Startups

Industry experts told TechCrunch that Kimi K3’s fast improvement is unlikely to be explained by simple distillation from Anthropic’s Fable model alone.

IBM is pushing back on the idea that artificial intelligence is killing the mainframe. After a sharp drop in the company’s stock last week tied to warnings about weaker mainframe sales, the message from IBM is that the…

Tesla is spending more aggressively just as several of its next-generation product plans appear to be moving more slowly than hoped. According to TechCrunch, the company’s revenue rose 26%, but that increase was not…

Atoms, the robotics and industrial-automation holding company built around Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick's Cloud Kitchens project, has raised $1.7 billion in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Bain Capital…

Substack has integrated Pangram, an AI-writing detection tool, directly into its platform, giving readers and writers a way to see estimates of how much of a given post, note, comment, or reply was likely written by a…

Browser developers are shifting focus from simple search results to intelligent, agentic assistants. From productivity-focused tools to mindful browsing, here are the platforms reshaping the web experience in 2026

Synthesia is moving its enterprise product strategy beyond generated videos and into interactive coaching tools designed to test whether training actually works. The British startup has launched Roleplay Sessions, a new…

Dimension Capital, a New York venture firm founded in late 2022 to invest at the crossroads of biotech and software, has closed an $800 million third fund — a 60% jump from the $500 million second fund it raised just 18…

New projections indicate data centers will consume one-fifth of U.S. electricity by 2035 as artificial intelligence infrastructure places unprecedented strain on the nation's aging electrical power grid

Instagram has launched a "Replace Audio" tool that lets creators swap the music on already-published feed posts and carousels without losing the likes, comments, shares, and reach those posts had already accumulated — a…

With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view their teen's time spent on Threads, set daily time limits, adjust sleep mode, and manage their privacy

Hardware startup Light has introduced the Light Flip, a minimalist, tactile alternative to the modern smartphone. The device aims to provide a stripped-back digital experience at a more accessible price point

Natural, a startup building payment infrastructure specifically for autonomous AI agents, has raised a $30 million Series A led by Forerunner Ventures, bringing its total funding to $40 million as it positions itself as…

Hugging Face confirmed a security breach last week that compromised internal datasets and credentials. The company has since patched the vulnerability while urging its user base to take immediate protective measures

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang secured major partnerships across Japan’s industrial ecosystem during a two-day Tokyo visit, targeting factory floors with physical AI projects.

From Honda to Tesla, major automakers are rapidly culling their American electric vehicle lineups due to shifting economic conditions, regulatory pressures, and new corporate priorities for the year 2026

Neil Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, argues that current AI-driven wealth accumulation will lead to inevitable redistribution, either through voluntary philanthropy or state-mandated tax intervention

Luxury phone maker Vertu is betting that high-net-worth executives will pay nearly seven thousand dollars for a foldable device anchored by a specialized AI agent designed for complex business workflows