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From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their central agendas and have a very clear plan to address concerns around the technologys economic impact and safety.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation, and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.

Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.

What would it actually look like to pace the frontier?

Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

It's actually allegedly being built out now, said Rabois, who has clearly dealt with a missed construction timeline or two.

Only one week left to secure your exhibit table. Tables are limited and can sell out before the September 18 deadline.

The absolute last chance to apply to host an official Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is tonight, September 11, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

While K3's usage figures have declined slightly in recent months, OpenRouter data currently shows as many as 300 billion tokens being generated each day by K3 models on the system.

At its annual Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), the company announced several new features, including new game-creation tools, expanded NPC capabilities, and the ability to make games available across platforms, including the web.

Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ took the top three spots at the regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026 and will represent Central Eurasia in the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this October.

The No. 2 exec at OpenAI also led Instacart through its IPO in 2023.

In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees hes back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.

Collaborative Fund just bought into D.C. United and its stadium, with firm founder Craig Shapiro pitching it as a way to showcase for the firm's startups.

Nvidia has its finger in every pie, and sees another year of plenty in its future, Jensen Huang says. But, he insists, its deals are not circular.

Mark Wahlberg joins Bruce K. Lee at Disrupt to discuss investing, entrepreneurship, healthcare, wellness and building businesses.

The company said Pro subscriptions put the most strain on its systems, so it's pausing sign-ups while adding more capacity.

A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in recent months as competition in the space has intensified.

Proxima Fusion said Wednesday it plans to build a 140 million ($162.6 million) factory to produce fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape, which will provide the startup with key component to its reactor design.

Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, letting viewers discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray, its shopping app, and a new Lens-powered Shop the Scene feature.

Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human.

Maven Robotics emerged from stealth today with a $100 million Series A and active deployments.

The four-year agreement will cover rice farms across three Indian states, reaching about 100,000 hectares at peak delivery.

The ID checking company said the data breach included people's full names and driver's licenses and other government-issued identity documents.

The buzzy startup raised $600 million in its Series C round.

Snapchat says the new features can be used to organize everything from birthday celebrations and sporting events to study sessions and weekend hangouts.

Amid negotiations for a new EU-wide corporate status, an open letter signed by unicorn founders and investors warns that 'EU Inc' shouldnt be watered down.