OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik9d ago
At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company showed off GPT-6.1 Sol, a mere week after it launched GPT-6 Sol.
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top 36%OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez9d ago
OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a developer’s laptop with reusable cloud development environments that can be accessed from...
Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta9d ago
Almost every AI tool’s demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book travel, as it seems to be the most frequent use case.
After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building "glasses for voice" | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin9d ago
Konrad Zieliński lost his voice to cancer years ago while he was a student at the University of Warsaw.
With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin9d ago
When former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer earlier this month told me she was finally ready to unveil Dazzle, the personal AI assistant that raised an $8 million seed round last December, I couldn’t help...
Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik9d ago
Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses and adding new integrations including Shopify, Dropbox, Slack, and more.
Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker9d ago
Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in its iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 operating systems that the company says “may have been exploited” by hackers.
Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta9d ago
Voice AI has gained particular traction for a few consumer use cases: The biggest category is meeting note-taking, and the other is AI-powered dictation, in which filter words are removed and the...
OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kate Park9d ago
OpenAI on Monday apologized to the Australian government for not immediately notifying the country’s administration that its agents had breached some public services websites.
Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ram Iyer9d ago
Terms like “AI sprawl” have become common fare on tech social media and in thought leadership as enterprises start deploying AI agents en masse.
Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anna Heim9d ago
Defense and venture capital used to rarely overlap, but that’s no longer the case. Defense tech VC dealmaking set a record in Q1 2026, and new VC firms have emerged around the world to invest...
Exclusive: Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane9d ago
Supply chain startup Atomic came out of stealth last year with founders who promised to use their experience at Tesla to streamline inventory and boost customers’ bottom lines.
Anthropic's prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Connie Loizos9d ago
Anthropic devoted nearly a third of its hotly anticipated IPO prospectus to risk factors, according to the Financial Times, which says it has reviewed the filing in recent days.
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh9d ago
Peak XV Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms investing in markets including India and Southeast Asia with more than $10 billion in assets under management, has increased how much it...
Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn't as far-fetched as it sounds | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Kirsten Korosec10d ago
Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora told investors last week that it expects to have more than 30,000 self-driving trucks on the road generating $5 billion in annual revenue by the end of...
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin10d ago
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a $15.75 billion valuation that includes the investment, according to a source with knowledge...
AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 billion | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim Fernholz10d ago
AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand physical reality, in a $8.2 billion deal, the two companies said today.
Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez10d ago
While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making purchases on users’ behalf on their respective platforms, e-commerce platform Shopify has moved in...
Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane10d ago
Tesla is pushing back the reveal of its redesigned, second-generation Roadster once again, this time due to a forecast of severe weather.
The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant10d ago
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … I’ll spare you the rest, but the cliché Dickens line really does sum up this year’s New York Climate Week.