A startup that builds other startups raised $100M and is all-in on physical AI |

Four years ago, a startup lab launched that wasn’t quite an incubator, accelerator program, or venture firm. UP.Labs, as it was called then, built startups…

Automattic’s 33-Hour Coup, and can AI labs police themselves?

A week after an Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning rattled the AI world, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei hasoutlined his plan to “pace the frontier”of AI…

Amazon-owned Zoox's 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear |

4:08 PM PDT · September 17, 2026 A regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis in Nevada is set to expire this month, clearing the…

Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids 

“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put…

Waymo opens robotaxi service in Las Vegas |

Waymo has begun to open up its robotaxi service to the public in Las Vegas, just a few weeks after receiving final approval from Nevada…

Mobility: Lyft has entered the robotaxi chat |

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To…

An Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time

An Anthropic researcher resigned this week,warning in a post on Xthat the company is “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”.The company’s…

Mobility: Tesla Cybercab hits the road — and a snag |

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To…

Amazon's Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport |

5:12 AM PDT · September 3, 2026 Zoox isn’t wasting any time now that it’s allowed to operate and charge for rides in its custom-built…

We’re ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory, says Pangram’s CEO

The internet has a trust problem, andit’snot just because social media feeds are filling up with AIslop. AI-generated text and images are now making their…