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Grok releases the first seven minutes of its AI-generated ‘Odyssey’

‘Cyberselfish’ author takes aim at Silicon Valley libertarians as her book returns from the dead

AI delivers ‘zero financial payoff’ to most companies, Apollo economist says

TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy

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Starlink seems to be working normally again in Ukraine

Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet?

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber

Block’s new voice model sounds eerily human

PHP-ocalypse: How two critical web bugs almost broke the internet

These clever apps show off the iPhone Duo’s potential

Forced to pick, Grok’s AI model chooses Republicans. OpenAI’s picks Democrats.

The Boox Palma 2 Pro finally got me to stop reading on my phone

Here are the top AI agents that can live in your text messages

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks”

Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product market fit

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now

Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early

From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels

Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors

Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to…

What some of Anthropic’s backers are reportedly worth before its IPO

Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.

Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach

Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its U.S. smart ring comeback

Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing

Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta

Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier

OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO

Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions

Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia

The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say

OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up

1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password

Canva releases its first image generation model

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’

Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots

Elon Musk made a $1 billion investment in Skydance, report says

Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly…

Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work, but is now taking the enterprise agent…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage.…

Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught

The company is looking to roll the gold two-seater robotaxis out to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum…

Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a ‘routine improvement’

Spotify told investors its roll out of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household…

Investors break down how founders can raise a Series A today

Raising a Series A these days isn't so simple — top investors break down what founders need to know now.

Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants