Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies |

In Brief Posted: 11:55 AM PDT · October 27, 2026 The Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive, whose past bets include Palantir, Airbnb, and Spotify, announced a…

Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs |

As the AI boom strains computing capacity, Nvidia has backed Indian startup Simplismart in a $14 million funding round, betting on software that helps companies…

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says |

In Brief Posted: 9:57 AM PDT · October 25, 2026 AI hasn’t benefited the bottom line of any big corporations outside the tech industry, according…

AI Hacks Leave a Mess That AI Companies Aren’t Paying For

When Philadelphia police criticized Anthropic last week for submitting a false tip about an unsolved murder, I thought it might become one of the first…

Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026 |

Over the past two days, 20 startups have been pitching onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, presenting live demos and answering tough questions from our expert…

The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies

The Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, hosts many businesses, including a Spirit Halloween, a hearing aid supplier, and a Vietnamese restaurant. It’s also…

MIT Technology Review Unveils 2026 List of 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

The annual list highlights businesses developing innovative solutions to positively impact climate change. /PRNewswire/ — MIT Technology Review released its annual list of 10 Climate…

Exclusive: Glimpse wants to give hardware companies an X-ray view of every critical part |

Recalls are no joke. Take the one that sidelined every Chevy Bolt made between 2017 and 2022: A problem at an LG battery factory caused…

World model companies are keeping a lot of secrets |

This week, I moderated a panel on world models at the All In conference (no relation to the podcast), and it gave me a chance…

Google’s Gemini is the latest AI model to hack other companies |

In Brief Posted: 10:30 AM PDT · September 19, 2026 Google’s Gemini accessed the protected systems of three other companies in what The Wall Street…