techcrunch.comadded August 2026
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh1 Sept 2026
Unacademy, once one of India’s most valuable edtech startups, has been acquired by rival upGrad at a valuation of just over $200 million, about 94% less than its 2021 peak valuation.
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz1 Sept 2026
The founders behind Starcloud, a startup with plans to operate a fleet of GPUs in orbit, have a new pitch for potential investors: A plan to send a tiny spacecraft on an 80,000 year journey to...
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh1 Sept 2026
While battery swapping has struggled to take off in much of the world, Canadian auto parts giant Magna International believes the model could work at scale in India, where millions of two- and...
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh1 Sept 2026
Prominent solo investor Lachy Groom has backed a Bengaluru startup attempting an ambitious feat: keeping an aircraft in the sky for more than a year by harvesting energy from ocean winds.
TechCrunchby Amanda Silberling1 Sept 2026
In its lawsuit against OpenAI, Apple filed what it calls “shocking evidence” to bolster its allegations that former employees stole trade secrets for OpenAI’s benefit.
TechCrunchby Julie Bort31 Aug 2026
A well-known, pro-AI super political action committee is behind a new group that plans to blast voters in key battleground states with ads advocating for data centers, several outlets are...
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal31 Aug 2026
Amazon is facing a new lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 states, which accuse the company of secretly charging businesses more for advertising on its platform.
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec31 Aug 2026
The Pentagon has launched versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok, giving 3 million civilian and military personnel access to generative AI tools that have been tailored to “warfighter needs.”...
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events31 Aug 2026
We’re getting close to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! From October 13-15, more than 10,000 innovators, founders, investors, and industry leaders will attend our event in San Francisco’s Moscone West, but...
TechCrunchby Lauren Forristal31 Aug 2026
Instagram announced Monday that it’s changing how it labels AI-generated profiles and will start limiting the reach of accounts that feature AI-generated people without saying so.
TechCrunchby Lucas Ropek31 Aug 2026
Tim Cook is departing from his long-held role as Apple’s CEO — and a wave of top executives are heading for the exits as he does.
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin31 Aug 2026
David Lawrence was a Harvard Law student when an on-campus shooting involving a police officer sparked intense controversy over police conduct.
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker31 Aug 2026
A prolific hacking group has taken credit for last week’s cyberattack against U.S. pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson, leading to the latest spill of highly sensitive health data by an...
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin31 Aug 2026
Ryan Breslow, the controversial entrepreneur who returned as CEO of Bolt last year after years of legal battles and clashes with investors, refuses to give up on the checkout processing startup he...
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez31 Aug 2026
On his last day as Apple CEO, Tim Cook offered a rousing endorsement of his successor: John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering.
TechCrunchby Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai31 Aug 2026
Earlier in August, cryptography professor Matthew Green wrote a controversial thread on X and a longer blog post that went viral within the cybersecurity community.
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan31 Aug 2026
Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. As part of the deal, MediaTek will adopt Nvidia’s technology that will help it design custom chips for AI companies and...
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez31 Aug 2026
MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards. The “OG of online mapping,” as the company calls itself, announced on Thursday that it would not change the name...
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta31 Aug 2026
The meeting note-taker market is a crowded space. Just in the last few weeks, dictation app Wispr launched its own note-taker and scheduling app, and Calendly added a similar tool to its stack.
TechCrunchby Kate Park31 Aug 2026
In July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, both moves citing national-security...
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