The cracks in the OpenAI-Microsoft relationship are reportedly widening | TechCrunch
OpenAI and Microsoft may be reaching an inflection point in their relationship, according to a report from the Wall Street
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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale | TechCrunch
Meta’s deal to partially acquire the AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. What Scale officially announced
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Sam Altman-backed Coco Robotics raises $80M | TechCrunch
Los Angeles-based Coco Roboticsa startup building last-mile delivery robots, announced it raised $80 million on Wednesday. The funding round included
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TikTok’s biggest star was detained by ICE, with help from another influencer | TechCrunch
Khaby Lame, currently the world’s top TikTok creator, was recently detained by U.S. immigration officials in Las Vegas and has
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Wikipedia pauses AI-generated summaries pilot after editors protest | TechCrunch
Wikipedia has reportedly paused an experiment that used AI to summarize articles on its platform after editors pushed back. Wikipedia
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Vijay Pande, founding partner of a16z bio and health strategy, steps down | TechCrunch
Vijay Pande, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz who founded the firm’s a16z Bio + Health strategy, announced that he
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Elon Musk is lobbying lawmakers on driverless vehicle rules | TechCrunch
Elon Musk may have stepped away from his duties as the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and adviser
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Trump signs bill criminalizing revenge porn and explicit deepfakes | TechCrunch
President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act on Monday, a bipartisan law that enacts stricter penalties for distributing
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OpenAI's Stargate project reportedly struggling to get off the ground, thanks to tariffs | TechCrunch
OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate data center project is facing delays thanks to tariff-related economic uncertainty, reports Bloomberg. Growing market volatility and
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Ex-Synapse CEO reportedly trying to raise $100M for his new humanoid robotics venture | TechCrunch
Sankaet Pathak’s last startup, fintech Synapse, filed for bankruptcy in 2024 amid issues with partner Evolve Bank & Trust. Tens
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