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Meet the new European unicorns of 2026
From Belgium to Ukraine, five fresh European unicorns were minted this January.
View the articleWaymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round
Waymo is reportedly finalizing a new funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion.
View the articleSpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers
SpaceX's filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power."
View the articleNvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’s $100B OpenAI investment has stalled
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.”
View the articleHomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills
The startup is partnering with utilities to help homeowners determine the best upgrades to cut their energy use.
View the articleJeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims
Plus: AI agent OpenClaw gives cybersecurity experts the willies, China executes 11 scam compound bosses, a $40 million crypto theft has an unexpected alleged culprit, and more.
View the articlea16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause
Ampadu's departure perhaps signals the end of the TxO chapter. The fund and program focused on supporting underserved founders by providing access to tech networks and investment capital through a don...
View the articleA peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn’t show it. He’s working with people who've been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he ...
View the articleOnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital
This isn't the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business.
View the articleOpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network
The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name.
View the articleInformant told FBI that Jeffrey Epstein had a ‘personal hacker’
The hacker allegedly developed zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools and sold them to several countries, including an unnamed central African government, the U.K., and the United States.
View the articleThe philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence
As AI technology advances, a new interdisciplinary course seeks to equip students with foundational critical thinking skills in computing.
View the articleInstagram might soon let you remove yourself from someone’s Close Friends list
Since the feature's launch in 2018, users haven't been able to remove themselves from someone else's Close Friends list.
View the articleBlue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on the moon
The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump's desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term.
View the articleI Let Google’s ‘Auto Browse’ AI Agent Take Over Chrome. It Didn’t Quite Click
Auto Browse can shop for clothes, plan a trip, and buy tickets for you. Or at least, that’s the idea.
View the articleSpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime
To unpack what SpaceX’s IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today’s pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at...
View the articleUber is literally in the driver’s seat when it comes to AV bets
Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks. The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, m...
View the articleAnthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork
The company says you can use plug-ins to "tell Claude how you like work done, which tools and data to pull from, how to handle critical workflows, and what slash commands to expose so your team gets m...
View the articleBluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands
Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.
View the articleReid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump
Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.
View the articleRussian hackers breached Polish power grid thanks to bad security, report says
The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords.
View the articleLast 24 hours to grab your plus-one pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Today is the last day to lock in a plus-one pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco.
View the articleHow Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short
The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.
View the articleThe iPhone just had its best quarter ever
Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever.
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