The Department of Homeland Security has been quietly demanding tech companies turn over user information about critics of the Trump administration, according to reports. In…
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Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All
When DeepSeek burst onto the global stage in January 2025, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. But the large language model was just one…
Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use |
11:38 AM PST · January 16, 2026 The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation —and…
How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts
At the start of 2024, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI were united against military use of their AI tools. But over the next 12 months,…
The top 26 consumer/edtech companies from Disrupt Startup Battlefield |
Every year, TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the…
A rough week for hardware companies |
In just about a week, iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power Bikes all filed for bankruptcy. They’re very different companies — selling Roombas, lidar, and e-bikes,…
Building venture-backable companies in heavily regulated spaces |
3:09 PM PST · December 19, 2025 Building inregulated industriesaddsamassive hurdle to thealready challengingjourney of building a startup. And this week on Build Mode, Startup…