timef 02/03/2026
- PayPal hires HP’s Enrique Lores as its new CEO techcrunch.com2026-02-03 22:15:28
PayPal is appointing CFO and COO Jamie Miller as interim CEO until March 1.
- Peak XV says internal disagreement led to partner exits as it doubles down on AI techcrunch.com2026-02-03 22:14:33
Peak XV is transitioning board roles and opening a U.S. office while continuing to view India as its largest market.
- India’s Supreme Court to WhatsApp: ‘You cannot play with the right to privacy’ techcrunch.com2026-02-03 20:38:05
India's top court is investigating WhatsApp’s data-sharing model, monopoly power, and user consent.
- Vema predicts cheap hydrogen could change where data centers are built techcrunch.com2026-02-03 20:15:49
Vema Hydrogen drills wells to stimulate hydrogen production deep underground, which could result in some of the cheapest hydrogen available.
- Avalanche thinks the fusion power industry should think smaller techcrunch.com2026-02-03 19:00:00
Avalanche has raised $29 million in fresh funding to pursue its unique approach to fusion power, which can currently fit on a table.
- Fintech CEO and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum has been charged for alleged fraud techcrunch.com2026-02-03 08:16:14
The startup CEO says she plans to publicly address the charges this week.
- Waymo raises $16B to scale robotaxi fleet internationally techcrunch.com2026-02-03 07:04:33
The round, led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital, now values the autonomous vehicle company at $126 billion.
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space techcrunch.com2026-02-03 06:21:57
The merger creates the world's most valuable private company, and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers.
- China is leading the fight against hidden car door handles techcrunch.com2026-02-03 05:55:38
The Chinese government issued a new rule that goes into effect January 1, 2027.
- Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI techcrunch.com2026-02-03 05:15:03
Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI.
- Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelator for students nationwide techcrunch.com2026-02-03 04:39:59
Two Stanford students announced Monday that they have raised $2 million for an accelerator program called Breakthrough Ventures, which seeks to fund the businesses of college students and recent graduates nationwide.
- Two Stanford students launch $2M startup accelerator for students nationwide techcrunch.com2026-02-03 04:39:59
"Breakthrough’s purpose is to fill in the funding and opportunity gap that exists in many of these ecosystems because students have historically lacked access to capital and the networks required to launch their entrepreneurial pursuits," co-founder Roman Scott said.
- What Snowflake’s deal with OpenAI tells us about the enterprise AI race techcrunch.com2026-02-03 03:09:44
Snowflake is the latest enterprise to sign multi-year deals with multiple AI companies in what could be a sign to come of a future trend.
- Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features techcrunch.com2026-02-03 02:34:45
Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.
- Grubhub waives delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50 techcrunch.com2026-02-03 02:22:43
In a bold move to close the gap with rivals, Grubhub is waiving delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50.
- OpenAI launches new MacOS app for agentic coding techcrunch.com2026-02-03 02:19:31
OpenAI has released a new MacOS app for Codex, integrating many of the agentic coding practices that have become popular since Codex launched last year.
- Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months techcrunch.com2026-02-03 02:09:34
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
