Startup Battlefield 200 is back, and this time the clock is ticking a little faster than usual. Applications are open right now, but founders only have until May 27 to get their companies in front of one of the most…
For more than a decade, self-driving technology has lived in the space between promise and proof. The headlines were always close—an autonomous vehicle that could handle a tricky intersection, a system that could navigate a route with impressive confidence, a…
If you’ve been circling TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on your calendar but hesitated at the price tag, there’s a short window to change the math. TechCrunch Events is running a limited-time promotion that gives attendees a chance to save up to…
Spotify is rolling out a new command-line tool called Save to Spotify, and it’s aimed squarely at a very specific kind of user: people who don’t just “use AI,” but build repeatable workflows where an AI agent turns research into…
Google’s latest move in health tech looks, at first glance, like a throwback—then like a deliberate bet on what wearables should become in the age of AI. The Fitbit Air, a new screenless $99 wristband, is being positioned as a…
Moonshot AI’s latest funding round is being framed as a bet on open-source momentum, but the more interesting story is how quickly “open” is turning into “commercial.” The company has reportedly raised $2 billion at a valuation of about $20…
Spotify is reportedly moving to make AI-generated audio feel less like a novelty and more like a practical, everyday publishing workflow. The company’s latest push—according to coverage of its plans—centers on letting users create a podcast using AI tools such…
The driverless car revolution is no longer being decided in laboratories. It’s being decided on streets—by the companies that can turn prototypes into dependable services, and by the governments and cities that are willing to let those services operate long…
Spotify’s AI DJ has always been about one thing: turning a music library into something that feels like a living broadcast. Not just playlists on shuffle, but a host—someone (or something) that can read the room, respond to what you’ve…
Across much of the developing world, the promise of “leapfrogging” has always sounded both exciting and slightly out of reach. Exciting, because new technologies can sometimes bypass the slow, expensive build-out that earlier generations of countries had to endure. Out…
AI hyperscalers have long been judged on a simple question: are their earnings being pulled higher by the real engine of demand—cloud usage, data centre build-outs, and the accelerating spend behind AI workloads? But in recent reporting cycles, investors have…
Europe’s AI ambitions are no longer a question of whether the continent can build smart systems. The real question is whether it can build them at the speed, scale, and cost that the United States and China have come to…