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Startup CEO Charlie Javice is reportedly angling for a Trump pardon
Charlie Javice, the convicted Frank founder, is reportedly seeking a presidential pardon, with her camp quietly courting people close to the Trump administration, according to the WSJ. So far, her name hasn’t turned up on a formal clemency request list at the Justice...
UK may ban social media for children under 16
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is about to announce a ban on social media usage for children under the age of 16, according to multiple reports. While the government had previously revealed that it was studying options around a ban, both the Guardian and the...
As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
SpaceX went public this week in the largest IPO ever, making CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Despite its name, SpaceX has been emphasizing the potential of its costly AI business, and competitors OpenAI and Anthropic may soon follow with their own public...
TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I won’t spend too much time rehashing the SpaceX IPO —...
The new Sonos Play has become my go-to desk and kitchen speaker
I work from home, so I typically listen to audio through headphones or AirPods. But I’ve always wanted a desk speaker that doesn’t take up too much space, which made the new Sonos Play a fitting first Sonos product to review. The Play, launched in March, is Sonos’s...
As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future
Anthropic’s sudden move to suspend access to its newest AI models following a U.S. government directive has raised fresh questions across the global technology industry. In India, the decision has reignited a long-running debate over whether one of the world’s largest...
Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, completing an operational separation from the Chinese-founded AI startup and halting data sharing between the two companies. This is the most concrete step yet toward complying with a divestiture order...
KPMG pulls report on AI usage due to apparent hallucinations
Professional services firm KPMG has pulled a report titled, “Redefining excellence in the age of agentic AI,” after numerous organizations said the report’s claims about their AI usage were untrue. Research group GPTZero identified a number of inaccuracies in the...
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off worldwide access to two models on Friday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Jassy told Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other government officials that Amazon...
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Today is the last day. At 11:59 p.m. PT, the 50% off second pass offer for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ends. After that, prices go up, and the option to bring a partner, co-founder, or colleague with you at half the cost disappears. Register now to lock in your...
Lime, the Uber-backed micromobility company, files for IPO
After years of hints and preparation, the Uber-backed electric bike and scooter rental startup Lime has filed for an initial public offering. The company, which is incorporated as Neutron Holdings Inc., has eyed the public markets for at least five years. CEO Wayne...
The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI — and no one is happy
Pity the PJM Interconnection. For decades, the grid operator worked quietly and in the background, matching electricity demand with supply. Meanwhile, customers enjoyed some of the lowest electricity prices in the United States. No longer. Politicians, businesses,...
5% GPU utilization: The $401 billion AI infrastructure problem enterprises can’t keep ignoring
For the last 24 months, one narrative justified every over-provisioned data center and bloated IT budget: the GPU scramble. Silicon was the new oil, and H100s traded like contraband. Reserve capacity now or your enterprise would be left behind.The bill is now due, and...
Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code
A large part of Airbnb’s Q1 2026 earnings call was dedicated to talking about how the company is using AI tools for coding, customer support, and search. Notably, the company claimed that 60% of the code its engineers produced in the quarter was written by AI —...
Why you can never get your doctor to call you back
A lot of the conversation around AI in healthcare focuses on diagnostics and drug discovery or on doctor-patient visits. But a less visible part of the system affects whether patients actually get seen at all, and it has less to do with the number of doctors in the...
Anthropic introduces “dreaming,” a system that lets AI agents learn from their own mistakes
Anthropic on Tuesday unveiled a suite of updates to its Claude Managed Agents platform at its second annual Code with Claude developer conference in San Francisco, introducing a new capability called "dreaming" that lets AI agents learn from their own past sessions...
Ramp in talks to hit $40B+ valuation, 6 months after reaching $32B
Investors could not get enough of Ramp throughout 2025 and it looks like 2026 could be another banner year of fundraising for the corporate spend management startup. The company is in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40...
OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API
OpenAI said Thursday that its API will now include a number of new voice intelligence features designed to help developers create apps that can talk, transcribe, and translate conversations with users. The company’s new GPT‑Realtime‑2 is another voice model, built to...
Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%
Kodiak AI’s stock tumbled 37% in after-hours trading Thursday after the self-driving truck startup disclosed it had raised $100 million by selling shares at a steep discount — a sign that investors were willing to back the company but not at its current market price....
Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app,’ report says
Disney senior executives could potentially combine Disney+ with other apps like Disneyland Resort and Disney Cruise Line Navigator to make one unified app, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources said these discussions were at an early stage, but that they are...
How Sakana trained a 7B model to orchestrate GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
Every LangChain pipeline your team hardcodes starts breaking the moment the query distribution shifts — and it always shifts. That bottleneck is what Sakana AI set out to eliminate.Researchers at Sakana AI have introduced the "RL Conductor," a small language model...
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Do you think it’s time to upgrade your business telephone?
Although mail, social media and instant messaging have become a norm in today’s highly connected workspace and they have been accepted as the main modes of professional communication, yet phones are one of the most noteworthy forms of business communication. Reports...
Use the power of wind to perform your task
Wind energy has been a valuable resource since the existence of the Earth and has brought about various topographical changes on the face of this planet. Over the years, man has learnt to utilize its power in the best possible manner, be it for personal or...
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