after Lordstown Motors, Fisker Inc., and IndiEV went bankrupt....
13 agosto, 2025
Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more
Pocket FM is building LLM to help users write faster and in turn, produce more audio shows....
13 agosto, 2025
Anthropic nabs Humanloop team as competition for enterprise AI talent heats up
While an Anthropic spokesperson confirmed that the AI firm did not acquire Humanloop or its IP, that’s a moot point in an industry where IP lives in the brain. And what Humanloop’s team is bringing to Anthropic is experience developing the tools that help enterprises...
13 agosto, 2025
Women are making real progress in venture capital, and the numbers prove it
A new report by the nonprofit All Raise found that the percentage of women and nonbinary individuals in partner roles at leading firms has doubled in the past few years, despite market headwinds. All Raise CEO Paige Hendrix Buckner chatted with TechCrunch’s Dominic-Madori Davis about...
13 agosto, 2025
NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers
To fund its vision of building more energy efficient server CPUs. NeoLogic recently raised a $10 million Series A round led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility and lool Ventures....
13 agosto, 2025
ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated
GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out....
13 agosto, 2025
Sam Altman, OpenAI will reportedly back a startup that takes on Musk’s Neuralink
Neuralink has been making serious progress. Soon Sam Altman and OpenAI could be backing a challenger....
12 agosto, 2025
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