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Etched co-founder COO Robert Wachen
Startups

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  | TechCrunch

Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series...

US President Donald Trump addresses the media on the tarmac after arriving at Paris Orly Airport.
Security

From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone | TechCrunch

Last Friday, citing unspecified national security concerns, the White House ordered Anthropic to restrict the export of its...

Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI Inc., during the SK AI Summit in Seoul, South Korea.
AI

OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model | TechCrunch

OpenAI released Astra on Thursday, its latest AI model and — according to the company — its most...

TechCrunch Disrupt Builders Stage
Startups

All your M&A questions will be answered at Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

The year keeps moving swiftly, and so is all of our planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! We have...

Salva Health Co-Founder & CEO Valentina Agudelo Vargas, winner of the Startup Battlefield 2024, poses onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Day 3 at Moscone Center on October 30, 2024 in San Francisco.
Fundraising

Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27 | TechCrunch

Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding is gone in a...

Social

Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool | TechCrunch

Attie, Bluesky’s AI assistant that lets you build custom social feeds without programming, is evolving into an open-ended...

The Apple Siri and Apple Intelligence are being displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background.
AI

Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri | TechCrunch

It’s official. Apple has chosen to work with Google, a longtime partner, to power AI features like Siri....

AI

Superintelligence is coming. Should we let it? | TechCrunch

Loading the player…AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like...

Superblocks founder Brad Menezes
Startups

AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big | TechCrunch

Vibe-coding startup Superblocks announced a multiyear joint marketing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables its tool...

AI

Viral AI assistant Instinct now has its own email address | TechCrunch

Instinct, the buzzy new AI assistant now valued at $2.5 billion, is rolling out a new feature that...