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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19 · TechCrunch

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, i...

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58 · TechCrunch

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39 · TechCrunch

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5...

Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party ...

Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs mor...

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Jun 25, 2026 at 20:19 TechCrunch

Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents

Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:58 TechCrunch

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it's refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:39 TechCrunch

Xbox follows Apple with price increases

The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previo...
Jun 25, 2026 at 19:14 TechCrunch

Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover

The company said it is discontinuing its email inbox in favor of its AI agent offering as users are increasingly handing over the reins o...
Jun 25, 2026 at 17:52 TechCrunch

a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most

Base Power is skipping the PJM's troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people's homes, offering backup services in e...
Jun 25, 2026 at 17:38 TechCrunch

Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT

Despite ChatGPT's commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic's Claude, data shows.

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Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans...

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Wait, could they still actually break up Live Nation?

A federal jury found that Live Nation has acted illegally as a monopoly -- but the company just came to a tentative settlement with the DOJ last month.

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Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch's tech didn't work properly.

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TechCrunch Apr 15, 2026 at 19:28 Startups
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OpenAI updates its Agents SDK to help enterprises build safer, more capable agents

OpenAI has expanded the capabilities of its agent-building toolkit, as agentic AI continues to grow in popularity.

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TechCrunch Apr 15, 2026 at 18:38 Startups
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AI learning app Gizmo levels up with 13M users and a $22M investment

Gizmo, an AI-powered learning platform, has attracted more than 13 million users and just secured $22 million in Series A funding.

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AI-powered Gizmo Has Attracted Investment Gizmo
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TechCrunch Apr 15, 2026 at 18:33 Startups
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Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers

Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media a...

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Accountability Works A Thiel-backed Can AI Chilling Whistleblowers
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TechCrunch Apr 15, 2026 at 17:46 Startups
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This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M — now it’s aiming for more

Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs.

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