timef 10/03/2025
- Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts techcrunch.com2025-10-03 23:04:58
Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
- Space defense, gravity, and connectivity with Bridgit Mendler, Even Rogers, and Max Haot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 techcrunch.com2025-10-03 23:00:00
The space economy is scaling fast — from defense to artificial gravity to satellite connectivity. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Bridgit Mendler, Even Rogers, and Max Haot will share what’s next on the Space Stage.
- The clock is ticking: Savings of up to 20% on group passes end tonight for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 techcrunch.com2025-10-03 22:00:00
The Founder Bundle Sale ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Save 15% on 4–9 Founder Passes and 20% off investor bundles to unlock sessions with leaders like Vinod Khosla, Aaron Levie, Jason Citron, and Karandeep Anand at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
- Flai is the latest startup bringing AI to car dealerships techcrunch.com2025-10-03 22:00:00
The YC-backed startup has raised a $4.5 million seed round as it looks to win over more businesses by replacing cumbersome phone trees with AI-powered software.
- Hacking group claims theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases techcrunch.com2025-10-03 21:17:43
The hacking group claims to have stolen about a billion records from companies, including FedEx, Qantas, and TransUnion, who store their customer and company data in Salesforce.
- New deep tech fund Wave Function Ventures raises $15 million techcrunch.com2025-10-03 21:00:11
Former SpaceX Falcon 9 engineer Jamie Gull, who started the fund, has already made nine investments.
- A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes techcrunch.com2025-10-03 21:00:00
Lore raises $1.1 million to build a personalized search engine for fandom culture.
- Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store techcrunch.com2025-10-03 20:53:28
Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration.
- How developers are using Apple’s local AI models with iOS 26 techcrunch.com2025-10-03 20:00:00
As iOS 26 is rolling out to all users, developers have been updating their apps to include features powered by Apple's local AI models.
- After nine years of grinding, Replit finally found its market. Can it keep it? techcrunch.com2025-10-03 12:58:16
While AI coding startups like Cursor raise brow-raising rounds on barely three years of existence, Replit's path to a $3 billion valuation has been anything but swift.
- Amazon to resume drone delivery following crash in Arizona techcrunch.com2025-10-03 07:30:23
Investigations by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are underway.
- Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in mostly blue states techcrunch.com2025-10-03 03:53:46
The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states most affected by the cuts voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
- Anthropic hires new CTO with focus on AI infrastructure techcrunch.com2025-10-03 03:00:39
Former Stripe CTO Rahuil Patil is joining Anthropic to fine-tune the company's infrastructure.
- OpenAI’s Sora soars to No. 3 on the U.S. App Store techcrunch.com2025-10-03 02:24:54
Sora becomes the No. 3 US app after 164K downloads in 2 days, making the AI video app an early hit.
- YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying techcrunch.com2025-10-03 02:06:25
YouTubers are no longer just creators, and in some cases, their side businesses are growing faster than their channels.
- Google’s Jules enters developers’ toolchains as AI coding agent competition heats up techcrunch.com2025-10-03 02:00:00
Jules is already being used by developers to complete code after experimenting on vibe-coding platforms.
- Threads takes on X with new communities feature techcrunch.com2025-10-03 01:00:00
Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.
- How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown techcrunch.com2025-10-03 00:05:22
Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.
- Celebrating the partners driving Disrupt’s big ideas, connections, and community techcrunch.com2025-10-03 00:00:00
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors, who bring world-class expertise, bold innovation, and community energy to every corner of the conference.
- Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in Harris-voting states techcrunch.com2025-10-02 23:49:27
The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
- Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT’s delusional spirals techcrunch.com2025-10-02 23:46:25
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities
