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Notions new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.

What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?

Fervo Energy's IPO was upsized several times after potential investors asked why the enhanced geothermal startup wasn't raising more money.

Xs new History tab combines bookmarks, likes, watched videos, and read articles into a single place, expanding the apps role as a save-it-for-later tool.

The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

Mind Robotics, which was first revealed in late 2025, has now raised more than $1 billion to date.

I believe I am an honest and trustworthy business person, Altman testified in federal court.

Origin Lab will serve as a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data, and video-game companies can sell it.

For founders and investors, Anthropic's new offering signals that the AI platform wars are expanding downmarket and that the next major battleground for user acquisition isn't the Fortune 500; it's the 36 million small businesses that make up the backbone of the U.S. economy.

A ransomware group has claimed responsibility for hacking the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn and is attempting to extort the company.

Alexa for Shopping is a new personalized AI shopping assistant in the Amazon search bar that replaces its Rufus assistant.

After achieving $2.2 billion in revenue in 2025, the defense tech startup has raised another massive round, led by Thrive and a16z, it says.

The retail trading subreddit submitted the sharpest criticism yet in response to the financial regulator's idea of letting companies report twice per year.

U.S. House lawmakers want to know how hackers broke into education tech giant Instructure twice, and stole reams of data from students who use the company's flagship student data software Canvas.

Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.

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For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this months AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.

Poppy is an AI-powered app that connects your calendar, email, messages, and other services to surface reminders, suggestions, and tasks based on whats happening in your life.

Adaption's new AutoScientist tool is designed to let models adapt to specific capabilities quickly through an automated approach to conventional fine-tuning.

There is no governmental mechanism to pay for an AI agent that monitors a patient between visits, calls to check in, coordinates a housing referral, or makes sure someone picks up their medication. ACCESS creates that mechanism for the first time.

Early-stage venture firm A* Capital just took the wraps off its $450 million Fund III.

The round valued the three-year-old startup at $725 million.

Waymo has issued a software recall that makes its robotaxis more cautious around flooded areas. A final remedy is in the works.

The maker of the Canvas school software said it eached an agreement with the hackers, but provided no guarantees that the hackers would not release the data or keep their word.

Fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.

TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens entirely new revenue streams for its new owners.

A new startup called Dessn has raised $6M to build AI-powered design tools that work directly with production codebases.

Spotify's new feature will show you the number of unique songs that you listened to until now

Vapi says its enterprise business has grown 10-fold since early 2025 as companies shift customer support and sales calls to AI agents.

Amazon says its new ultra-fast delivery option brings groceries, household essentials, and other items to customers doors in 30 minutes.

Right now, every AI model you've ever used works the same way. You talk, it listens. It responds, you listen. Thinking Machines is trying to change that by building a model that processes your input and generates a response at the same time, so it's more like a phone call than a text chain.

Robinhood files confidentially for its second venture fund, this time targeting growth as well as early-stage startups.

Some of the positions focus on AI-native development, data engineering and analytics, cloud-based engineering, and agent and model development as well as prompt engineering and new AI workflows.

Google had urged Apple for years to support RCS texting to make communication between each company's devices more seamless.

The battery-recycling and energy-storage company has hired former Tesla finance chief Deepak Ahuja, reuniting him with former Tesla CTO JB Straubel.

The timing is notable. PayPal, which owns Venmo, is restructuring to spin Venmo off as a standalone business unit a move widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential sale. Stripe has reportedly expressed interest in buying PayPal outright.

Samsung, Hyundai and LG just bet on the startup that wants to be robotics' data backbone.

How will work setups change if we spend more and more time talking to our computers?

Fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.

The company has been trying to embed itself inside the AV industry as a data provider, an investor, and a distribution platform but the consumer-facing bet may be just as important.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we discussed what xAI's deal with Anthropic might mean for parent company SpaceX.

F1 Grands Prix have emerged as a new place to see and be seen if you are a founder or investor.