OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says lack of compute capacity is delaying the company's products | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted a lack of compute capacity is one factor preventing the company from shipping products as often as it'd like.
Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system | TechCrunch
Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are
Ford pauses F-150 Lightning production as Tesla Cybertruck heats up | TechCrunch
Ford will pause production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck starting in mid-November for almost two months as it struggles with decreased
OpenAI launches its Google challenger, ChatGPT Search | TechCrunch
OpenAI has launched its Google challenger: ChatGPT Search. It lets ChatGPT users more easily search the web for up-to-date info.
Elon Musk skipped a hearing in Philly about his super PAC's payouts to voters | TechCrunch
Elon Musk skipped a hearing in Philly about his super PAC's plan to continue awarding voters $1 million per day for signing a petition.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hints at an 'agentic' Alexa | TechCrunch
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy hinted at an improved, "agentic" version of the company's Alexa assistant during Amazon's Q3 2024 earnings call.
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is 'very short-staffed' amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama | TechCrunch
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says the company is "short-staffed" amid WordPress's ongoing drama with WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress.
MealMe, the startup integrating food ordering tech into apps, picks up $8M | TechCrunch
MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail ordering into consumer apps and websites, announced on Thursday that it secured $8 million in MealMe, a unified API that embeds food and retail orderi
Buddy.ai is using AI and gaming to help children learn English as a second language | TechCrunch
Buddy.ai wants to help children learn by using an AI character as a means to be able to practice whenever they want.
WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic' | TechCrunch
WordPress co-founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg, speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Wednesday, said he's not worried that the recent
Rivian's chief software officer says in-car buttons are 'an anomaly' | TechCrunch
The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2024 is . . . Salva Health | TechCrunch
Over the last three days, 20 startups participated in the incredibly competitive Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt. These 20 companies were
Zoox co-founder on Tesla self-driving: 'they don't have technology that works' | TechCrunch
Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson doesn't believe Tesla will launch a robotaxi ride-hailing service in California (or anywhere else) next year
Matt Mullenweg talks about Automattic's staffing issues and financials at TechCrunch Disrupt | TechCrunch
WordPress co-creator and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg talked about his fight with WP Engine, Automattic's staffing issues, and the company's
Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas humanoid executes autonomous automotive parts picking | TechCrunch
Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid has been quietly improving by leaps and bounds behind the scenes. Announced in April, we caught some brief insight into the
Zoox custom robotaxis are finally coming to San Francisco and Las Vegas | TechCrunch
Amazon-owned AV company Zoox will start rolling out dozens of its purpose-built autonomous vehicle in San Francisco and in Las Vegas in the coming weeks,
Modash is flipping the influencer marketing script by connecting brands with the long tail of creators | TechCrunch
Estonia-based startup Modash has raised a $12 million Series A led by henQ, a Dutch VC firm that prides itself in "funding the odd ones." And what's odd
Equity Live: Bret Taylor’s $4.5 billion startup and Waymo’s $5.6 billion round | TechCrunch
The Equity podcast was live at Disrupt 2024, covering the latest deals from Waymo, Bret Taylor's AI startup Sierra, and General Catalyst.
Betaworks focuses on AI applications in its latest Camp | TechCrunch
For its most recent Camp, VC and accelerator Betaworks was on the lookout for startups building native applications made possible by AI. The program was
Dropbox is laying off 20% of its staff | TechCrunch
Dropbox is laying off 20% of its staff as the cloud storage company undergoes what CEO Drew Houston calls a "transitional period."
Google says its next-gen AI agents won't launch until 2025 at the earliest | TechCrunch
Google won't ship tech from Project Astra, its effort to build AI apps and 'agents' for real-time, multimodal understanding, until 2025 at the earliest.
Hummingbirds, a platform that connects local creators with brand campaigns in their area, raises $5.4M | TechCrunch
Hummingbirds is a female-founded startup that connects hyperlocal content creators with locally-based brands that reward them for sharing products with Hummingbirds connects hyperlocal content creator