SpaceX has reportedly entered a major compute agreement with Reflection AI, an open-source-focused AI lab, granting the startup immediate access to Nvidia’s newest GB300 AI chips and the supporting hardware needed to run them at scale. The deal, as described…
If you’re planning to attend TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, there’s a deadline that matters more than most: pass rates are scheduled to increase on June 26, with the cutoff set for 11:59 p.m. PT. For founders who are already thinking…
In a landmark decision that is already being framed as a turning point for legal technology, an AI-first law firm has reportedly secured a win in a UK court case for the first time—after a freelancer challenged the value and…
Simon Johnson, the Nobel laureate and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, has delivered a blunt warning about the next phase of artificial intelligence: the world may not need as many white-collar workers as it used to. His…
Vibe-coding has been sold as a shortcut: describe what you want, let an AI generate the code, and ship faster than you ever could by hand. For many developers and non-developers alike, that promise is intoxicating—especially when the output looks…
China’s delivery boom has long been powered by people—riders on scooters, drivers in vans, and gig workers who absorb the daily churn of demand. But in a warning that lands like a marker on a timeline, the boss of JD.com…
Private equity has always had a particular kind of curiosity: not just “Is this company profitable?” but “What exactly makes it hard to copy?” In software, that question is notoriously difficult. A product can look simple on the surface—an interface,…
The Trump administration’s latest moves targeting Anthropic have triggered the kind of industry reaction that rarely follows a routine regulatory update. In Washington, enforcement actions are often framed as straightforward—compliance, safety, procurement rules, or licensing requirements. But in fast-moving AI…
At WWDC, Apple’s AI story understandably centered on Siri. The promise of a smarter, more capable assistant—one that can understand context, respond with greater fluency, and feel less like a command-line interface—was the kind of headline that travels fast. But…
Meredith Whittaker, a prominent voice in AI policy and safety, is urging the public to keep a clear mental model of what today’s chatbots actually are—and what they are not. In a message that has been widely repeated across tech…
In the Weights is launching with a deceptively simple promise: turn your AI “presence” into a single number. That might sound like the kind of vanity metric people roll their eyes at—until you realize how quickly “AI influence” has become…
In a move that reframes how the public can interrogate AI systems, The Atlantic has helped surface what is—until now—been largely hidden: the music collections used to train some of today’s most visible generative models. Reporter Alex Reisner uncovered four…