​X announced on Friday that it has partnered with Polymarket, naming it the platform’s official prediction market partner.  

​From acquiring stealth startups to larger ones, and from funding Series A to G, buyers and investors made for a busy news cycle.  

​Global investments in clean energy are likely to hit new highs in 2025, according to a new IEA report.  

​Of all the words in the dictionary, Sarah Franklin says “balance” is perhaps her favorite – especially when it comes to companies embracing AI. Franklin leads the Jack Altman-founded employee performance software company Lattice, which is now worth $3 billion. Both on stage at SXSW London and in conversation with TechCrunch, she spoke a lot […]  

​New AI models are dropping all the time, and existing models are getting better all the time. How can a startup build a sustainable business on top of all of changing infrastructure and evolving foundation models?  At TechCrunch Sessions: AI event, industry experts from DeepMind, Twelve Labs, and Amazon all shared their strategies for growing […]  

​OpenAI’s head of marketing, Kate Rouch, has announced she’s stepping away from her role for three months while she undergoes treatment for invasive breast cancer.  

​As AI tools become cheaper and more accessible, the stakes for safety and ethics have never been higher. ElevenLabs’ Head of AI Safety Artemis Seaford and Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica joined TechCrunch AI editor Kyle Wiggers for a critical discussion on the multitude of ethical challenges facing AI today.  From deepfakes to responsible deployment, they […]  

​AMD has acqui-hired the employees behind Untether AI.  

​The Congressional Creator Caucus will work to support the creator economy, which is estimated to be worth half-a-trillion dollars by 2027.  

​The recently-pardoned founder of Nikola, Trevor Milton, has been fighting a subpoena from the creditors of his bankrupt electric trucking company.