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AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

5 Sep 2026 2:42 am
Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab

It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.

4 Sep 2026 9:51 pm
CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom

U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last years decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.

4 Sep 2026 8:30 pm
Krafton doubles down on India with another $250M bet beyond gaming

Krafton's planned investment in India is set to surpass $500 million with its latest commitment.

4 Sep 2026 8:17 pm
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4 Sep 2026 7:30 pm
US military disabled ad tracking on troops

A senator's letter confirms the U.S. military moved to prevent the tracking after foreign adversaries used location data to target troops.

4 Sep 2026 6:51 pm
Feds launch investigation into Tesla

The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.

4 Sep 2026 5:31 pm
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus

While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.

4 Sep 2026 9:51 am
Crusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation

The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.

4 Sep 2026 6:18 am
Oura files to go public

The ring maker says that its business has shown significant revenue growth over the past year.

4 Sep 2026 4:05 am
Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

Most AI tools allow you to opt-out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price tag on it. For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, it is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% []

3 Sep 2026 11:49 pm
Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it wont use that data to train AI models or share it with others.

3 Sep 2026 9:39 pm
Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Users can search for emails or draft documents using the new conversational feature.

3 Sep 2026 9:30 pm
The Builders Stage brings practical strategies for scaling startups to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt, bringing together founders, startup operators, andinvestors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale.

3 Sep 2026 4:31 am
Palo Alto Networks paid $500M for Thrive-backed Console, sources say

The acquisition also leaves Sequoia-backed Serval as the de facto startup leader in AI IT service automation, industry watchers believe.

3 Sep 2026 4:14 am
Google spared from ad-business breakup, but judge orders changes to how it operates

Google has dodged an effort to break up its ad business, but a judge said Wednesday that the company will need to adjust its business to benefit competitors.

3 Sep 2026 3:08 am
X shifts US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money

X says U.S. creator payouts will now be handled through its X Money payments service, a change that appears to replace the previous Stripe-powered payout system.

2 Sep 2026 10:42 pm
US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material

The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use globally, the brief reads.

2 Sep 2026 10:39 pm
Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.

2 Sep 2026 10:24 pm
Wonderful more than doubles its valuation to $5B in under 6 months

Wonderful's $550M Series C was led by Insight Partners, with Salesforce, Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards and Bessemer participating.

2 Sep 2026 9:34 pm
HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments

Security companies are scrambling to build products that can monitor not just agents but also the tools and add-ons they use.

2 Sep 2026 8:31 pm
PSA: Amazon

Amazon is adding a scam-detection feature to Alexa for Shopping that can verify whether suspicious emails, texts, and other messages actually came from the retailer.

2 Sep 2026 8:26 pm
Uber is laying off 10% of staff, or 3,300 people

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers and invest more in its ride-sharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions.

2 Sep 2026 5:44 pm
OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting

Edelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.

2 Sep 2026 5:39 pm
Apple follows Google in adopting Trump

Apple Maps is following President Trump's executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

2 Sep 2026 3:43 am
AfterQuery reportedly becomes Y Combinator

AI model-training startup AfterQuery has reportedly raised a round that valued it at $3.2 billion, just five months after announcing its $30 million Series A at a $300 million valuation in April.

2 Sep 2026 3:38 am
X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money

X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.

2 Sep 2026 2:18 am
John Ternus hypes

Apple is hosting its iPhone release event next week, which is rumored to feature the first-ever foldable iPhone.

2 Sep 2026 1:15 am
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data

OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.

1 Sep 2026 10:30 pm
Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla

Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren't possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren't safe enough.

1 Sep 2026 10:19 pm
Sequoia-incubated Empirik launches with $21M to predict outages before they happen

The startup wants to do for IT infrastructure what Cursor did for software engineering.

1 Sep 2026 10:01 pm
GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company

GoPro is merging with a company that builds AI infrastructure, and will continue supporting existing consumer products.

1 Sep 2026 9:27 pm
Amazon Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop

Amazon is adding a new Alexa-powered feature called Update Me When that can send personalized alerts about product launches, tours, books, shows, and other events that could trigger a purchase.

1 Sep 2026 9:21 pm
AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.

1 Sep 2026 9:15 pm
Microsoft 365 outage drags on, but things are improving

Microsoft 365 and Outlook are still seeing service degradations on Tuesday, the company's status page indicates.

1 Sep 2026 8:53 pm
Fambot introduces an

Fambot is building an AI chief of staff to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.

1 Sep 2026 8:40 pm
Florida and Texas move to block Flock cameras over privacy concerns

Flock's searchable network of 130,000 license plate cameras around the U.S. have sparked bipartisan privacy and civil liberties concerns.

1 Sep 2026 8:30 pm
This startup is fuel-injecting hydrogen to make cargo ships more efficient

Newlight has raised a $9 million seed round and completed an 8,500-nautical-mile test run from Singapore to Ghana.

1 Sep 2026 8:22 pm
Waymo accelerates robotaxi expansion with launches in Denver, San Diego and Tampa

Waymo will begin inviting riders on a rolling basis and slowly ramp up access in the three cities, following its usual commercial playbook.

1 Sep 2026 7:50 pm
Help build the future of startups: Volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch Disrupt is where those moments happen. And we can't pull it off without volunteers like you.

1 Sep 2026 7:33 pm
Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma

Magna's investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm.

1 Sep 2026 10:30 am