From: yesterday

RJ Scaringe has raised more than $12B across three startups and investors still want more

Tech Crunch Transportation

Investors can't seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. Storytelling and communication are one of his superpowers, according to Jiten Behl, who joined Rivian when the company had just a handfu...

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From: yesterday

General Catalyst posted VC rage bait and it worked, especially on a16z

Tech Crunch Venture

Compulsive X user Marc Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.

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From: yesterday

A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

Tech Crunch Security

The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.

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From: yesterday

Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up

Tech Crunch AI

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

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From: yesterday

Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators

Tech Crunch Transportation

Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.

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From: yesterday

Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shakeup

Ai News Business

OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.

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From: yesterday

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts

Tech Crunch AI

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.

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From: yesterday

Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers

Tech Crunch Climate

The price spike is a reminder of a deeper problem: The U.S. power grid was not designed for the electricity demands of an AI-driven economy, and the gap between what the grid can deliver and what the ...

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From: yesterday

US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip

Tech Crunch Security

While the summit appeared cordial, China remains a key adversary of the United States, given its advanced intelligence and espionage capabilities.

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From: yesterday

Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI

Tech Crunch AI

AI video-generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.

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From: yesterday

Even GoPro is pivoting to defense

Tech Crunch Gadgets

The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.

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From: yesterday

Meridian Ventures launched a $35M fund with a focus on MBA-deferred founders

Tech Crunch Startups

Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those wh...

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From: yesterday

Osaurus brings both local and cloud AI models to your Mac

Tech Crunch AI

Osaurus combines local and cloud AI models in a Mac app that keeps users’ memory, files, and tools on their own hardware.

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From: yesterday

Indian Uber rival Rapido raises $240M at $3B valuation

Tech Crunch Fundraising

Rapido has driven its growth by enabling ride-hailing for lower-cost and more flexible modes of transport such as motorbikes and autorickshaws.

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From: yesterday

Mira Murati Wants Her AI to ‘Keep Humans in the Loop’

Ai News Business

The Thinking Machines Lab founder and former CTO of OpenAI tells WIRED she isn’t interested in automating people out of jobs. Instead, she’s building AI that can collaborate.

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From: yesterday

The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial

Ai News Business

A federal jury is now deciding whether Elon Musk will win his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman—but the trial has made everyone look bad.

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From: yesterday

What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman

Tech Crunch AI

Here's what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about.

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From: 2 days ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has been bleeding staff since its merger

Tech Crunch AI

More than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weake...

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From: 2 days ago

OpenAI says Codex is coming to your phone

Tech Crunch AI

The update gives users enhanced flexibility over how they can manage their workflows.

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From: 2 days ago

Two from MIT named 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

MIT Awards, honors and fellowships

The prestigious fellowship funds graduate studies at Stanford University.

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From: 2 days ago

Lovable just backed a company that’s looking to bring vibe coding to hardware

Tech Crunch Hardware

Hardware company Atech raised $800,000 in pre-seed funding, including from a16z’s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers. 

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From: 2 days ago

An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta

Ai News Business

Meta employees in the US and UK are organizing against corporate software that tracks workers’ keystrokes and mouse activity.

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From: 2 days ago

Cerebras IPO makes billions for Benchmark but VC Eric Vishria almost didn’t take the meeting

Tech Crunch TC

Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So Eric Vishria dragged his feet ten years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch.

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From: 2 days ago

What happens when AI starts building itself?

Tech Crunch AI

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he insists it will actually ship products.

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