Founders share VC horror stories, and some are naming names

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story. A massive conversation sharing such stories has taken place all week on X with the comments both funny and...

Former cyber executive turned whistleblower accuses IBM of covering up several data breaches

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

A former IBM cybersecurity executive accused the company of getting hacked three times in the previous decade by foreign governments and then covering up the breaches.  In a lawsuit unsealed this week but filed in 2020, William Barlow, who was IBM’s vice president of...

Startup Battlefield 200 applications officially close in 3 days

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

Founders, your window to enter Startup Battlefield 200 closes in just three short days. Applications for Startup Battlefield 200 officially close on June 8, 11:59 p.m. PT. Do not wait any longer. Secure your shot at competing on the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt...

Microsoft’s AI Futurist explains how he uses Copilot — and the real-world problems enterprises are solving with agents

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

Microsoft used its Build 2026 conference this week to push a clear message: agents are rapidly moving into production throughout enterprise systems, and the winning platform will be the one that gives them reliable context, governance, identity, memory — and secure...

Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

SpaceX has lined up another compute deal ahead of its historic IPO, this time with Google. The company announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029...

AI agents are learning on the job — just not for your whole team

by News Feed Editor | Jun 5, 2026 | Technology

When someone on a team corrects an AI agent — better prompts, better feedback, better context — that improvement disappears the moment a colleague opens the same tool. The correction doesn’t transfer, and the next person starts from zero.The problem compounds in...