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The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future
After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet.
Do you want to build a robot snowman?
On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huangs GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidias future.
Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AIs Kimi
Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now.
Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla
Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX but he has a history of overpromising.
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
An exclusive tour of Amazons Trainium lab, the chip thats won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple
Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.
Its been 20 years since the first tweet
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: just setting up my twittr.
Publisher pulls horror novel Shy Girl over AI concerns
Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing Shy Girl over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text.
Delve accused of misleading customers with fake compliance
An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of falsely convincing hundreds of customers they were compliant with privacy and security regulations.
Why Wall Street wasnt won over by Nvidias big conference
Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it
Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon's assertion that the AI company poses an unacceptable risk to national security and arguing that the government's case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations.
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says
At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.
Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows
The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps.
Amidst legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada
It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets.
Pinterest CEO calls on governments to ban social media for users under 16
Pinterests chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections.
Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot
Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup.
Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal
MLB is only the latest in a string of recently announced partnerships involving the prediction market.
Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says
AI bots may outnumber humans online by 2027, says Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, as generative AI agents dramatically increase web traffic and infrastructure demands.
Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.
DoorDash launches a new Tasks app that pays couriers to submit videos to train AI
Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language.
Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all
Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta's plans to build a social metaverse -- four years later, the company almost shut it down.
CISA urges companies to secure Microsoft Intune systems after hackers mass-wipe Stryker devices
The U.S. cybersecurity agency urged companies to prevent access to systems used for remotely managing their fleets of employee devices after hackers broke into a major U.S. medical tech giant and remotely wiped thousands of phones and computers.
TechCrunchStartup Battlefield 200 nominationsare stillopen
Nominate your startup, or one you know, for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 before May 27. Chance to win $100,000 equity-free funding and VC access.
Rivian sacrifices 2027 profit goal to push deeper into autonomy
Rivian admitted in a regulatory filing that it is delaying its goal of reaching positive EBITDA next year because of how much it is spending on developing self-driving technology.
Anori, Alphabets new X spinout, is tackling one of the worlds most expensive bureaucratic nightmares
Anori aims to shrink down the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on to a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years.
Tools for founders to navigate and move past conflict
Founders can create frameworks for working through conflict and change when the team is just two or three people, and if done correctly, it can scale with the company.
K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute
K2's Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.
Consumer-focused privacy company Cloaked raises $375M as it expands to enterprise
Cloaked's latest round is a mix of equity and growth funding.
Arc expands into electric commercial and defense boats with $50M raise
The Los Angeles startup raised $50 million from Eclipse, a16z, Menlo Ventures, and others as it seeks to expand beyond sport boats.
Feds intensify investigation into Teslas Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded its probe after finding more instances of Tesla's driving software struggling in low-visibility conditions.
Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream
After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.
Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval
The founders are worth paying attention to.
