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As much of Silicon Valley chases mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital's earlier days

This week, Alta unveiled its first integration collaboration, teaming up with Public School, a storied New York City brand.

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for blatant copyright infringement.

Designer Kate Barton teams up with Fiducia AI and IBM for a NYFW presentation.

Indias $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups.

The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.

A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering.

The company said hackers downloaded a limited number of files after breaking into an employees account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach.

AI companies have been hemorrhagingtalentthe past few weeks. Half ofxAIsfounding teamhas left the company some on their own, others through restructuring while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from thedisbanding of itsmission alignment teamto the firing of a policy exec who opposed its adult mode feature. Watch as TechCrunchsEquitypodcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony []

The Japanese sex toy maker said a hacker broke into an employee's inbox and stole customer names, email addresses, and correspondence, including order details and customer service inquiries.

The model is known for its overly sycophantic nature and its role in several lawsuits involving users' unhealthy relationships to the chatbot.

The financial regulator revealed in a response to a TechCrunch records request that the probe was closed in September 2025.

India turns to Alibaba.com's B2B network of 50 million buyers in 200 countries to help businesses scale global exports.

After Anthropic's Super Bowl ads, Claude's app reached the top 10 on the U.S. App Store.

Roku delivered an impressive Q4, posting net income of $80.5 million. The company also outlined plans for streaming bundles.

Our matches convert to actual dates at about 10x the rate of Tinder, Weng told TechCrunch.

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musks AI company amid mounting controversy.

The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.

This news comes less than a week after Ring's Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company's capacity for mass surveillance.

Cohere surpassed $240 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, highlighting strong enterprise AI demand as the Canadian startup positions itself for a potential IPO amid intensifying competition from OpenAI and Anthropic.

The feature, internally known as Name Tag, would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta's AI assistant.

Two years ago, a controversial dating app was launched and quickly shuttered: for people with good-to-excellent credit. Now, the founder is relaunching it, open to anyone.

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell electricity to Microsoft.

If a passenger accidentally leaves a Waymo door open, the vehicle can get stuck in place.

The longevity-obsessed investor Bryan Johnson is charging $1 million to sign up for his Immortals program.

Pinterest's stock tumbles after an earnings miss, with higher-than-expected usage its only bright spot.

IBM plans to triple its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026 but these jobs will have different tasks than in previous years.

The company's annual revenue was boosted by its technology joint venture with Volkswagen Group.

Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a companys existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming communications and automatically executes the necessary updates and tasks.

The infusion of funding for the AI startup takes place as it is vying for customers and cultural attention with its competitor, OpenAI.

When Apple Vision Pro first came out two years ago, YouTube hesitated to release a dedicated app. Today is the day they officially launch one.

Emails published by the Justice Department revealed cybersecurity veteran Vincenzo Iozzo emailed, and arranged to meet, Jeffrey Epstein multiple times between 2014 and 2018.

The EPA's new rule seeks to undo a 2009 finding that allowed the federal government to regulate six greenhouse gases.

WP Engine claims Automattic was going to target more hosting companies with royalty fees.

Spotify credits Claude Code and its internal AI system Honk with speeding up development.

OpenAI calls the new coding tool the first milestone in its relationship with the chipmaker.

CEO Chris Urmson called it a superhuman moment, adding that Auroras trucks can now carry freight 1,000 miles in 15 hours faster than what a human driver can legally accomplish.

Coupangs massive data breach has sparked U.S. investor lawsuits against the South Korean government over alleged discrimination

The show is expected to run for four seasons, with the possibility of spin-offs, a prequel, and foreign versions.

In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited reports from Media Research Center, a right-leaning think tank, which accused Apple of excluding right-leaning outlets from the top 20 articles in the Apple News feed.

The San Francisco-based startup says its AI-first approach has allowed it to scale faster.

Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024.

Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, Cart Assistant, that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts.

Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it? Glean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an AI work assistant, aiming tosit underneath other AI []

Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by clicking a malicious link or opening a file. Patch now.

TechCrunch spoke to a16z partner Joshua Lu for some tips on standing out for the Speedrun program.

The new feature allows users to share payment requests in a variety of digital settings.

A new device from eero will keep you online even if your ISP goes down.

Nominations for the 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award are open, inviting SMBs with groundbreaking innovation a chance to win scaling opportunities. Last day to apply is February 13.