Inside Dylan Field’s Big IPO—and His Even Bigger Plans for Figma
Dylan Field took Figma public in one of the wildest IPOs in recent memory. He insists the real story is the rise of design itself....
08 agosto, 2025
What founders need to know before choosing their exit — straight from Jai Das and Roseanne Wincek — at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Startups face more exit options — and more uncertainty — than ever before. That’s why we’re bringing this essential conversation to the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco’s Moscone West. Whether you’re already eyeing a liquidity event or...
08 agosto, 2025
Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms
WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, last raised $40 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data. ...
08 agosto, 2025
Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed
Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news....
08 agosto, 2025
Donald Trump Orders Crackdown on Politically-Motivated ‘Debanking’
In a new executive order, the US president has called on federal regulators to investigate and punish banks for alleged discrimination against conservatives and certain types of business....
08 agosto, 2025
xAI’s legal chief steps down after whirlwind year
Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Keele also acknowledged “daylight between our worldviews” with boss Elon Musk, who...
08 agosto, 2025
Tesla shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving
The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company dubbed DensityAI focused on data center services for industries....
07 agosto, 2025
High costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups
Coding assistant startups are highly unprofitable, says a source familiar with Windsurf financials....
07 agosto, 2025
IPO hopeful Brex scored major win to sell in the EU, plans UK expansion
The EU has authorized Brex to sell its spend management products directly in all 30 countries "no workarounds required," Pedro Franceschi said....
07 agosto, 2025
OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
OpenAI released GPT-5 on Thursday to both free users of ChatGPT and paying subscribers....
07 agosto, 2025
OpenAI’s GPT-5 is here
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is the "best model in the world," and aims to make ChatGPT more intuitive to use....
07 agosto, 2025
AI agents aren’t the ‘new Google,’ says Airbnb CEO
"I think we're still kind of feeling out the space," CEO Brian Chesky told investors on the Q2 earnings call....
07 agosto, 2025
The backlash against Duolingo going ‘AI-first’ didn’t even matter
Duolingo faced significant backlash for announcing that it would become an "AI-first" company -- and yet, the app posted strong financials this quarter....
07 agosto, 2025
Trump Is Undermining Trust in Official Economic Statistics. China Shows Where That Path Can Lead
China demonstrates how manipulating economic data can ultimately erode government credibility....
07 agosto, 2025
Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok’s responses
The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino....
07 agosto, 2025
Truth Social’s AI search is powered by Perplexity, but the platform can set limits on sources
The search engine, dubbed Truth Search AI, is already available on the web version of Truth Social, with public Beta testing on the iOS and Android apps planned for “the near future.”...
07 agosto, 2025
Elad Gil — one of tech’s sharpest minds — on early bets, breakout growth, and what’s coming next at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Elad Gil isn’t just ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. And that’s just a slice of the story....
07 agosto, 2025
A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT
Security researchers found a weakness in OpenAI’s Connectors, which let you hook up ChatGPT to other services, that allowed them to extract data from a Google Drive without any user interaction....
06 agosto, 2025
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic
Google denies AI is impacting search across the web, saying only "some" sites have suffered....
06 agosto, 2025
Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm Guilty on One Count in Federal Crypto Case
A federal jury found crypto developer Roman Storm guilty of operating an unlicensed crypto business, but cleared him of sanctions violations and deadlocked on a money laundering charge....
06 agosto, 2025
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
To find out whether Alexa is still the best smart assistant for my family, I'm going to test Amazon's AI-powered devices, experiment with AI queries, and write out my thoughts in a multi-part series....
06 agosto, 2025
Google takes on ChatGPT’s Study Mode with new ‘Guided Learning’ tool in Gemini
Google is also offering students in the U.S., Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and Brazil a free one-year subscription to its AI Pro plan....
06 agosto, 2025
Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety
The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a groundbreaking study on frontier models just before Donald Trump's second term as president—and never published the results....
06 agosto, 2025
OpenAI is practically giving ChatGPT to the government for free
GSA Federal Acquisition Service commissioner Josh Gruenbaum in a statement encouraged “other American AI technology companies to follow OpenAI’s lead and work with us.”...
06 agosto, 2025
OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership
The ChatGPT maker is providing its frontier AI models to federal agencies for $1 for the next year....
06 agosto, 2025
Figma’s IPO success is ‘a little bit of a meme stock,’ says Sapphire Ventures’ Jai Das
Figma managed something rare in today’s market: it survived a failed Adobe acquisition, stayed independent, and went public on its own terms. But its post-IPO performance tells a more complex story about startup exits in 2025. “This is a little bit of a meme stock,”...
06 agosto, 2025
Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta
Google today launched its AI coding agent, Jules, out of beta — just over two months after its public preview debut in May....
06 agosto, 2025
Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’
Lava is a digital wallet that lets merchants use credits to facilitate transactions....
06 agosto, 2025
Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web
The one-year-old startup raised a Series A led by Insight Partners....
06 agosto, 2025
Breathwork, Biohacking, and Cryotherapy: New Buzzwords for Modern Business Travelers
A new wave of luxury wellness facilities are catering to travelers looking to maintaining their health goals alongside high-powered schedules....
06 agosto, 2025
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