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Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Vantora, formerly UP.Labs, which builds AI-native startups designed to solve problems for corporate customers, raised $100M+ from Silversmith Capital Partners — Four years ago, a…
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India requires caller ID and call-management apps to share users' spam reports with telcos; Truecaller calls it a “one-way exchange” that is “anti-competitive&rdquo…
Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google is testing a new version of its AI agent CC, pivoting the tool from an individual productivity assistant into a collaborative household management agent — Google is testing a new…
A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers TechCrunch
Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI TechCrunch
Julie Bort / TechCrunch: PrismML releases Bonsai 2 27B, which compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 27B to 5.9 GB, small enough for smartphones, while retaining 98.2% of Qwen's benchmark scores — If AI lab PrismML isn't…
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: The UN says it is working with Google on the UN System Data Commons, which lets users search for statistics from across UN agencies via natural-language queries — The United Nations on…
Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate TechCrunch
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI TechCrunch
OpenAI caught its models leaving notes to successors to hide bad behavior TechCrunch
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal TechCrunch
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Comp AI, which uses AI agents to draft security policies, collect audit evidence, conduct continuous compliance monitoring, and more, raised a $34M Series A — Comp AI, a…
Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic want Emerald AI to find space on the grid for more data centers TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Docs: Automattic interim CEO Mark Davies and CLO Andy Missan signed each other's severance packages worth $8.15M during Matt Mullenweg's brief ouster as CEO — Last week, on September 9…
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent? TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: X adds a “Trade” option to its Cashtag feature, letting US users complete trades at brokerages such as Interactive Brokers, Moomoo, Gemini, Kraken, and Coinbase — X will now…
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Hang Ten Systems, which uses AI to help large enterprises build software, expanded its seed funding by $53M, led by Xora, five weeks after its initial $32M seed — Hang Ten Systems, an…
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork, and adds a feature for making presentations and documents, rolling out to Pro and Max plans first — Anthropic is merging its front-end for Claude…
Anthropic merges Claude chat and Cowork in one interface TechCrunch
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Thatch, a healthcare plan marketplace where employers set a fixed budget that employees can use for individual plans, raised a $108M Series C at a $1B valuation — Thatch, a platform…
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks TechCrunch
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: DoorDash agrees to acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business, formerly Tapingo, for $300M, and will add $125M to Wonder's $650M Series D announced in July — The delivery…
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India's UPI, which has been free for merchants, will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on certain payments above ₹2,000, or $21, from October 15 in a major shift — India has finally put…
Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, which offers audits and safety certifications for AI agents, raised a $40M Series A, bringing total raised to $55M — A day after Anthropic…
Early Anthropic hire, former METR COO have found a way to rein in rogue AI agents TechCrunch
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Cornelis, spun off from Intel in 2020 to build networking tech that helps AI chips communicate more effectively, raised $205M led by IAG Capital — Cornelis, a company creating…
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says TechCrunch
Learn how to build lasting AI defensibility at Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO “with full support of the board”, after an attempted ouster this week — After a tumultuous…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026 TechCrunch
Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’ TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app — Amazon is going to make…
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him — Matt Mullenweg has…
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO TechCrunch
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Roblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card — At its annual Roblox…
OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand TechCrunch
Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek TechCrunch
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: ID verification service IDScan confirms that a data breach involved the theft of driver's licenses from its systems after hackers offered 153M licenses for sale — ID verification…
Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you TechCrunch
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: Maven Robotics, whose wheeled robots travel up to 10 mph and lift up to 30kg using two arms, emerges from stealth after raising $100M — In 2024, Maven Robotics was brand new, and they…
Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Mach Industries, which makes unmanned military vehicles and weapons, raised $600M in an extension to its $300M Series C, doubling its valuation to $3.7B — Defense tech startup Mach…
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch: Paul Christiano, an AI researcher and advisor at CAISI, is joining the OpenAI Foundation board of directors and its Safety and Security Committee — Paul Christiano, an influential AI…
Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs an EO requiring data centers above 25MW of peak demand to bring their own power and meet 100% of demand with clean energy — Massachusetts became…
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apple unveils a new Health app with Apple Intelligence, featuring an Insights tab, “readiness” and Health Age metrics, and more, rolling out later in 2026 — Alongside the new…
‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI TechCrunch
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Enterprise AI security startup Cymphony emerges from stealth with $30M, including a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia and SMBC, at a $100M+ post-money valuation — As AI agents gain…
Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid TechCrunch
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta says users can connect their apps to Muse to send emails, turn recipe Reels into grocery lists, make purchases via Link by Stripe support, and more — Less than two weeks after Meta…