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TechCrunch Disrupt 2015
Startups

5 days to Disrupt 2026: Don’t pay more at the door for your pass | TechCrunch

Five days from now, the global tech ecosystem gathers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West....

Cal AI founder Zach Yadegari
AI

Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup | TechCrunch

Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched Persona, a new AI agent...

In this photo illustration, the logo of artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus is displayed on a smartphone in front of abstract background on computer screen.
AI

China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta | TechCrunch

Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has...

Nous Research DeepHermes
In Brief

Nous Research confirms it hit $1.5B Valuation, launches AI agents for business users | TechCrunch

Nous Research, the startup developing the open-source Hermes agent, has raised a $90 million Series B at a...

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra
Hardware

Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11 | TechCrunch

Back in June, Nvidia announced that it had secured agreements with Microsoft and a host of other PC...

AI

ChatGPT for Teens keeps teens talking, even during mental health crises | TechCrunch

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that provides age-based ratings and reviews of media and tech for families, has labeled...

AI

ChatGPT is getting a lot more visual, with the launch of a new interface | TechCrunch

ChatGPT is about to get a lot more visual, thanks to a new feature that OpenAI calls Intelligent...

The apps Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp can be seen on the display of a smartphone in front of the logo of the Meta internet company.
AI

Meta rolls out new AI tools to detect ads that secretly lead to child sexual abuse material | TechCrunch

Meta announced Wednesday that it took action against 33.2 million pieces of child sexual exploitation content on Facebook...

Biotech & Health

Healthleap raises $38M for its AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look | TechCrunch

Healthleap, a startup building an AI platform that reads patient records to identify patients at risk of undiagnosed...

Gadgets

Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next | TechCrunch

When Tony Fadell takes the stage at the inaugural MIT Future Fest, he projects a slide with three...