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Marc Benioff
Enterprise

Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear | TechCrunch

A new AI model called Koa is one of the biggest announcements from Salesforce this week at its...

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Gaming

Chess.com reaches 200 million members | TechCrunch

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday.Chess.com, the online chess platform that was...

Roelof Botha
Space

Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors | TechCrunch

Former Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha is joining SpaceX’s board of directors, less than a week after...

Castelion
In Brief

Castelion hits $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic missiles | TechCrunch

Castelion, a missile startup founded by former SpaceX executives, has raised a $1 billion Series C at a...

Outernet founders, Athena Leong and Danielle Egan
Apps

Outernet turns your saved posts into real-world adventures | TechCrunch

Danielle Egan and Athena Leong know how to have fun. Between the two of them, they’ve organized a...

John Ternus
Hardware

Apple’s John Ternus will run one of the world’s most powerful companies; the job is a minefield | TechCrunch

Over his 15-year reign as Apple’s top banana, Tim Cook has become instantly recognizable, powerful beyond imagination, and...

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Security

US government says it got hacked — again | TechCrunch

The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a breach of its platform, which federal, state, and local governments...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
In Brief

Jensen Huang took a call from Trump, and showed off something else, too | TechCrunch

Correction: An earlier version of this piece identified the phone Jensen Huang used to take President Trump’s call...

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Gaming

Discord appoints former Activision Blizzard exec Humam Sakhnini as CEO | TechCrunch

Amid rumors that the company is eyeing an IPO, Discord appointed former Activision Blizzard Vice Chairman Humam Sakhnini...

Venture

NEA’s Tiffany Luck says enterprises are still figuring out their AI ROI | TechCrunch

Loading the player…Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to...