Category: In Brief
Nscale adds former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board ahead of potential IPO | TechCrunch
Nscale, the buzzy U.K.-based AI data center startup, has appointed former OpenAI, Meta, and Instacart executive Fidji Simo...
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says | TechCrunch
OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a...
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...
The FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875M worth of AI | TechCrunch
The Federal Aviation Administration has been struggling to manage an air traffic control shortage throughout the country. The...
After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera | TechCrunch
Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses have proven more successful than other entrants into the market, but they have also...
Flock reportedly tries to shrink workforce with employee buyouts | TechCrunch
Embattled surveillance technology company Flock Safety unveiled a “generous” severance package for voluntary employee departures on Friday, according...
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...
Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials | TechCrunch
Enveda, a biotech startup that uses AI to discover new drugs in the natural world, has raised a...
ChatGPT mobile app gets voice-based agentic features | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced on Wednesday that it is bringing voice-based agentic features to mobile, allowing users to trigger workflows...
Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com | TechCrunch
Sunday night, users of Meta’s AI assistant Muse started getting a strange error message when they tried to...
