TechCrunch Disrupt Smart Money Stage will spotlight fintech and AI
TechCrunch Events says the new Disrupt 2026 stage will feature Circle, Robinhood, AmEx, Plaid and Airwallex on payments, AI and fi...
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Atoms funding round leads U.S. startup megadeals with $1.7 billion
Crunchbase says Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raised $1.7 billion, topping a week of large U.S. venture rounds across AI, biotech and fi...
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Anduril funding talks reportedly target a $100 billion valuation
Reuters says Anduril is discussing a new raise that could value the defense tech company near $100 billion, up from $61 billion in...
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Anthropic Opus 5 launches with lighter safeguards than Fable
Anthropic launched Opus 5, a cheaper Claude model with fewer restrictions than Fable and new fallback tools for blocked API prompt...
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Bluesky Attie Quests turns its AI feed builder into a research tool
Bluesky added Quests to Attie, letting users ask AI about trends and conversations across apps built on the AT Protocol.
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Midjourney Co-Star acquisition expands AI lab into astrology apps
Bloomberg reported that Midjourney bought Co-Star, adding a consumer astrology app with about 4.3 million monthly active users.
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Nvidia and Microsoft push back on open-weight AI restrictions
AI firms warned U.S. policymakers against broad open-weight AI limits as Washington weighs how to respond to Chinese models.
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General Catalyst leads $5M-plus fintech deals in Q2, Crunchbase says
Crunchbase data shows General Catalyst passed Y Combinator in Q2 fintech rounds of at least $5 million, even as YC led total deal...
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Enterprise AI resilience matters more than speed, Crafting CEO says
Crafting CEO Sumeet Vaidya says companies need AI systems that can switch models as prices, policies and security risks shift.
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AI guardrails frustrate cybersecurity researchers using frontier models
Security researchers told TechCrunch that OpenAI and Anthropic safeguards can block legitimate vulnerability work and push teams t...
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Meta RE100 exit lands as company expands natural gas power plans
Meta is no longer part of RE100 after a decade, as it funds gas plants tied to its AI data center power needs.
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AMD Helios AI rack targets Nvidia in data center AI systems
AMD says Helios will ship later this year, with Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, Oracle and Anthropic among planned customers.
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