A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·24d ago
As AI rages on, new startups are creating tools for people to create music using generative AI prompts in the style of any artist they want.
Insight Partners' Devin Parekh on why the firm is diversifying while everyone else bets the farm on OpenAI and Anthropic | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos·25d ago
Devin Parekh has co-run the heavyweight investment firm Insight Partners for 26 years. Unlike many VCs who are loud on X and seem to live on podcasts, Parekh and Insight Partners tend to lay low.
The 9 buzziest startups from Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, according to VCs | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin, Dominic-Madori Davis·25d ago
Another Y Combinator Demo Day took place on Thursday, but this batch looked a little different. While every cohort brings a fresh wave of founders, the startups presenting this week skewed far more...
What's behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha·25d ago
The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity.
Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha·25d ago
Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the...
TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chat | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec·25d ago
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·25d ago
Fusion power is getting back to its roots. As fusion startups keep chasing their ultimate goal — putting electrons on the grid — many are also now embracing, or returning to, the defense...
Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·26d ago
After a tumultuous week, which saw WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ousted from his position as CEO of Automattic, WordPress.com’s parent company, by way of a board vote, the company has now issued...
Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’ | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anthony Ha·26d ago
We’ve been seeing increasingly dire warnings from AI researchers about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and even comments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that it may be time to “pace” AI...
Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·26d ago
British fintech Revolut confirmed that it disclosed sensitive customer information to an unauthorized third party after receiving fraudulent requests sent from a legitimate government agency email...
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·27d ago
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million...
Khosla Ventures is opening a New York office this fall — its first outpost outside Sand Hill Road | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos·27d ago
Keith Rabois has spent most of his 13-year career in venture capital associated with Khosla Ventures’ longtime home in Menlo Park, California. But that’s changing.
Y Combinator's Garry Tan wants U.S. open-weight AI labs to 'distill' frontier models, too | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·27d ago
When it comes to Chinese AI labs using distillation techniques to extract knowledge from frontier model makers, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is hoping regulators stay out of it.
OpenAI's feud with mathematicians is only escalating | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz·27d ago
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they seek to one-up each other with solutions to famous math problems.
Disrupt 2026 Side Event final deadline is tonight | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·27d ago
The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT. No more extensions. No more chances.
Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·27d ago
Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in Startup Battlefield 200 at...
Roblox is making it easier to build games with AI — and play them outside Roblox | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·27d ago
At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company behind the popular gaming platform announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC (non-player...
Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he's back in control after CEO ouster | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·27d ago
Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic’s Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of the WordPress.com parent company, according to a screenshot of the message seen by TechCrunch...
Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·27d ago
Hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor is warning customers for the second time in as many months that one of the companies it relies on was hacked, exposing the data of Trezor’s customers to hackers.
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos·28d ago
Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen, and Olipop, among...
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