timef 01/09/2026
- X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire techcrunch.com2026-01-09 21:59:24
Elon Musk's AI company has restricted Grok's controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.
- The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion techcrunch.com2026-01-09 21:00:00
In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the United States rests partly on our shoulders." It's the kind of statement certain to cause agita at rival firms.
- Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins techcrunch.com2026-01-09 17:00:00
Anthropic announces its first enterprise deal of 2026 which includes building agents and for, and giving Claude code, to Allianz.
- CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities techcrunch.com2026-01-09 08:35:00
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.
- Data security startup Cyera hits $9B valuation six months after being valued at $6B techcrunch.com2026-01-09 07:59:56
Cyera raised another $400 million just six months after its last huge round.
- Governments grapple with the flood of non-consensual nudity on X techcrunch.com2026-01-09 06:08:58
For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot — and governments around the world are promising to take action.
- GTMfund has rewritten the distribution playbook for the AI era techcrunch.com2026-01-09 03:27:16
Building software products has never been easier, so why are so many well-funded startups failing to take off no matter how good their product is? In this season finale episode of Build Mode, our guest has an answer: Startups have focused too much on product development and not enough on distribution excellence. Paul Irving is partner and […]
- Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market techcrunch.com2026-01-09 03:15:32
The infamous spyware maker released a new transparency report claiming to be a responsible spyware maker, without providing insight into how the company dealt with problematic customers in the past.
- EverNitro is simplifying the process of crafting silky nitro coffee at CES 2026 techcrunch.com2026-01-09 03:06:49
Get that silky-smooth nitro coffee at home without the wasteful cartridges with EverNitro.
- I watched LG’s new home robot CLOid do laundry but I have questions techcrunch.com2026-01-09 03:04:00
CES is always chock-full of robots, and this year electronics giant LG announced a new bot, dubbed CLOid, that it claims will revolutionize household chores (as in, you won't have to do them anymore).
- Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis techcrunch.com2026-01-09 02:35:14
Internet monitoring firms and experts say Iran’s internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities.
- OpenAI to acquire the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo techcrunch.com2026-01-09 02:11:14
OpenAI is acquiring the team behind executive coaching AI tool Convogo in an all-stock deal, adding to the firm's M&A spree.
- Anduril’s Palmer Luckey thinks the future of tech is in the past techcrunch.com2026-01-09 02:05:00
Luckey, who initially made his fortune in VR and now runs the defense contractor Anduril, and Ohanian both seemed to agree: Stuff was better in the old days.
- Disney+ is launching short-form videos this year techcrunch.com2026-01-09 01:59:45
The move comes as Disney launched a personalized vertical video feed in the ESPN app last year.
- The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026 techcrunch.com2026-01-09 01:46:19
From an AI panda pet to an anime girl hologram for your desk, here are the wildest products at CES 2026.
- Illinois health department exposed over 700,000 residents’ personal data for years techcrunch.com2026-01-09 01:30:11
The security lapse exposed personal information belonging to residents who received state benefits.
- Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront for its H200 AI chips techcrunch.com2026-01-09 01:29:31
Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval Stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain.
- Snowflake announces its intent to buy observability platform Observe techcrunch.com2026-01-09 01:00:49
Snowflake is bolstering its data stack to make the platform better suited to the sheer volume of data produced by AI agents.
- Go-to-market strategies for an AI era techcrunch.com2026-01-09 00:19:00
In the season finale of Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Paul Irving, partner and COO of GTMfund, to discuss go-to-market strategies for the AI era. Paul shares specific, actionable advice on how early-stage startups can win even when facing well-funded competitors who iterate at lightning speed. He also explains why distribution has become the final remaining moat when technical advantages disappear in months […]
- Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will face a jury in March techcrunch.com2026-01-09 00:17:12
District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said there was evidence suggesting OpenAI’s leaders made assurances that its original nonprofit structure would be maintained. The case will go to trial in March.
