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Venture

How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups  | TechCrunch

Last month, Scott Stevenson, co-founder and CEO of the legal AI startup Spellbook, took to X in an...

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Startups

Host your own piece of Disrupt: Apply to run a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13–15, but some of the...

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In Brief

Spotify now has over 300M subscribers | TechCrunch

Spotify has zoomed past 300 million subscribers for the first time, the company said on Tuesday. The streaming...

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Hardware

Apple’s new Studio Displays come with Thunderbolt 5 | TechCrunch

Apple on Tuesday announced a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, both powered by its latest chips, as...

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In Brief

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch

On Tuesday, Microsoft patched a historic record number of security bugs across its product lines, in large part...

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AI

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors | TechCrunch

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on keeping AI systems aligned with human interests and under human...

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Gaming

Resolution Games announces Battlemarked, an upcoming VR Dungeons & Dragons game | TechCrunch

Last year, Wizards of the Coast and Resolution Gamesannounced an exciting development: Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the popular...

Venture

Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience | TechCrunch

Fire season kicked off early in California this year, with flames already approaching a former nuclear test site...

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Startups

The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduring company in the AI...

Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder and CEO, Snap Inc.
Apps

Snap CEO sidesteps Specs preorder questions on Q2 earnings call | TechCrunch

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sidestepped investors’ questions about preorder demand for the company’s long-awaited Specs smart glasses during...