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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 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password

The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secur...

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TechCrunch Chinese hackers spied on thousands of companies after breaching IT giant ConnectWise

Microsoft points the blame for ConnectWise's breach at a China-aligned hacker, which relied on AI agents to rapidly hack into thou...

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TechCrunch Elon Musk made a $1B investment in Skydance, report says

The investment will provide a much-needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.

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TechCrunch Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots

Wearing cameras and sensor gloves, the startup’s human chemists will train robots to perform various lab tasks.

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TechCrunch Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says its AI outperforms doctors on hard cases as he chases ‘medical superintelligence’

Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the impro...

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TechCrunch OpenAI makes its Jev competitor widely available as decision model competition heats up

OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?

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TechCrunch Canva releases its first image generation model

Canva is making its new image model available to all users, promising better, more customizable performance at lower costs.

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TechCabal A new live tech show wants to change African tech coverage

Fatu Ogwuche is launching a weekly live technology show, betting that African tech audiences want to hear directly from the founde...

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TechCrunch TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Startup Battlefield 200: Celebrating outstanding achievements

Among the Startup Battlefield 200 were many industry-defining companies exhibiting and pitching on the Showcase Stage. Here are th...

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TechCrunch Developer platform Railway urges ‘all users’ to revoke secret keys after cyberattack

The vibe-coding platform said all of its customers should revoke and rotate their private keys, after hackers were able to decrypt...

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TechCrunch DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions

DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion in one of China's largest funding rounds, just days after the U.S. ordered federal agen...

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TechCrunch Nirva raises $33M for a pendant that only listens to you

Nirva will ship its $249 ambient AI pendant by the end of the year.

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TechCrunch Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants

Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with elect...

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TechCabal Spend first, measure later: Inside African banking’s AI boom

African banks are scaling AI, but proving its financial returns remains difficult.

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TechCabal Africa’s stablecoin promise breaks at the off-ramp

While stablecoins offer rapid finality for cross-border payments in Africa, high conversion costs, thin local liquidity, and stric...

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TechCabal Flutterwave employees can borrow against shares without selling them

Flutterwave employees can now borrow money with their shares and keep them, as the $3.25 billion fintech begins to offer loans to...

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TechCrunch Uber puts all 30,000 employees on ChatGPT Work

The ride-share giant previously deployed a much smaller pilot for ChatGPT Work but is now taking the enterprise agent company-wide...

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TechCrunch Tesla is prepping a Cybercab onslaught

The company is looking to roll out the gold two-seater robotaxis to other U.S. cities this year, even as it goes mum on the number...

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TechCrunch Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown, but calls it a ‘routine improvement’

Spotify told investors its rollout of QR code verification to ensure Family Plan members live in the same household is not a "crac...

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TechCrunch Investors break down how founders can raise a Series A today

Raising a Series A these days isn't so simple — top investors break down what founders need to know now.

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TechCrunch Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose

Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström explains why the rise of AI agents could be good news for the music service.

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TechCrunch Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents

Claude Duet is available through waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.

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TechCabal One platform, many realities: Yango’s playbook for scaling across Africa

Adeniyi Adebayo, Yango’s Chief Business Officer speaks on scaling digital services across fragmented African markets.

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