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I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it | TechCrunch

When Alexandru Voica, head of corporate affairs at the video-generation startup Synthesia, sent me a link this summer...

AI

Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers | TechCrunch

Crusoe, a Denver-based AI data center startup that recently raised $3.9 billion, has ended plans to use a...

AI

Unsecured OpenAI agents posted 53 user images on the internet without the lab’s knowledge | TechCrunch

After images that users uploaded to OpenAI models were included in training data, AI agents operating in the...

Startups

Mark Wahlberg is coming to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

Let’s just get this out of the way: Mark Wahlberg is as A-list as it gets. He broke...

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay talk AI at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

An AI demo can look brilliant in five minutes. Then customers start using the product. They push it...

Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal | TechCrunch

Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, Akamai said Thursday. That’s more than...

Artificial Intelligence

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation | TechCrunch

AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a...

Artificial Intelligence

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort | TechCrunch

Peak XV Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms investing in markets including India and Southeast Asia...

Artificial Intelligence

At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere | TechCrunch

If there was one thing that was obvious from Meta Connect this year, it’s that the social media...

Artificial Intelligence

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues? | TechCrunch

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