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Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026

Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battle...

It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Bat...

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Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’

Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national...

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's surveill...

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Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis

Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips ...

The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, ...

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Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma announces new features to define how agents work ...

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

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The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know 

The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everyt...

Year after year, investors who've explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and lea...

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48 hours to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — hear directly from the people building what’s next

48 hours to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — hear directly fro...

Less than 48 hours, TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 starts in San Francisco’s Moscone We...

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Reckoning’ is off to a weak start

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Social Reckoning’ is off to a weak start

What does this mean for a fall full of movies starring villainous tech CEOs?

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Will the HomeView be Apple’s first smart home success?

Will the HomeView be Apple’s first smart home success?

Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen multiple reports that Apple was workin...

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The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know

The founder’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everyth...

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is built around one question: How do you build an enduri...

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Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed

Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed

Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks an...

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Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal

Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show a...

A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV screen on November 19.

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Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect

Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct clai...

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensiti...

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Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website

Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on thi...

With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States...

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President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes

President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s hi...

Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump a...

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Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to riva...

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations...

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After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests

After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly ...

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up...