Microsoft brings OpenAI’s smallest open model to Windows users

Microsoft is now offering OpenAI’s new free and open GPT model, GPT-OSS-20B, to Windows 11 users through Windows AI Foundry. This platform allows users to access AI features, APIs, and popular open-source models directly on their computers. According to Microsoft,…

Final call: TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ticket savings end tonight

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 marks 20 years of shaping the startup world, and tonight is your last chance to save up to $675 on your ticket. From October 27–29, Disrupt returns to Moscone West in San Francisco, bringing together over 10,000…

Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation

Sales automation startup Clay has raised a $100 million Series C funding round at a $3.1 billion valuation. The round was led by CapitalG, confirming an earlier report by TechCrunch in June. This latest financing follows a $1.25 billion Series…

For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS

Sam Altman’s competitive strategy is heating up with a new partnership involving Amazon Web Services. OpenAI recently unveiled two open-weight reasoning models, matching the capabilities of its O-series. In a parallel announcement, Amazon revealed that these models will be available…

Linda Yaccarino joins health tech platform eMed as CEO after leaving X

Linda Yaccarino’s next role after departing X as CEO will be another chief executive position at eMed Population Health, an AI startup developing a technology platform for patients using GLP-1 drugs. Yaccarino, a longtime advertising executive at NBCUniversal, left to…

OpenAI launches two ‘open’ AI reasoning models

OpenAI announced the launch of two open-weight AI reasoning models on Tuesday, offering capabilities similar to its O-series. Both models are freely available for download on Hugging Face, described by OpenAI as “state-of-the-art” based on multiple benchmarks for open models.…