​Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.  

​This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences.   

​Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris […]  

​Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.  

​Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.  

​Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search  

​A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.  

​If you’ve been thinking about applying to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, this is it — applications close tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Only accepting local Bay Area applicants.  

​The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users’ delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations — including the death of a teenage boy by suicide.