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TechCrunch OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks”

OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

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TechCrunch Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell

The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice c...

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operator...

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TechCrunch VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit

Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do's and don'ts...

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TechCrunch From Toast to Bessemer: Who founders will hear from at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the...

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TechCrunch Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early

A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.

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TechCrunch What some of Anthropic’s backers are worth before its IPO

Early-stage and follow-on investors in the AI lab are already sitting on major paper returns.

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TechCrunch Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics confirms patients’ personal and health data was compromised during breach

Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.

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TechCrunch Commonwealth Fusion Systems gets $85M to build better fusion-ready semiconductors

Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conduct...

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TechCrunch Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels

Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perpl...

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TechCabal Africa’s deep tech ambitions are running into an ecosystem raised on software

Africa’s deep tech ambitions are growing, but limited infrastructure, funding, talent and policy support make building harder.

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TechCabal Why Bolt is practically giving away its annual subscription in Kenya

Bolt Plus faces two rivals. Uber One costs KES 280 ($2) monthly and covers rides, food and groceries. Glovo Prime costs KES 400 ($...

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TechCabal How Derek Lubner is building a digital bridge between donors and non-profits

Derek Lubner’s iZinga Assist is using digital verification to help South African non-profits improve governance, build donor trust...

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TechCabal ‘Daddy’s girl, daughter of the farm’: Millicent Okumu’s road back to agriculture

Millicent Okumu doesn’t leave you wondering whether she believes what she is saying. She speaks with energy, with clarity about wh...

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TechCabal 👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Equity, but make it liquid

In today's edition: Flutterwave lets employees borrow against equity || CANAL+’s MultiChoice problem || South Africa wants telcos...

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TechCrunch Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony AI and Nvidia

The company plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.

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TechCrunch Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its US smart ring comeback

Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.

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TechCrunch Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear

Warhound, the brainchild of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enf...

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TechCrunch Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta

A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billiona...

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TechCrunch Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing

MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually,...

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TechCrunch The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say

At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polsia's Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips...

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TechCrunch Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia

Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its mak...

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TechCrunch As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier

The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.

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TechCrunch Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions

Third Dimension's technology uses AI to match the physical world, which when combined with Rivian's reams of data could turn into...

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