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Month: September 2026

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Startups

Apply for Disrupt Side Event by Sept 4 | TechCrunch

There are just 48 hours left to apply for your Side Event in the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side...

Perplexity
AI

Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India | TechCrunch

Perplexity spent the past year running one of the biggest AI growth experiments, giving its premium service away...

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Apps

Apple bans home services from its upcoming Maps ads | TechCrunch

Apple has quietly published a rulebook for its new Maps ads, revealing a more curated approach than advertising...

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AI

Anthropic set AI agents loose on the same task. They started a turf war. | TechCrunch

What happens when you pit AI agents against each other? According to Anthropic’s testing, things get messy fast.On...

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In Brief

Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters | TechCrunch

Disney has hired its first-ever chief technology officer and in a curious twist, the new executive hails from...

Apps

Microsoft starts testing Copilot for Gaming in Xbox app for iOS and Android | TechCrunch

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has started rolling out the beta version of its Copilot for Gaming...

Startups

Volunteer at TechCrunch Founder Summit in Boston | TechCrunch

Our rebranded Boston event, TechCrunch Founder Summit (formerly All Stage), is back on November 4th! And we are...

Accel
Venture

Accel closes oversubscribed $550M India fund within weeks, 19 months after its last | TechCrunch

Accel has closed a new $550 million India fund, less than two years after raising its previous India-focused...

Apps

Spotify’s new Playlist Notes let users and editors explain their song picks | TechCrunch

Spotify announced Monday the launch of “Playlist Notes,” a new feature that lets listeners add their thoughts to...

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Hardware

India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing | TechCrunch

India unveiled billions of dollars in new incentives for smartphone manufacturing and an expanded semiconductor push on Wednesday,...