As the memory shortage continues to cause trouble for hardware makers, Amazon says it is now being forced to pass on the costs to its consumers.
Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Replit CEO Amjad Masad will share his perspective on the future of programming and Replit’s role in developing it.
Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
Early testers are raving about what Instinct can do, but some say the AI assistant’s sweeping access, broad terms and ability to act on users’ behalf come with uncomfortable trade-offs
Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics
General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 billion pre-money valuation from new investors including Valor Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Seven Seven Six.
OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?
Inside the frontier lab’s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.
Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny
In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to “deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb” to slow it down and avoid a “catastrophic intersection collision.”
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders’ feeling of responsibility to community, doubts arise as to whether a sale will happen.
US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards
Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.
Who’s behind the new ‘stealth model’ Ox Alpha?
A mysterious new AI model called Ox Alpha has driven certain corners of the internet into a frenzy of speculation.
Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions
The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825 million in the second largest penalty issued under Europe’s GDPR.