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AI mania tanks CoreWeave’s Core Scientific acquisition; it buys Python notebook Marimo

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

Nvidia expands AI ties with Hyundai, Samsung, SK, Naver

Scenes from TechCrunch Disrupt

Navan IPO tumbles 20% after historic debut under SEC shutdown workaround

Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $1 billion in Poolside 

Former L3Harris Trenchant boss pleads guilty to selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker

VC Vinod Khosla says the US government could take 10% stake in all public companies to soften the blow of AGI

Biotech Nephrogen combines AI and gene therapy to reverse kidney disease — check it out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Israeli intelligence vets raise $20M to track developer buying signals

Workout app Ladder launches nutrition-tracking experience

Accel and Prosus team up to back early-stage Indian startups

Ads might be coming to Apple Maps next year

TechCrunch Mobility: The ‘robot army’ argument

Less than 24 hours until 10,000 founders, investors, and innovators hit TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and ticket rates rise

OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool

High school’s AI security system confuses Doritos bag for a possible firearm

Musk’s ad chief at X departs after just 10 months

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

The browser wars are back, and this time they’re powered by AI

Instagram users can now use Meta AI editing tools directly in IG Stories

Two days after OpenAI’s Atlas, Microsoft launches a nearly identical AI browser

What’s Updog? Datadog’s new tool tells you which apps are down

Rivian spinoff Also reveals a high-end modular e-bike for $4,500

As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025

A16z-backed Codi launches AI agent office manager

Cards Against Humanity settles trespass lawsuit against SpaceX

The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick

Kohler unveils a camera for your toilet

OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math

Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp

This top VC has bet close to 20% of his fund on teenagers — here’s why

YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying

Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down 

Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land

Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so

The real reason Google DeepMind is working with a fusion energy startup

Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO

This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports

Spotify spotted working on a ‘SongDNA’ feature that showcases the people behind your favorite music

Apple adds 650 megawatts of renewables in Europe with more coming in China

Inaudible sound might be the next frontier in wildfire defense

Mozilla’s Firefox adds Perplexity’s AI answer engine as a new search option

India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

Goldman Sachs is acquiring Industry Ventures for up to $965M as alternative VC exits surge

Grindr’s owners may take it private after a financial squeeze

Oura is winning young women and losing gym rats, and it’s fine with that

Final Flash Sale: Save up to $624 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass — Ends Oct 17

Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots

Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs

Dating app Cerca will show how Gen Z really dates at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta

Apple says goodbye to the Clips app

Ready or not, enterprises are betting on AI

Kalshi hits $5B valuation days after rival Polymarket gets $2B NYSE backing at $8B

The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom

Discord data breach affects at least 70,000 users

Sora copycats flooded Apple’s App Store, and some still remain

Intel unveils new processor powered by its 18A semiconductor tech 

Here’s what it’s really like to appear on billionaire VC Tim Draper’s ‘Meet the Drapers’ pitch show

OpenAI’s Nick Turley on transforming ChatGPT into an operating system

Sora’s first week on iOS in the US was nearly as big as ChatGPT’s

Elon Musk will settle $128M lawsuit with former Twitter execs

Google launches its AI vibe-coding app Opal in 15 more countries

Tesla reveals slightly cheaper ‘standard’ versions of the Model 3 and Model Y

X splits Verified Organizations into ‘Premium Business’ and ‘Premium Organizations’

MrBeast says AI could threaten creators’ livelihoods, calling it ‘scary times’ for the industry

OpenAI launches apps inside of ChatGPT

Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen’s Point72

Waffles eat Bluesky

Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters

California’s new AI safety law shows regulation and innovation don’t have to clash 

Newsom signs bill giving Uber and Lyft drivers in California the right to unionize

If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs

Startups and the U.S. government: It’s getting complicated

Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training

Rivian is redesigning the R2 SUV’s door handles for better safety

Can you think like a YC partner? This game will help you find out

Can AI companies turn brainrot into revenue?

Supabase nabs $5B valuation, four months after hitting $2B

Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure

YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying

Google’s Jules enters developers’ toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up

Whizz co-founder says Trump’s Chicago crackdown is scaring delivery workers off the streets

Why California’s new AI safety law succeeded where SB 1047 failed

OpenAI’s new social app is filled with terrifying Sam Altman deepfakes