Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·2d ago
Startups that promise to predict how humans will behave are having a moment. Over the past year, Simile raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation; Aaru raised $88 million at a $1 billion...
Furientis lands $25M from Benchmark to mass-produce low-cost missile interceptors | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·2d ago
Until recently, venture capitalists largely steered clear of defense startups. Investments in the sector were viewed as morally controversial, and the process of securing government contracts was...
Learn all about scaling, fundraising, founder how-tos, and more at TechCrunch Founder Summit, November 4 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·2d ago
There isn’t a single manual to read or prompt to give an LLM that can equip you with the skills and knowledge to build a company.
LibreOffice says 'no AI' is now a software feature | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Zack Whittaker·2d ago
If you’re looking for a document editor that doesn’t use artificial intelligence, LibreOffice may be just the software for you.
Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer's Wajo will win agent market on trust | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta·2d ago
The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in recent weeks, with Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dot, and Instinct taking the lead and more competitors being launched each week.
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Anna Heim·2d ago
The race between open and closed AI is on, and Europe is still in the mix. On Tuesday, French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both...
The full Disrupt 2026 breakout session agenda revealed | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby TechCrunch Events·2d ago
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 lands at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 13-15, bringing together 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders for three days of ideas, connections, and...
Paramount closes historic Warner Bros. merger to form Skydance | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·2d ago
Paramount announced on Tuesday that it has completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to create a combined company called Skydance.
Exclusive: Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·2d ago
Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A problem at an LG battery factory caused some parts inside the cells to be installed improperly, which...
Exclusive: Flai's AI dealership software is booking 50,000 appointments per month | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·2d ago
When Flai was raising its seed round last year, it was just a team of three people pounding the pavement to get car dealerships to use the startup’s software to manage phone calls, emails, and...
Facebook tests going Reels-first in India | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Jagmeet Singh·2d ago
Meta has started testing a new Facebook UX in India that sends some users directly into full-screen video when they open the app, putting Reels front and center.
Type One Energy raised $200M to build a fusion power plant by 2034 | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant·2d ago
Type One Energy, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based startup founded in 2019 to build fusion power plants, announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $200 million from investors.
Lucid Motors' EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sean O'Kane·2d ago
Lucid Motors built 2,954 electric vehicles (EVs) in the third quarter of this year, a 54% drop from a year ago, as the company purposely limits production to better meet demand for its EVs.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT's text in the EU | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aditya Mehta·2d ago
OpenAI will start adding an invisible watermark to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union to comply with the EU AI Act, the company said Monday in a blog post.
Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Marina Temkin·2d ago
Although it’s only been a couple of months since Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its...
After Factory's public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Julie Bort·3d ago
Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy and his team announced Monday in a blog post that the firm has invested in AI coding startup Factory.
Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Rebecca Bellan·3d ago
Reflection AI is officially unveiling Beam, its first frontier, open-weight AI model. The two-year-old, Brooklyn-based startup claims Beam matches the performance of leading Chinese open models on...
Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Sarah Perez·3d ago
Instinct, the AI agent now valued at $10 billion as of its latest funding round, is expanding into group chats.
TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Aisha Malik·3d ago
TikTok announced Monday that it’s launching an AI shopping assistant and a new in-app checkout feature that lets users buy directly from brands.
At 19, founder raises $11 million for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Dominic-Madori Davis·3d ago
For much of his life, Zain Javaid, 19, wanted to be a quant who uses math and data to guide his investment decisions. And for a while, he was one. But he got bored.
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