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When Donnell Beverly Jr. decided to launch end-of-life planning startup Eazewell after the loss of both of his parents, he knew exactly who to call to help launch the business: longtime friend, and ni

AI isn’t just crunching data — it’s helping humans dream bigger. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, three leaders from TwelveLabs, Wonder Dynamics (an Autodesk company), and Pocket Entertainment, at the inte

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OpenAI is leaving few stones unturned in the race to build compute capacity for its AI efforts. The ChatGPT maker on Wednesday said it had struck agreements with two of the world’s biggest manufacture

On Wednesday, Google offered an early preview of its next flagship smart home device, the AI-powered Google Home speaker, launching in spring 2026. The device, priced at $99, will be built around the

New York City regulators have extended Waymo’s autonomous vehicle testing permit through the end of the year, the company said Wednesday. The permit was initially granted in August to allow Waymo to t

Character.AI received a cease-and-desist letter from Disney, urging the chatbot company to remove Disney characters from among the millions of AI companions on its platform, Variety reports. The compa

California just made history as the first state to require AI safety transparency from the biggest labs in the industry. Governor Newsom signed SB 53 into law this week, mandating that AI giants like

In a video on OpenAI’s new TikTok-like social media app Sora, a never-ending factory farm of pink pigs are grunting and snorting in their pens — each is equipped with a feeding trough and a smartphone

Several current and former OpenAI researchers are speaking out over the company’s first foray into social media: the Sora app, a TikTok-style feed filled with AI-generated videos and a lot of Sam Altm

Sequoia-backed AI design startup Visual Electric said that it is joining search startup Perplexity today. The company noted on its site that the team would be joining a new Agent Experiences group at

OpenAI has sold $6.6 billion in shares held by current and former employees, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The sale pushed OpenAI’s total valuation to $500 billion, the highest ever achiev

Ticktock! The Founder and Investor Bundle sale for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 ends tomorrow, October 3, at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, founders will no longer be able to register in bulk at a discount, an

高德首款具身机器人将亮相 4月14日，据高德消息，高德首款具身机器人产品将在2026亦庄机器人半马赛事上首次公开亮相。该产品来自高德具身业务部，是一款四足机器人，为阿里巴巴集团推出的首款具身机器人产品。据悉，这款机器人将在比赛现场的开放环境下，通过自主感知、决策与交互，完成一系列任务挑战。 Seedance 2.0全面开放API服务 4月14日，火山引擎宣布正式上线Seedance 2.0系列AP

On Thursday, Andreessen Horowitz released its first AI Spending Report in partnership with the fintech firm Mercury. Using transaction data from Mercury, the report analyzes the top 50 AI-native appli