Figure reaches $39B valuation in latest funding round

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana takes the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 (Oct 27–29, SF) to share the realities of scaling autonomous vehicles — from safety to regulation to the road ahead.

Waymo has spent years locked in back-and-forth negotiations with SFO, the biggest airport serving its home base of Silicon Valley.

Under the new policy, ChatGPT will be trained to no longer engage in "flirtatious talk" with underage users, and additional guardrails will be placed around discussions of suicide.

The Galaxy phone maker said it was notified in August that hackers are actively exploiting the security flaw to target Samsung customers.

Fourth Power has raised $20 million to build a demonstration version of its thermal batteries, which ultimately could store electricity at $25 per kWh.

Both companies are seeing a strong future of digital avatars for different kinds of videos, including training, marketing, and sales.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received nine reports from owners who couldn't access their cars, including from parents whose children were stuck inside.

YouTube teases new AI-powered tools for turning podcasts into video clips, even if they're audio-only.

YouTube Music users will soon be able to pre-save songs, see a countdown for album releases, get exclusive merch, and more.

YouTube is bringing a custom version of Google's text-to-video generative AI model, Veo 3, to Shorts, along with a new remixing tool, an 'Edit with AI' feature, and more.

YouTube launches a handful of updates for creators, including lip syncing features for dubbed videos, likeness detection, collabs, an AI chatbot and more.

The new flexible approach to brand sponsorships will allow creators to dynamically insert brand segments directly into swappable slots in longer videos.

YouTube announced new features for livestreaming, such as letting creators play mini-games, AI-powered highlights, and more.

Salesforce's Missionforce will help modernize national defense workflows across areas including personnel, logistics and decision making.

MicroFactory has more than 100 preorders for its general purpose tabletop robotic factory which it hopes to start shipping in two months.

Called the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), the system is meant to be interoperable between AI platforms, payment systems and vendors.

The new Calm Sleep app is designed to help people wind down, sleep deeply, and wake up refreshed.

Y Combinator-alum Rulebase is betting that the next wave of automation in financial services will be the unglamorous tasks.

The entrepreneur has launched Supercal, a free scheduling platform that’s designed to make booking meetings more efficient and simple.

Amazon is hosting its Prime Big Deals Day sales event in October again.