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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet: No one is coming for us

Christophe Fouquet, who became ASML's CEO in 2024 after more than a decade at the company, sat down with this editor on the rooftop deck of his Beverly Hills hotel Tuesday morning ahead of his appearance at the Milken Institute Global Conference. Dressed in a blue suit and white shirt, he was relaxed even when the conversation turned to the rivals.

6 May 2026 1:36 am
Volkswagen becomes Rivians top shareholder, displacing Amazon

VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

6 May 2026 1:28 am
Threads finally brings messaging to the web

By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.

6 May 2026 12:04 am
Airbnb co-founder taps Peter Arnell as first US chief brand architect

Arnell joins Gebbias National Design Studio under Trump to unify UX across 27,000 federal sites and streamline how Americans use government services.

5 May 2026 11:39 pm
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state investigation, and also fabricated a serial number for its state medical license.

5 May 2026 11:16 pm
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT

The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.

5 May 2026 10:30 pm
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.

5 May 2026 7:57 pm
ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors

4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.

5 May 2026 7:50 pm
CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents

The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

5 May 2026 7:37 pm
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5 May 2026 7:30 pm
Indias first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality

Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building AI models in India.

5 May 2026 6:48 pm
Amazon bets Nobel Prize-based dehumidification can cut its energy use

Amazon will buy a new type of HVAC system for its commercial buildings to slash energy use.

5 May 2026 6:30 pm
Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as part of broader restructuring

The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.

5 May 2026 6:05 pm
Moment Energy raises $40M to meet infinite demand for power with EV batteries

The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.

5 May 2026 5:30 pm
As workers worry about AI, Nvidias Jensen Huang says AI is creating an enormous number of jobs

The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.

5 May 2026 9:01 am
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO

Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energys IPO could value the company at up to $6.5 billion.

5 May 2026 5:43 am
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades

Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads but most dont convert that spike into revenue.

5 May 2026 12:42 am
Katie Haun raises $1B for new venture funds

Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firms thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups.

5 May 2026 12:42 am
Hackers are still exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites

Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers keep targeting and hacking websites.

4 May 2026 11:32 pm
Elon Musks only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.

4 May 2026 10:27 pm
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious

The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with capital the company says it will use to become the global standard for AI-powered customer experiences.

4 May 2026 10:15 pm
Amazon opens up its global logistics network to all businesses

The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx.

4 May 2026 7:43 pm
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4 May 2026 7:30 pm
Doordash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes

DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.

4 May 2026 6:30 pm
Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals

Barocal might have discovered a cheap, nonpolluting material that could dethrone today's refrigeration technology.

4 May 2026 6:30 pm
Ousters new color lidar is coming to replace cameras

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a holy grail, Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

4 May 2026 3:30 pm
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI

The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to VCs over the last year:

4 May 2026 12:40 pm
Well take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse

Within hours he'd thrown up a website a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission and by Sunday, 36,000 founding patrons had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

4 May 2026 7:32 am
In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room doctors

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.

3 May 2026 11:30 pm
TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

3 May 2026 9:35 pm
This tiny, magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling

The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket.

3 May 2026 6:30 pm
3 May 2026 3:24 am
Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

3 May 2026 2:41 am
Netflix delays Greta Gerwigs Narnia movie for big theatrical push in 2027

The Magician's Nephew looks like a big next step in Netflix's thawing relationship with movie theaters.

2 May 2026 10:35 pm
The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked

AI-powered dictation apps are useful for replying to emails, taking notes, and even coding through your voice

2 May 2026 9:30 pm
Beyond Lovable and Mistral: 21 European startups to watch

It is not that European startups never get attention Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of that. But there are many more that insiders are tracking.

2 May 2026 7:30 pm
Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension of a nascent program the company announced in late January called AV Labs.

2 May 2026 12:06 pm