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The back office problem that explains why specialists never call you back

May 8, 2026 at 04:42 · TechCrunch

Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about ...

Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

May 7, 2026 at 21:02 · TechCrunch

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the start...

Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark

May 7, 2026 at 20:10 · TechCrunch

The new benchmark rating applies to 2026 Tesla Model Y vehicles assembled on or after November 12, 2025.

May 8, 2026 at 04:42

The back office problem that explains why specialists never call you back

Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting wor...

May 7, 2026 at 21:02

Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading...

May 7, 2026 at 20:10

Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark

The new benchmark rating applies to 2026 Tesla Model Y vehicles assembled on or after November 12, 2025.

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May 8, 2026 at 04:42 TechCrunch

The back office problem that explains why specialists never call you back

Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is be...
May 7, 2026 at 21:02 TechCrunch

Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

AI startup Pit is led by the co-founders of European scooter giant Voi and backed by a16z, which is leading the startup’s $16 million see...
May 7, 2026 at 20:10 TechCrunch

Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new US driver assistance safety benchmark

The new benchmark rating applies to 2026 Tesla Model Y vehicles assembled on or after November 12, 2025.
May 7, 2026 at 19:06 TechCrunch

Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says

Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past comments about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI -- Bumble is even worki...
May 7, 2026 at 18:38 TechCrunch

Tome, another Goodreads book-tracker rival, shuts down

Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community -- creators who discuss and review books on TikTok -- the app offered ...
May 7, 2026 at 15:17 TechCrunch

Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air

The device comes with health and fitness tracking like 24/7 heart rate, heart rhythm monitoring with A-fib alerts, SpO2, resting heart ra...

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Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE

While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.

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Whoop’s fitness band is cool. Can it stay cool as the company grows?

Whoop founder Will Ahmed has spent 14 years building a health wearable beloved by elite athletes, and is now racing Oura — and the FDA, and the limits of consumer medicine — to ...

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Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.

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TechCrunch Mar 27, 2026 at 19:11 Startups
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Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO

SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the 'RAMmageddon' memory shortage.

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TechCrunch Mar 27, 2026 at 13:30 Startups
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OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court

When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rez...

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TechCrunch Mar 27, 2026 at 01:26 Startups
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David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead

Sacks will be much further from the power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.

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TechCrunch Mar 27, 2026 at 01:18 Startups
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Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga

A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.

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TechCrunch Mar 26, 2026 at 19:30 Startups
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16 of the most interesting startups from YC W26 Demo Day

From redirecting doomscrolling to training humanoid robots, these 16 startups stood out as the most interesting ones from an overflowing YC cohort.

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TechCrunch Mar 26, 2026 at 19:11 Startups
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Google Translate’s real-time headphone translations feature expands to iOS and more countries

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.

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TechCrunch Mar 26, 2026 at 18:05 Startups
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Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation, up 140%, after US Air Force deal

In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force.

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TechCrunch Mar 26, 2026 at 15:25 Startups
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ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Dreamina Seedance 2.0, comes to CapCut

The new model in CapCut will have built-in protections for making video from real faces or unauthorized intellectual property.

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TechCrunch Mar 26, 2026 at 13:00 Startups
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WhatsApp can now draft AI-generated responses based on your conversations

The Meta-owned messaging platform is also launching a way to free up space, the ability to touch up photos with Meta AI, and more.

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TechCrunch Mar 25, 2026 at 21:44 Startups
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The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

Anthropic finds AI isn’t replacing jobs yet, but early data shows growing inequality as experienced users gain an edge, raising concerns about future displacement and workforce ...

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