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Anthropic’s new Claude feature is quietly selling you on AI
At a time when AI backlash and data center protests are making headlines, Anthropic’s Claude is rolling out a new feature that subtly makes the case for why you should keep using it. On Thursday, the company introduced “Reflect,” a built-in dashboard that lets you...
Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are bigger than the last 25 years of tech exits
We’ve talked before about the hot IPO summer, but with SpaceX just launched to public markets and Anthropic and (maybe) OpenAI soon to come, it can be easy to miss the sheer scale of what’s happening. We got a good reminder of it in Wednesday’s NCVA-Pitchbook Venture...
Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist
Microdramas are such a rage these days that nearly every kind of company in the attention economy space — be they dedicated microdrama apps, social media giants (TikTok and Instagram) or streaming services (Peacock, Amazon Prime, and India’s JioHotstar) — is building...
Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Ventures, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch. This round follows a previous $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton. All told, the company has now raised...
Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT services giant Infosys, will no longer serve as a general partner at Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm he co-founded nearly a decade ago. Nilekani (pictured above) will be stepping down from his role as...
One interface isn’t enough for enterprise AI
Presented by Oracle NetSuiteEvery major technology transition produces a set of assumptions about where the market is headed. The assumptions are often directionally correct, but they tend to underestimate the degree to which organizations adapt new technologies to...
Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules
Truecaller has opened a public fight with India’s telecom regulator over rules governing caller ID apps, saying the country’s anti-spam framework is making it harder to protect consumers from unwanted calls in its biggest market. On Wednesday, CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala...
Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement
A judge has approved a $1.5 million penalty levied against Elon Musk that will settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit despite having “significant misgivings” about it. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan noted that her court would accept the...
Lovable reportedly in talks to double its valuation to $13.2B
Lovable, a Swedish vibe-coding startup, is in talks to raise $300 million at a valuation of $13.2 billion — exactly double the $6.6 billion valuation the company achieved last December, Sifted reported. Menlo Ventures, a firm that announced its latest $3 billion fund...
The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO
SpaceX’s plans to add millions of new subscribers to its satellite internet network could founder over the Indian government’s fears that the company will not obey its laws. SpaceX obtained a license to begin operating in India in 2025, after years of lobbying...
How memory tools can make AI models worse
One of the biggest selling points for modern AI systems is their ability to adapt to users. Every time an AI assistant takes on a task for you, it’s also adapting to your style and preferences, which are incorporated as context for future tasks. With more context and...
Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat
A new startup aims to reinvent how people discover their next favorite place to dine and, one day, perhaps more. Zest, a newly launched restaurant discovery app, uses a combination of transaction data and AI to make personalized restaurant recommendations based on...
Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable
Anthropic released its latest model Fable on Tuesday, billing it as a public and limited version of its powerful and much-hyped cybersecurity model Mythos. But not everyone is happy with the restrictions, and a number of cybersecurity researchers and professionals...
Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026
TechCrunch is partnering with VivaTech 2026 to highlight the technologies, founders, and ideas driving the next wave of innovation. As part of the collaboration, TechCrunch and VivaTech will spotlight emerging startups through the VivaTech Innovation of the Year...
Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in
AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round led by Greylock’s Jerry Chen. That’s a modest sum by AI standards, but the startup, founded by two former early Datadog engineers, has attracted some big-name angels like Reid Hoffman, Datadog’s...
Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business
AI vendors promote their enterprise products as if they’re turnkey solutions, but the chances are low that AI agents will hit the ground running right away. Unless you put in the effort to train a model on the specifics of your business, it’s unlikely to understand...
Decart’s new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving — with some caveats
AI startup Decart on Wednesday unveiled Oasis 3, its latest interactive world model that can generate photorealistic driving environments in real time, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The model is currently available via API. The startup is initially targeting...
Snapchat limits users under 16 to sharing Spotlights with friends
In an attempt to guard underage users from being doxxed, Snapchat is adding new content control restrictions on its platform: Users between 13 and 15 years old will only be able to share Spotlight posts with people they follow back. The social network said that users...
Why everyone’s an energy company now
First Tesla, then Ford, and now GM — it seems every automaker wants a slice of the energy storage market. It’s easy to see why. While EV sales have stagnated in the United States, sales of large, stationary batteries have doubled in the past two years. And they show...
Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma
No one has made a fusion reactor capable of generating power, but physicists have a pretty good road map for how to get there. One major milestone is heating fusion fuel up above 10 million degrees Celsius — nearly as hot as the center of the Sun. Avalanche...
Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze
Two SpaceX alumni have a pitch to hyperscalers, and it has nothing to do with outer space: They’re building power plants here on Earth that cost less — and get built faster — than a natural gas power plant Ambrosia Energy, which has been operating in stealth until...
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Trend Watch: Popular Car Features That Could Contribute To Accidents
We all know that it’s dangerous to talk on your phone and drive. Unfortunately, that statement typically implies physically holding a phone to your ear and speaking on it. For this reason, many people have transitioned to headsets that allow for hands free phone use,...