Micron’s latest results landed like a jolt to the memory market—one that investors have been waiting for, and one that may help explain why AI-linked semiconductor stocks have been able to hold up even when other parts of the tech…
Even as ChatGPT continues to dominate the broader AI assistant conversation, a quieter shift is happening in the part of the market that matters most: the paid tier. New reporting points to a growing preference among consumers who actually pay…
As Anthropic and OpenAI move closer to potential IPO milestones, the competitive pressure around them is changing shape. The challenge is no longer only about who can train the biggest model or publish the most impressive benchmark results. It’s increasingly…
General Intuition’s latest funding round is drawing attention for a simple reason: it’s betting that the fastest way to teach AI agents “real-world intuition” may not be through real-world data at all. Instead, the company is scaling training pipelines built…
AI’s power bill has become one of the most important—and least understood—constraints in the race to build smarter systems. For years, the conversation has centered on model size, benchmark scores, and the speed at which new capabilities appear. But behind…
General Intuition’s latest funding push is drawing attention for a simple reason: it treats video games less like entertainment and more like an industrial-scale training ground for machine intelligence. The company, which has been building toward AI agents that can…
Netris has raised $15 million in Series A funding from a16z, aiming to tackle one of the least glamorous—and most time-consuming—parts of building AI infrastructure: getting the networking layer ready quickly enough that teams can actually start deploying models and…
With just two days left before Early Bird pricing expires, TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is quickly moving from “something to consider later” to “something you’ll want to lock in now.” The event—positioned as a high-signal gathering for founders, investors, and…
Adobe has agreed to acquire Topaz Labs, the company behind widely used image and video enhancement tools, and plans to fold those capabilities into Adobe’s creative ecosystem. The announcement signals a clear strategic direction for Adobe: rather than treating “enhancement”…
SoftBank’s latest strategic manoeuvres are once again being framed in the market with a phrase that has become both shorthand and a mild rebuke: “SoftBank doing SoftBank things.” It’s a line that captures the company’s tendency to move quickly, pivot…
Companies are no longer asking whether artificial intelligence can deliver value. Most executives have moved past that question. The real debate has shifted to something far less glamorous: why so many organisations still struggle to turn AI pilots into repeatable,…
Anthropic’s latest hire is being framed as a small staffing move with outsized implications: the company has brought in an economist whose work, according to reporting, touches on “human survival” under conditions where advanced AI systems become more capable. The…