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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 today | TechCrunch

Today is the final day to apply or nominate a startup for Startup Battlefield 200. Once the clock...

Dario Amodei
AI

Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development | TechCrunch

We’ve been seeing increasingly dire warnings from AI researchers about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and even comments...

Gaming

Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model | TechCrunch

Anthropic used Pokémon to benchmark its newest AI model. Yes, really.In a blog post published Monday, Anthropic said...

General atmosphere at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2017 at Arena Berlin.
Startups

Disrupt 2026 Early Bird ticket savings end in 3 days | TechCrunch

There are only 3 days left to save up to $410 on your ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026....

Blacksmith
AI

AI code-testing startup Blacksmith’s valuation jumps almost 10x in less than a year | TechCrunch

As AI makes coding dramatically faster, the next big challenge in software development is testing and validating all...

Conceptual image of a robotic arm holding a wrench.
Robotics

Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led deal amid rush for robot training data | TechCrunch

Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics,...

Venture

ClickHouse triples annualized revenue to $250M, charting a path toward an IPO | TechCrunch

Database provider ClickHouse has crossed $250 million in annualized revenue run rate, tripling its business from last year,...

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In Brief

OpenAI unveils Lockdown Mode to protect sensitive data from prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch

OpenAI announced a new feature that it says will provide additional protection from prompt injection attacks, where malicious...

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AI

OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating | TechCrunch

Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work as they...

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Startups

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis | TechCrunch

There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large...