When the edtech company Preply achieved unicorn status earlier this year, employees in its Kyiv office celebrated with cake. That simple act of normalcy is a powerful statement in the middle of a war. In the four years since Russia’s…
The fallout from a ransomware attack on Conduent, one of the largest government contractors in the United States, continues to expand. More than 25 million people have now had personal data stolen in the hack. Conduent provides printing, mailroom services,…
On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled its new enterprise agents program, marking its most aggressive push yet to integrate agentic AI into everyday workplaces. In an official briefing, Anthropic’s head of Americas, Kate Jensen, told reporters that the new system would finally…
You don’t attend TechCrunch Disrupt to sit in the audience. You go to gain leverage. If 2026 is a build year, a fundraise year, a hiring year, or a scale year, this is where momentum compounds. With just four days…
Believe it or not, web search is still a thriving industry. As businesses invest in AI agents to leverage their data, there is growing demand for tools that do more than just scrape the web to inform those AI bots.…
Waymo is now opening its robotaxi services to the public in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando. This move marks a significant acceleration in the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company’s expansion plans. The rollout will follow the company’s established pattern from…
Companies are increasingly launching software to build and monitor AI agents in an effort to drive enterprise adoption of AI. New Relic is now joining this movement. The data observability company has launched its own AI agent platform, acknowledging it…
Plug-in hybrid vehicles are often promoted as a bridge to fully electric vehicles. They promise to cut emissions by operating on battery power for short trips while relying on gasoline for longer journeys. However, they only deliver on that promise…
The world of music rights and royalties is complex, with multiple types of royalties to track. For artists, ensuring their data is updated correctly across all platforms to avoid missing earnings is a tiresome task that distracts from creative work.…
On Monday, the creative suite company Canva announced the dual acquisition of two startups: Cavalry and Mango AI. Cavalry specializes in 2D motion animation for verticals like advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Mango AI focuses on using reinforcement learning…
