RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

Investors can’t seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. In less than a decade, the serial entrepreneur best known for his EV company Rivian, has raised more than $12.3 billion from venture capital firms, as well as strategic and institutional investors for his...

General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

One of the most entertaining moments in VC this week was a piece of rage-bait marketing from General Catalyst. In a now-viral post on X that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, the venture firm — better known as GC — posted a “VC vs GC” video on Wednesday. The VC...

A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customer passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos to the open web after a security lapse. The data is now offline after TechCrunch alerted the company responsible. The hotel check-in system, called...

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

It’s no secret that AI data centers have been straining the grid. But Silicon Valley has been relatively insulated from it all, thanks to high land and power prices that have pushed hyperscaler projects elsewhere.  The tech elite might soon get a taste of the power...

Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

Tesla Robotaxis have crashed at least twice since July 2025 while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles, according to newly unredacted information submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Both crashes happened in Austin,...

Claude’s next enterprise battle is not models: it’s the agent control plane

by News Feed Editor | May 15, 2026 | Technology

New VB Pulse data shows Microsoft and OpenAI leading enterprise agent orchestration, but Anthropic’s first measurable foothold points to a larger fight over who controls the infrastructure where AI agents run.For the last two years, the enterprise AI race has mostly...