Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M

Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’re devoting an entire stage to that progression.

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction,...

The contract between the two companies ends in May 2028, Uber told TechCrunch.

The indictment, which was unsealed Friday, alleges the Volkswagen engineers used confidential insider information to buy stock in Rivian.

The acquisition brings Poke’s conversational style and interaction model to Cognition’s coding agent Devin, reflecting a growing belief that how AI assistants interact with users is as important...

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's...

Anduril is said to be raising a new round of funding that may push its valuation up to about $100 billion, per Reuters.

AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company. 

The offline messaging app surged in popularity in India amid protests in New Delhi.

Chinese AI lab Moonshot’s open model Kimi went viral this week for reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do with how the U.S. AI industry reacted to it. Meanwhile, an...

Sam Altman's side project — which seeks to scan the world's eyeballs and turn them into unique digital identifiers — has raised some fresh cash through a crypto sale.

AI companies, including Nvidia and Mistral, urge policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on open-weight AI models as Washington debates responses to Chinese AI and alleged model distillation.

The automaker joins a long line of companies seeking such refunds. In April, Rivian CFO Claire McDonough said she expected the company stood to reap a refund in the "tens of millions of dollars."

Users can now ask Attie questions about news, trends, and conversations on Bluesky and other apps on the AT Protocol.

The AI lab Midjourney continues to expand its purview beyond image and video generation.

ChatGPT Voice on desktop can work with both ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents.

Facebook is launching a separate app for people who list and sell items on the platform frequently. Dubbed "Seller," the app lets sellers manage their listings, message buyers, and track the...

We spoke with several cybersecurity researchers, who look for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit them, about how OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s guardrails affect their work.

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