In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we run through the top stories of the week and look closely at complaints to the FTC alleging that ChatGPT led them or loved ones into AI psychosis....
Nvidia is an existing investor in the AI company and participated in it's $500 million Series A round in 2024....
In his newly translated memoir I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, Hu Anyan captures the brutal labor and quiet grace of life at the edge of China’s booming ecommerce industry....
Bevel's AI health companion unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights....
The offer will first roll out to Jio users aged 18 to 25 before expanding to all subscribers nationwide....
Figma said today that it has acquired AI-powered image and video generation company Weavy....
People are increasingly asking AI, not Google, to help them discover products. A recent shopping report says Americans, this holiday season, will likely turn to large language models this season to find gifts, deals, and sales instead of traditional search. Retailers could see up to...
An ideological war over how tech giants can account for AI data center emissions has bled into the international arena....
Three of the biggest US tech companies reported record profits and record infrastructure spending on Wednesday, fueling speculation about a possible AI market bubble....
Snabbit has raised its third funding round in nine months....
Cluely's Roy Lee has a message for startup founders: you should be thinking harder about how to go viral....
Glīd, which is trying to streamline cargo container logistics, has beaten out 199 other Startup Battlefield companies to take home $100,000....
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he's become increasingly comfortable taking a backseat in software development tasks....
geCKo Materials returned to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to debut new products as it pushes deeper into commercializing its tech....
He painted a picture of a future of enterprise software where the SaaS is used for the core business workflow, and then the agents ride on top of that....
While San Francisco's mayor Daniel Lurie is opening his arms to autonomous vehicles, other cities are more resistant. Boston, for instance, has considered a ban on autonomous vehicles in the city....
After a small startup exit and being turned down by every VC firm he applied to, Tim Chen began angel investing and eventually stumbled into raising his own fund. Now, as the solo investor behind Essence VC, he just closed his fourth fund at $41...
A new benchmark measures how well AI agents can automate economically valuable chores. Human-level AI is still some ways off....
As temperatures increase, trains and subways are becoming unendurable. Potential solutions include everything from cooling tunnels with water to painting rolling stock—but there’s no magic fix....
A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than ones and zeros....
ElevenLabs' founder Mati Staniszewski said that, in the short term, AI audio models were still the "biggest advantage and the biggest step change you can have today."...
Mercor CEO Brendan Foody has built a $10 billion empire freeing up valuable data from legacy industries, and making it available to AI labs....
With a market cap of $5 trillion, Nvidia is now worth more than the aggregated stock markets of all countries, apart from the United States, China and Japan....
This is the third and final day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Register here to get a 50% discount and don't miss out on innovation and scaling....
After facing lawsuits and public outcry following the suicides of two teenagers, Character.AI says it's making changes to its platform to protect children, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom line....
Grammarly is renaming itself as Superhuman, after acquiring Superhuman email client in July...
Phia founders, Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, are building an AI assistant that aims to help you shop, and save....
After two days full of live demos and pitches, it's time to announce the five finalists at this year's Startup Battlefield....
Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Othelia’s presentation at the pitch showcase stage. ...
Unthread builds Slack-native, AI-powered support bots for high-profile customers like Intuit, Lemonade, and Automattic....