Why did Founders Fund invest $220 million in cattle management startup Halter?

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator.

It’s about to become more expensive for Claude Code subscribers to use Anthropic’s coding assistant with OpenClaw and other third-party tools.

Mikko Hyppönen is one of the most recognizable faces of the cybersecurity industry. After fighting computer viruses, worms, and malware, for more than 35 years, he tells TechCrunch why he is now working on systems to stop killer drones.

Glen Anderson, president of Rainmaker Securities, says the secondary market for private shares has never been more active — with Anthropic the hottest trade around, OpenAI losing ground, and SpaceX's looming IPO poised to reshape the landscape for everyone.

Lucid said it has resolved the problem and is not changing its guidance for 2026.

When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like it did.

Tesla's headcount fell from 21,191 workers to 16,506 workers in 2025, according to a report, as it grappled with its second straight year of declining sales.

In addition to Lightcap's new role, OpenAI CMO Kate Rouch will be stepping away from the company to focus on cancer recovery, with a plan to return when her health allows.

Anthropic has purchased the stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to The Information and Eric Newcomer.

With the midterms right around the corner, the new group is positioned to back candidates who support the AI company's policy agenda.

There are many apps to help you create a single place to organize your life or help you stay focused on your day-to-day tasks.

Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.

A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.

It's new era for Tesla — and one that will rely on its ability to launch the Cybercab and mass produce the Optimus robot.

CERT-EU blamed the cybercrime group TeamPCP for the recent hack on the European Commission, and said the notorious ShinyHunters gang was responsible for leaking the stolen data online.

Moonbounce has raised $12 million to grow its AI control engine that converts content moderation policies into consistent, predictable AI behavior.

The e-commerce giant called the surcharge "temporary" but couldn't give a date for when the policy would be retired.

The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February.

Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II.

TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative, Chris Lehane.

Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.

ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.

An exposed Amazon-hosted server allowed anyone to access reams of customer data without needing a password.

Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app

The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that the use of Paragon spyware is necessary to counter terrorists’ “thriving exploitation of encrypted communications platforms.”

The TSA wait times feature is one of many new additions to the United app, including automatic rebooking assistance and real-time time weather radar maps.

Realta Fusion is buying magnets from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, providing a revenue stop gap.

The company's deliveries in the first quarter were just 6% higher than last year, and Tesla now faces a third straight year of falling sales.

It is the path of least resistance for a growth-stage company to hire from the familiar Silicon Valley pipelines but if a founder wants a diverse team, that value has to be put into practice from the very first hire. 

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

Block says that the new feature has strong built-in protections to keep users from so-called debt spirals.

Blockchain trackers put the cryptocurrency heist in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is already on track to be the largest crypto theft in 2026 so far.

Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices.

Delve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.

Passengers in Baidu's robotaxis were trapped for up to two hours.

Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.

The record quarterly fundraise was largely fueled four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. But it also indicates a generally hot market.

The security update protects a raft of older iPhones and iPads from attacks linked to leaked hacking tools called DarkSword.

Meta's upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.

Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized videos through the app.

The Meta-owned company said it identified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of WhatsApp that was actually Italian-made spyware.

The firm says it can can reduce the cost of chip development by more than 75% and cut the timeline by more than half. 

The company has also lined up an unusually large 21 banks to manage the mega IPO, internally codenamed “Project Apex."

The American toymaking giant noted that it was continuing to "implement measures to secure its business operations," suggesting that the hackers may still be in the company's systems.

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The company struggled with quality issues when Gravity production started last year, and the new recall shows it's not out of the woods yet.