A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner â and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI coding challenge launched by Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski. The winner was a Brazilian […]
When DeepSeek, Alibaba, and other Chinese firms released their AI models, Western researchers quickly noticed they sidestepped questions critical of the Chinese Communist Party. U.S. officials later confirmed that these tools are engineered to reflect Beijingâs talking points, raising concerns about censorship and bias. American AI leaders like OpenAI have pointed to this as justification […]
The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race.
Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings.
The AI Action Plan offers a path, but not a concrete plan, for what the administration is thinking when it comes to chip export restrictions.
The Trump administration published its much-anticipated AI Action Plan Wednesday, signaling a sharp shift away from former President Bidenâs cautious approach to addressing the risks of AI, and toward a focus on speed, sovereignty, national security, and competing with China.
Google announced a handful of new features that will allow users to get more creative with their photo memories, including an option to turn photos into videos, and "remix" photos into different styles, like anime, comics, sketches or 3D animations.
The image to video feature lets creators turn a picture from their camera roll into a a six-second video.
Less than a week after becoming Europeâs latest unicorn, Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable has now crossed the $100 million annual recurring revenue mark.
Proton's new AI assistant Lumo promises to keep user data private with zero-access encryption, no logging, and an incognito mode.
Here's everything we know about President Trump's AI Action Plan, a roadmap for the administration's approach to AI.
Gupshup has raised over $60 million in a new round over four years after attaining the unicorn status.
Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup Bee, which makes a bracelet and an Apple Watch app that record your day-to-day life to function as an AI assistant.
OpenAI was customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.
Apple launches iOS 26 beta 4 for developers with updates to Liquid Glass and AI notification summaries, ahead. A public beta is expected later this week.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where breakthrough ideas meet the real-world challenges that define the future â and with over 10,000 startup and VC leaders converging, thereâs no better place to have the hard conversations. One of the most urgent? How artificial intelligence is reshaping national defense, security, and critical infrastructure in real time. Enter AI […]
AI isnât just disrupting products â itâs upending how companies sell, scale, and succeed. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27â29 in San Francisco, weâre diving deep into how late-stage startups are navigating this shift. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market […]
Karun Kaushik and Selin Kocalar werenât planning to raise a Series A so soon. Their AI compliance startup, Delve, which announced a $3 million seed round in January, was growing fast and signing customers at a steady clip. Then, inbound interest started rolling in, COO Kocalar told TechCrunch. Delve, which automates regulatory compliance with AI […]
Startup Mixus has built an AI agent platform that not only keeps humans in the workflow, but also allows those humans to interact with agents directly from their email or Slack.Â
The company claims that its model achieved state of the art on specific metrics.
South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI announced a partnership on Tuesday to supply its AI chip, RNGD, to enterprises using LG AI Research‘s recently unveiled EXAONE platform. RNGD is optimized for running large language models (LLMs) and just last week, the Korean tech giant LG unveiled its next-generation hybrid AI model EXAONE 4.0. The collaboration […]
OpenAI and Google's AI models achieved impressive results in a difficult math competition, but disputed how the other got their score.
ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from global users every day.
72% of US teens have tried AI companions and 52% said they use the regularly.
Grok's unfiltered AI companions may be making headlines for their unhinged and NSFW responses, but it's Grok 4 that's driven the app's revenue of late.
Rune Technologies raised $24 million to advance deployment of TyrOS, AI-enabled predictive software for military logistics that can run on the ground without internet connection.
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The Browser Company has launched an official repository of "skills" for its Dia browser â shortcuts for prompts that are used frequently.
Cartken started seeing an influx of demand for its last-mile delivery robots from industrial customers and is now focused on that sector.
Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that itâs being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf startup Jeff Wang took to X to offer more details about the drama and uncertainty around the deal. Windsurf was previously reported to be in acquisition talks with OpenAI, but that deal fell apart, with Google DeepMind instead hiring the startupâs […]
AI tools are increasingly asking for gross levels of access to your personal data under the guise of needing it to work.
Pig.dev was working on a problem that could have been revolutionary: agent tech for controlling Windows desktops.
The probe into the acquisition, which was announced in March, began in June according to sources familiar with the matter.
Cursor-maker Anysphere is snapping up top talent from AI enterprise startups in an effort to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot.
Mistral AI, the French company behind AI assistant Le Chat and several foundational models, is officially regarded as one of Franceâs most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. But compared to its $6 billion valuation, its global market share is still relatively low. However, the recent […]
DuckDuckGo's new search feature comes as the internet is being flooded with AI-generated slop.
Meta will not sign the EU's new rules, calling the implementation "over-reach"
Netflix said it used gen AI for the first time for a scene in an Argentinean show called El Atonata.
Perplexity is quietly expanding into India to compete with OpenAI in the next phase of AI adoption.
Claude Code users have been hit with unexpectedly restrictive usage limits. The problems, many of which have been aired on Claude Codeâs GitHub page, seem to be concentrated among heavy users of the service, many of whom are on the $200-a-month Max plan.Â
OpenAI announced the launch of ChatGPT agent, which the company claims to be its most capable AI agent product yet.
French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot on Thursday that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google. The new update includes a âdeep researchâ mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing.Â
San Francisco-based startup Confident Security wants to be âthe Signal for AI." The company just came out of stealth with $4.2 million and a tool that wraps around AI models to guarantee data stays private.
The U.S. is reportedly holding up the deal due to concerns that AI chips could be smuggled to China from the UAE.
Only eight months after its launch, Sweden's Lovable has raised a $200 million Series A round led by Accel at a $1.8 billion valuation.
QpiAI, an Indian startup that integrates AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new funding round co-led by the Indian government.
Scale AI is cutting 14% of the company just weeks after Meta invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its CEO.
The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company's technological advances.
U.S. Commerce Secretary said Nvidia's plans to start selling its H20 chips are tied to ongoing trade discussions with China regarding REEs.
The company is hiring for the role of "Fullstack Engineer - Waifus," or, creating AI-powered anime girls for people to fall in love with.
Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup that uses AI to generate human-sounding voices.
Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford University.
One Elon Musk business might be making a big investment in another.
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A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues. 404 Media wrote about an experiment conducted by a class at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research that resulted in the creation of two AI agents or avatars â Amina, a fictional woman […]
In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was âhorrific behavior.â The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok, as opposed to an AI-generated explanation for Grokâs posts. (xAI recently acquired X, where Grok is prominently featured.)
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday the company is delaying the release of its open model indefinitely.
Notably, Google is not taking a stake in Windsurf and will not have any control over the company.
Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools, but However, a new study calls into question the extent to which today's AI coding tools enhance productivity for experienced developers.
Devin wonât replace humans developers at the bank. It will be supervised by them, CIO says.
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Helios, a startup aiming to build an AI-powered operating system for policy professionals, has raised $4 million in seed funding.
RealSense is building vision tech that helps machines like robots and drones navigate and respond to a 3D world.
This raises real questions around how "maximally truth-seeking" Grok is designed to be, versus how much it's designed to just agree with Musk, the world's richest man.
Amazon Web Services is launching an AI agent marketplace and Anthropic is one of its partners.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is the epicenter where 10,000+ startup and VC leaders gather to explore the future of innovation â and this year, two AI Stages bring the intersection of design and machine learning into sharp focus. Weâre thrilled to welcome Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, co-founder and chief design officer at Runway, to one of the […]
After former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger capped off a 40+ year career at the semiconductor giant in December, many wondered where would Gelsinger go next. On Thursday, the former Intel CEO revealed one piece of his next chapter: trying to ensure AI models support a flourishing humanity. In partnership with a “faith tech” company he […]
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Nvidia plans to release a chip that is retrofitted from an existing Blackwell processor that was modified to meet chip export rules.
Google said on Thursday it’s adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app. The company had already rolled out this feature in its AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched in May at Google’s I/O developer conference. After launching Veo 3-powered video generation in May, Google […]
Elon Musk said in a post on X early Thursday morning that Grok â the chatbot from his AI company, xAI â will be coming to Tesla vehicles âvery soon.â âNext week at the latest,â he said.
LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.
While highly sought after, federal software contracts frequently come with a hidden cost: Achieving government SaaS security compliance, known as FedRAMP, can take years and require substantial resources. Achieving this certification typically takes up to three years and costs more than $3 million, covering everything from security operations engineer salaries to security audits, according to […]
Diligent Robotics hired Cruise's former chief operating officer and former head of AI and robotics into c-suite positions.
Google on Thursday announced the second cohort to take part in its AI Academy American Infrastructure Academy, which seeks to support companies using AI to address issues such as cybersecurity, education, and transportation. The four-month program is designed for companies at a seed to Series A stage and provides equity-free support and resources like leadership […]
Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads. In March, the Indian government scrapped its 6% levy on digital advertisements, effective […]
Elon Muskâs AI company, xAI, late on Wednesday released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 4, and unveiled a new $300-per-month AI subscription plan, SuperGrok Heavy. Grok is xAIâs answer to models like OpenAIâs ChatGPT and Googleâs Gemini, and can analyze images and respond to questions. In recent months, Grok has become more deeply integrated into Muskâs social […]
Cluely, the startup that until recently marketed itself as a "cheat on everything" tool, is moving away from cheating.
Microsoftâs chief commercial officer Judson Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone.Â
California State Senator Scott Wiener on Wednesday introduced new amendments to his latest bill, SB 53, that would require the world’s largest AI companies to publish safety and security protocols and issue reports when safety incidents occur. If signed into law, California would be the first state to impose meaningful transparency requirements onto leading AI […]
OpenAI's browser is said to use AI to rethink how users browse the web, keeping some user interactions inside ChatGPT instead of linking out to websites.
YouTube's creator liaison said the change is a "minor" update to YouTube's longstanding policies.
Adrian Holovaty, founder of music-teaching platform Soundslice, finally solved a months-long mystery: weird images of ChatGPT sessions kept being uploaded to the site.
AI-powered coding tools like Cursor, Replit, Claude Code, and Lovable are helping developers write many lines of code every day to ship products faster. However, app makers still have to rely on either shipping full beta versions of their apps or using simulation software to gauge how upcoming features will work. Blok, a company that […]
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI conversation goes deeper than just the latest models. On one of the AI Stages, Edo Liberty, founder and CEO of Pinecone, will deliver a session that challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in the field â that raw intelligence alone is enough. With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders […]
iMerit is making its Scholars program widely available. It's a team of experts to fine-tune generative AI models for enterprise applications and, increasingly, foundational models.
Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup’s latest effort to challenge Google Search as the primary avenue people use to find information online. At launch, Comet will be available first to subscribers of Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan, as well as a small group of invitees that signed up […]
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Google is rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, the company announced on Wednesday.
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ZeroEntropy is serving up retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) through an API. It's landed Initialized, a16z Scout and a long list of angels, as investors.
Hugging Face is releasing two versions of its desktop robot meant for designing and coding AI applications.
AI infrastructure startup LangChain is raising a new round at about $1 billion valuation led by IVP.
A new report estimates that AI will be a larger-than-ever part of the online shopping process during Amazon’s Prime Day sale, which began Tuesday morning. Amazon’s annual sale, which this year spans four days (July 8-11), is predicted to drive $23.8 billion in online spending across U.S. e-commerce retailers, as other businesses run their own […]
French AI startup Mistral is in talks to raise up to $1 billion in equity from investors including Abu Dhabiâs MGX fund, reports Bloomberg.
Replit is one of the breakout stars of the vibe coding world. This partnership is a good deal for both companies.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27â29, bringing together more than 10,000 startup and VC leaders for a deep dive into the future of technology. One of the most compelling conversations on one of the AI Stages will feature a panel of innovators redefining what intelligent systems can do â […]