Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company founded by Baglino in the…
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Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure. Altman…
Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450 million |
In Brief Posted: 11:45 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Early-stage venture firm A* on Tuesday announced a $450 million Fund III. The firm takes…
The fax machine is the bottleneck in US healthcare, and VCs are starting to notice |
A lot of the conversation around AI in healthcare focuses on diagnostics and drug discovery or on doctor-patient visits. But a less visible part of…
San Francisco's housing market has lost its mind |
San Francisco real estate has never been very accessible. But the record sales happening right now in the city’s high-end market are testing the upper…
Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. |
As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told…
Prime Video follows Netflix and Disney by adding a TikTok-like 'Clips' feed in its app |
1:50 PM PDT · May 8, 2026 Amazon is adding a short-form video feed to the Prime Video app called “Clips,” the company announced on…
Intel's comeback story is even wilder than it seems |
In Brief Posted: 1:02 PM PDT · May 8, 2026 Bloomberg has a deep dive this week into how Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is trying…
Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high |
Cloudflare on Thursday joined a growing list of tech companies — including Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon — that have reported increased revenue alongside massive layoffs,…
Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul |
Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday. The automaker’s battery subsidiary,…