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AI

Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion | TechCrunch

After weeks of swirling rumors, Nvidia confirmed today that it has acquired Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. Hugging...

Startups

Builders Stage agenda revealed for Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical...

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Startups

Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say | TechCrunch

Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses...

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AI

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Real World AI Stage features Nvidia, robots, and extinct animals  | TechCrunch

At our past TechCrunch Disrupt events, AI has taken center stage, both throughout our programming and in a...

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AI

OpenAI’s new reasoning technique alarms AI safety experts | TechCrunch

OpenAI’s new Astra model will use a reasoning technique called “recurrent depth” that allows it to operate outside...

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AI

Huawei plans Q1 2027 launch of new AI chip as it takes on Nvidia | TechCrunch

Huawei is moving up the launch of its next-generation Ascend 960DT AI chip to the first quarter of...

Startups

Pangram’s Max Spero on why AI detection is harder than ‘Real or Fake’ | TechCrunch

Loading the player…The internet has a trust problem, and it’s not just because social media feeds are filling...

Venture

Riding an AI rally, Robinhood preps second retail venture IPO | TechCrunch

Just two months after listing its first venture fund on the stock market, Robinhood is preparing to launch...

Startups

How startups get noticed by Nvidia, Google, and other tech giants | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Building a great product is one thing. Getting a company like Nvidia to put its name...

AI

OpenAI releases new voice models for more natural live conversations | TechCrunch

OpenAI today released new conversational models, called GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, claiming that they sound more natural and...