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Rendering of Hadrian's planned third facility in Mesa, AZ.
In Brief

Defense tech Hadrian raises $1.37B at $8B valuation | TechCrunch

Defense tech Hadrian announced on Thursday that it had raised a fresh $1.37 billion round at a valuation of...

Polar founders
Fundraising

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work | TechCrunch

AI browsers were all the rage in 2025. Companies large and small tried to build browsers that baked...

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro
Hardware

What Tim Cook built | TechCrunch

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Security

The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human | TechCrunch

Last week, researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig said they’d documented the first known case of “agentic ransomware.”...

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang
AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’ | TechCrunch

While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022
Startups

Amplify your brand with an Exhibit table at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch

From October 27-29, TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 will bring together over 10,000 startup pioneers, VC leaders, and tech enthusiasts...

Venture

Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint | TechCrunch

After 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said on Monday that it had raised $320...

AI

AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom | TechCrunch

The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom...

HBO Max vertical feed
Apps

HBO Max embraces vertical video with a new ‘Shorts’ feed | TechCrunch

HBO Max is the latest streaming service to add a TikTok-like short-form video feed to its platform to...

Hardware

Apple under Ternus: what comes next for the tech giant’s hardware strategy | TechCrunch

As Apple races to stay competitive in AI while navigating tariffs and supply-chain uncertainty, the company’s future is...