Sam Altman, an enthusiast of X and a shareholder in Reddit, had an epiphany on Monday. He realized that bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are actually written by humans. This thought came to him…
Cybersecurity is a massive sector, but startups in this category are more likely to be acquired than to go public. Even Wiz, which for a time held the title of the fastest-growing startup, abandoned its IPO ambitions when it agreed…
Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced Monday that it has gone public through a reverse merger, netting the company $30 million. The startup is proposing to build small, cylindrical nuclear power plants and lower them into 30-inch diameter holes drilled one…
Google is expanding AI Mode, its AI-powered Search experience, to five new languages, opening access to additional users around the world. This move follows over six months of the feature being limited to English. On Monday, Google announced that AI…
Cognition AI, the startup behind the AI coding agent Devin, has reached a $10.2 billion valuation. This milestone follows a successful $400 million funding round, which marks a significant jump from the company’s $4 billion valuation earlier this year. The…
Venture capital firm Insight Partners has completed notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen in a January data breach. The list of affected parties includes the firm’s limited partners. In a statement, the company said it finished its review of…
Bianca Cefalo grew so tired of the corporate space world that she found it easier to start her own space company and launch objects into orbit. Cefalo is the founder of Space DOTS, which launched in 2022 to detect space…
One of the biggest questions facing founders today is how to keep building when the rules will not stop shifting. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where we celebrate TechCrunch’s 20th anniversary from October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we…
Artificial intelligence needs a better brain, and Edo Liberty is building it. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps…
Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of its users’ most in-demand features. No, it’s not an edit button—it’s bookmarks. The company announced the new addition on Monday, calling it Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new…
