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Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume |
Multiple robotics companies are tackling one of AI’s hardest problems: building foundation models capable of executing tasks they were never explicitly trained to handle. Their…
Europe got its own TBPN-style live show, and everyone’s angling for a guest spot |
The European answer to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27. Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers first…
Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M |
Prentis, a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus,…
Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between |
Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’re devoting an entire…
Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now |
For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends…
‘AI communism’, rogue models, and the why Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street
Chinese AI lab Moonshot’sopen model Kimi went viral this weekfor reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do withhow…
Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup |
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to Australia — and we’re partnering with Stripe to find the country’s most exciting early-stage startups. On August 19, eight…
Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks |
Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its…
AegisAI, founded by former Google security execs, lands $36M to stop AI-driven spear phishing |
Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary target. AI can quickly aggregate personal information…