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After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building “glasses for voice”

After losing his voice to cancer, this founder is building “glasses for voice”

Uhura Bionics, a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Battlefield 200, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that ca...

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Oura shelves its $2.2B IPO citing ‘uncertainty’ in the market

Oura shelves its $2.2B IPO citing ‘uncertainty’ in the market

The postponement of the IPO will delay some of the company's plans for its proceeds from the IPO, as well as those of it...

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With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox

With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox

The former Yahoo CEO is introducing a new AI personal assistant based entirely on your photos....

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Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses

Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses

The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers....

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Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix

Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix

Apple says the bug was used to attack "specific targeted individuals" running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple custom...

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Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps

Fireflies adds dictation to its desktop notetaking apps

Fireflies said that it won't charge extra for the new dictation feature, which can be used with any desktop app....

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OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites

The company also detailed how some of those breaches had happened, and outlined additional measures it is taking to asse...

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Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market

Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market

The round builds on a $30 million fundraise in February, taking the company's total funding to $140 million....

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Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech

Protego Ventures closes debut $125 million fund for Israeli defense tech

Protego Ventures, the first and largest dedicated defense tech VC in Israel, just completed its final $125 million closi...

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Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot

Ex-Tesla team raises $12.5M to put supply chains on autopilot

Atomic's agentic supply chain software is now being used by companies like DoorDash and HelloFresh....

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Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like c...

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Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort

Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are base...

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OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns

OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns

A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for ...

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Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds

Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds

Self-driving truck company Aurora laid out an audacious plan for 2030. Its CFO says its targets aren't aspirational....

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Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation

The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup's valuation from just four months ago....

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AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion

The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist....

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Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents

Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents

Shopify is expanding WebMCP support to checkout, allowing browser-based AI agents to update order details and complete p...

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Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather

Tesla delays Roadster 2 event again due to bad weather

Tesla says the event "can only be held outdoors," as it's expected to show the car flying in some form using SpaceX thru...

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The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it

The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it

Just like the rest of the U.S, data centers and AI are dividing climate tech founders and investors....

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Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents

Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents

As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more conventional enginee...

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Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner

Anthropic has released the newest version of its mid-range model, boasting faster response times and less token burn....

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Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature which built task-speci...

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OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity

OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity

On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the breath of the incidents s alarming....

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Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative

Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative

Meta says it will focus on bringing its full technology stack, including Muse, Meta Business Agent, Muse API, Muse Code,...

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The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman

The iPhone Duo may already have its first killer app: a virtual Walkman

An indie developer's upcoming app for the iPhone Duo is going viral for turning the new foldable into a virtual Walkman....

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Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Anthropic, Clay, and Gamma on what it takes for an AI product to go beyond the demo at the AI Stage at TechCrunchDisrupt...

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Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation

Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation

The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify....

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Mavi bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant

Mavi bets on the AI boom creating demand for a new kind of accountant

Accounting staffing company Mavi emerges from stealth with $4million in funding....

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FBI reportedly declares ‘cyber security incident’ after hackers steal agents’ personal data

FBI reportedly declares ‘cyber security incident’ after hackers steal agents’ personal data

The bureau has not yet publicly confirmed a breach, but has told its agents that their personal information and Social S...

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Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Next five VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world....

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Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite

Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite

Modulate deploys its models to detect deepfake, fraud and scam...

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Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is Oct. 2

Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is Oct. 2

The last day to book your Disrupt 2026 exhibit table is this Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Secure your exhibit tab...

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ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages

ElevenLabs’ new v4 speech model supports more expression control and 90 languages

ElevenLabs v4 can clone voices with a 10 second clip...

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time

SpaceX’s Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time

Though not without some drama along the way....

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Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M

Ocean surveillance startup Quartermaster raises another $140M

The tech enables real-time awareness for what Quartermaster calls the “largest blind spot on Earth.”...

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Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID

Truecaller takes its scam intelligence to the open web as it looks beyond caller ID

Truecaller finds a new way to reach users as pressure grows on its traditional caller ID business in India, its biggest ...

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Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump

This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump...

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Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

On Equity, we discussed how Meta's AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic....

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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment

"AI is the devil and I its maker."...

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TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is p...

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