Small joys, big market: Products that bring joy are the focus of the 140th Canton Fair

/PRNewswire/ — As emotional value becomes a key driver of consumption, consumers are increasingly willing to pay for pleasure, companionship and peace of mind, offering…

Products that inspire joy take center stage at the 140th Canton Fair

– Little joys, big market: Products that inspire joy are the stars of the 140th Canton Fair /PRNewswire/ — As emotional value becomes a key…

Small joys, big market: products that bring happiness highlighted at the 140th Canton Fair

/PRNewswire/ — As emotional value becomes a key driver of consumption, consumers are increasingly willing to pay for pleasure, companionship and peace of mind, providing…

AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges |

In Brief Posted: 11:34 AM PST · November 3, 2026 Fal, a San Francisco-based startup that hosts and runs AI video, image, and audio models,…

Exclusive: Rivian spinout Also was working on an e-moto project in Kenya — until it walked away

Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian in 2025, quietly started and then walked away from an electric two-wheeler pilot project in Kenya earlier…

Ukraine’s new pocket-sized gadget turns Russian drones’ cameras against them |

In Brief Posted: 5:12 PM PST · November 2, 2026 Ukrainian drone teams have a new way to spy on the drones that spy on…

The Founder Summit agenda is only half the reason to be in Boston on Nov. 4 |

You can learn a lot from a great founder session. But sometimes the conversation that changes what you do next happens five minutes after it…

Tomorrow: Founder Summit takes over Boston and when pass rates increase |

6:00 AM PST · November 3, 2026 Tomorrow is it! TechCrunch Founder Summitpresented by Fidelity Private Shares, brings founders and investors together at Boston’s SoWa…

Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts |

Whether developed by OpenAI or Anthropic or built on open source alternatives, current AI models share a critical limitation: They don’t learn from their mistakes…

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan uses AI agents so much, he spends up to $200K a year on tokens |

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan has, in the past, jokingly admitted that he’s suffered from “cyber psychosis” and sometimes barely sleeps because he’s so excited…