The Startup Battlefield 2025 judging panel is getting even stronger. Our first wave of VCs brought serious firepower, and now we’re adding more top investors who will grill founders, unpack the big questions, and help crown this year’s $100,000 champion at TechCrunch Disrupt, October 27–29...
With Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun as its prime minister, Liberland hopes to make strides in international diplomacy and finally settle the parcel of forestland it claims to own....
The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series A funding, helps workers find full-time and side gigs while offering financial solutions...
Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face....
OpenAI isn't the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs....
The former Adept CEO said he hopes to be "remembered more as "an AI research innovator" than a "a deal structure innovator."...
The $8.9 billion investment gives the US government a roughly 10 percent equity stake in Intel....
Meta's Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology....
After getting licenses to cover every engineer, some at the cryptocurrency exchange warned Armstrong that adoption would be slow, predicting it would take months to get even half the engineers using AI. ...
Apple will let businesses configure ChatGPT enterprise access in the fall....
Apple promised a major revamp to Siri, but the company's AI capabilities have lagged behind competitors....
Beijing is reportedly urging Chinese companies to turn to domestic chips just weeks after Nvidia got the green light to sell in China again....
Joseph Sanberg is accused of falsely inflating revenue and fabricating a letter from Aspiration's audit committee to obtain loans, which the startup ultimately defaulted on....
The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full -- something Oway wants to change with its 'ride-share for freight' software....
Now, Workspace users can initiate a video edit using the Vids app directly from the Google Drive interface....
The viral kiss-cam moment could be the best thing that’s ever happened to Astronomer. But its new CEO won’t say that....
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, WIRED's senior correspondent Lauren Goode reports back from her brief stint as a vibe coder....
Get your tickets to Uncanny Valley’s first live show in San Francisco on September 9....
OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing South Asian tech market....
OpenAI says that Elon Musk met with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss a $97 billion takeover bid of the ChatGPT-maker....
Several Indian startups, including Dream Sports, MPL, and Zupee, are shutting down their real-money games after parliament passed a bill banning such games....
Berlin-based non-profit search engine Ecosia has asked a U.S. judge to turn Chrome into a foundation it controls, funding billions in climate projects....
A new cryptocurrency promoted by Kanye West’s X account soared in value—then crashed, inflicting losses on the majority of investors....
As AI chatbots surge in popularity, Mustafa Suleyman argues that it's dangerous to consider how these systems could be conscious....
The Trump administration is aiming to take an equity stake in Intel, according to US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Experts say the unconventional deal could backfire....
Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus....
What if startups raised less VC money and became self-sustaining? SecurityPal founder Pukar Hamal has done that and wants founders to know their options....
StrictlyVC is back at TechCrunch Disrupt in October, bringing together the insiders who shape the venture capital landscape, this time with a sharper focus on the market’s biggest challenge: liquidity. In an era of extended exit timelines, slowed distributions, and increasingly selective LPs, the conversations...
As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English....
The freeze went into effect last week, and it’s not clear how long it will last, The Journal’s sources say. Meta is still likely working through its reorg, which split its AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs, into four new groups: TBD Labs, run by former...