Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to VCs over the last year:

Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

The ad comes from Artisan, the AI startup behind billboards urging businesses to "stop hiring humans."

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.

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The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket.

Bad news for Tilly Norwood.

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

"The Magician's Nephew" looks like a big next step in Netflix's thawing relationship with movie theaters.

AI-powered dictation apps are useful for replying to emails, taking notes, and even coding through your voice

It is not that European startups never get attention — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are many more that insiders are tracking.

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension...

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, beginning with the question everyone in the industry is asking right now:...

The DTC skin, hair, and menopause care brand will use the non-dilutive capital to super-charge customer acquisition.

Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital, has a new venture that is reportedly buying land near large power sources.

The deals come as the DOD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.

A group of hacktivists have claimed responsibility for a distributed denial-of-service attack, which has affected several Ubuntu and Canonical websites, and prevented users from updating the...

Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in...

The company saw a 30% year-on-year jump in the number of people using search every week, CEO Steve Huffman said on Thursday.