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The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattacks

Hidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberattacks.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 4:30 pm

Andrew Yang thinks the next big startup opportunity is lowering the cost of living

Andrew Yang made a list of everything Americans overpay for housing, food, wireless and thinks the next startup gold rush is giving that money back.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 9:44 am

Anthropics safety warnings may have just backfired the government has pulled the plug on its most powerful AI

Anthropic isn't hiding its frustration. We disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people, the company wrote in a blog post.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 7:56 am

Metas months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 4:30 am

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims sued by Google

The tech giant said a group called Outsider Enterprise used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two weeks.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 2:08 am

SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the worlds first trillionaire

The company made its heavily anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 1:50 am

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell just gave another hint at a Tesla merger

A SpaceX-Tesla merger seems inevitable.

TechCrunch 13 Jun 2026 12:58 am

SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAIs hot IPO summer

The IPO market is back, anditsnot the samecompaniesleading the charge. FAANG had a good run, but anew acronym is taking over: MANGOS Meta (or Microsoft, depending on who you ask), Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. Halfof thatbunch is heading to public markets in the same window,anditsa stress test for investors, for valuations, and for []

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 9:53 pm

Elon Musk becomes the worlds first trillionaire after SpaceXs historic IPO

The SpaceX IPO has boosted Musk's paper wealth to more than $1,000,000,000,000 at a time when he is more hated -- and powerful -- than ever.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 9:25 pm

SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history

The company made its heavily-anticipated debut on Friday, trading higher than its initial $135 IPO price.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 9:24 pm

SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know

TechCrunch has followed SpaceX's start, struggles, and successes from the early days. And we're here for what happens next too. This package of SpaceX IPO coverage includes who stands to win (and maybe some who won't), pre-IPO deals, and what's tucked inside its S-1 registration document.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 7:38 pm

Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians dont have to

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 10:00 am

Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesnt specialize in anything

Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form think Boston Dynamics Theker's machines are built to be reconfigured.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 7:18 am

Jeff Bezoss Prometheus raises $12B to build an artificial general engineer for the physical world

The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.

TechCrunch 12 Jun 2026 6:34 am

Metas Edits app is getting an AI assistant and a desktop version

By integrating an AI assistant directly into Edits, Meta is aiming to keep creators engaged on Instagram as it continues to compete with TikTok and YouTube for creators' attention.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 11:00 pm

Coinbases new tool can help agents trade and pay for premium research

Coinbase's agent can use x402 protocol to get access to data and APIs.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 10:30 pm

Quantum Spaces military SPAC is trying to catch SpaceXs IPO wave

Quantum Space says SPACs aren't dead as it seeks a $1.2 billion deal to build military spacecraft.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 10:29 pm

Deezers new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others

Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 10:06 pm

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 9:47 pm

Waymo launches a loyalty program with 10% cash back and free cancellations

Members of the program, called Waymo Premier, will have to pony up $29.99 per month.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 9:30 pm

Pools new app turns your screenshots into something useful

Pool's new app automatically sorts screenshots into personalized collections, tracks down the original links behind saved content, and helps you rediscover products, recipes, travel ideas, and other things you meant to revisit.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 9:00 pm

Microsoft taps Alt Carbon in sign of Indias growing role in carbon removal

Alt Carbon said the agreement followed more than a year of scientific review and due diligence, with Microsoft requiring additional verification and data-sharing measures.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 8:30 pm

Endurance Energy raises $54M to harness a massive untapped energy source

SpaceX alumni Andrew Redd is betting the ocean has vast amounts of untapped geothermal energy.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 7:30 pm

South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions

South Korean authorities issued the record-breaking fine following a data breach that affected over 30 million customers.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 6:48 pm

Anthropic taps TCS to scale its enterprise AI deployments

The partnership will see TCS creating a business unit focused on deploying Anthropic's AI models to its customers.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 5:18 pm

Opendoors India exit is fueling a bigger conversation about AI and outsourcing

The decision comes as India emerges as the worlds largest GCC market.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 9:32 am

Anthropics Dario Amodei has just one direct report

If you doubted his genius, doubt no more.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 9:23 am

xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims

A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX's historic IPO.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 4:01 am

Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington

Andrew Yangs 2020 presidential campaignwas based on awarning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are allsaying versionsof the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, []

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 3:54 am

Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations

The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 3:03 am

Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5 billion from banks as AI spending continues

As AI spending continues to climb, the e-commerce giant has taken out a fresh $17.5 billion loan from a small coterie of banks.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 1:49 am

North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike

North Korean hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 1:27 am

Wing drone delivery might not be a novelty anymore

Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.

TechCrunch 11 Jun 2026 1:22 am

Netflix expands revamped mobile app across Asia and doubles down on kids gaming

The media giant is pushing to expand its mobile and gaming business.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 10:43 pm

AI-pilled firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI

The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary yet.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 10:37 pm

The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceXs IPO

Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 10:13 pm

How memory tools can make AI models worse

New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 9:41 pm

Zest launches a restaurant discovery app powered by where people actually eat

Backed by Alexis Ohanians 776 and Kindred Ventures, Zest uses transaction data and AI to generate restaurant recommendations based on users real dining habits and the places they frequent.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 9:23 pm

Why enterprise AI will be a major focus at VivaTech 2026

While Silicon Valley continues pushing aggressively into large language models and consumer-facing AI products, many European companies are focused on applying AI to complex systems already embedded into everyday life.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 8:46 pm

Datadog veterans launch AI coding startup Niteshift on a bet against Big AI lock-in

AI coding agent startup Niteshift has raised a $7 million seed round from a who's who of angels. It's betting companies will want power over, not lock-in with model makers.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 8:30 pm

The three hard-tech moonshots fueling SpaceXs unbelievable IPO

Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 8:18 pm

Pinterest bets on creators with Amazon Storefront integration

Pinterest is adding support for Amazon Storefronts, allowing creators to earn affiliate commissions more easily while showcasing their product recommendations in one place.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 8:04 pm

Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI

Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists' work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 8:01 pm

ServiceNow tells customers a bug left some of their data exposed to the internet

ServiceNow is used by thousands of enterprises to automate their internal processes, but says several customers had data accessed because of a security bug.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 7:43 pm

Jedify raises $24M to help companies arm AI agents with context on their business

The funding round was led by Norwest, with participation S Capital VC, Cerca Partners, and Oceans Ventures. Snowflake Ventures also participated as a strategic investor.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 7:03 pm

Decarts new world model can simulate hours of photorealistic driving with some caveats

Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 6:37 pm

Why everyones an energy company now

Electricity demand from AI data centers is pushing everyone including automakers like GM and Ford into the energy storage business.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 6:15 pm

Avalanches desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma

Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 5:45 pm

Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze

Ambrosia Energy wants to build power plants in less than 12 months while undercutting natural gas. It hopes to build gigawatts worth by 2030.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 5:30 pm

Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans

Waymo created a new computer model to help it better understand how humans behave in crash scenarios that its robotaxis encounter.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 2:30 pm

Meta signs first AI data center deal in India with Reliance

The 168-megawatt facility will support Meta's global AI computing needs and can be expanded over time.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 12:35 pm

Top Lucid Motors executive departs amid new CEOs leadership shakeup

The exec, Emad Dlala, has left just a few months after being promoted to SVP of engineering and digital, TechCrunch has learned.

TechCrunch 10 Jun 2026 9:05 am

AvenuesAI Subsidiary Rediff Pre-Files DRHP

AvenuesAIs (formerly Infibeam Ventures) subsidiary Rediff has filed its IPO papers via the confidential route with SEBI. Rediff.com India Limited,

inc42 1 Apr 2026 3:44 pm

Xovian Aerospace Raises $2 Mn To Launch RF Satellite

Spacetech startup Xovian Aerospace has secured $2 Mn (about 18.7 Cr) in a fresh funding round led by ace investor

inc42 1 Apr 2026 3:32 pm

NODWINs Pre-IPO Round, Funding Tanks In Q1 2026 & More

NODWINs Pre-IPO Funding Meal NODWIN Gaming is moving beyond gaming and esports. Emerging from the shadows of its former parent

inc42 1 Apr 2026 8:00 am