Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab closes on $2B at $10B valuation Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a…
Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything’, raises $15M from a16z
Cluely, a startup that helps ‘cheat on everything’, raises $15M from a16z The controversial AI startup was founded earlier this year. The controversial AI startup was founded earlier this year.
TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week
TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the…
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail
Anthropic says most AI models, not just Claude, will resort to blackmail Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who…
The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier
The new math: why seed investors are selling their winners earlier Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago – $66 million for Precursor Ventures – when…
Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students
Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them…
The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene
The startups rolling out of Europe’s early-stage micromobility scene A handful of early stage micromobility startups out of Europe that are filling the gaps in a maturing ecosystem. A handful…
Startups Weekly: Fast and furious
Startups Weekly: Fast and furious Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot. Some startups accrued value at lightning…
Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO
Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO Karandeep Anand comes to Character.AI with experience running advertising products that reached billions of users on Meta's apps. Karandeep Anand…
X app code points to a physical card coming to X Money
X app code points to a physical card coming to X Money X’s plans for a payments service may extend beyond the digital realm, new data suggests. According to findings…