timef 02/07/2026
- Benchmark raises $225M in special funds to double down on Cerebras techcrunch.com2026-02-07 13:23:04
Benchmark Capital has been an investor in the Nvidia rival since 2016.
- An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax techcrunch.com2026-02-07 09:00:52
The organizer of the event swears it's not a joke.
- ‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now techcrunch.com2026-02-07 08:06:23
This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron.
- Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT techcrunch.com2026-02-07 07:53:43
Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months.
- From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads techcrunch.com2026-02-07 06:43:22
From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic's beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX.
- It just got easier for Claude to check in on your WordPress site techcrunch.com2026-02-07 06:04:59
WordPress users can now leverage Claude to analyze web traffic or find information about other internal site metrics.
- Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors techcrunch.com2026-02-07 05:23:50
The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch's review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.
- Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor techcrunch.com2026-02-07 04:26:29
The acquisition could mark the beginning of consolidation in the carbon removal market since removal costs remain higher than buyers would like to pay.
- Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all techcrunch.com2026-02-07 04:26:23
This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the Agentic leaderboards
- How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power techcrunch.com2026-02-07 02:46:51
Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is […]
- Reddit says it’s looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere techcrunch.com2026-02-07 02:33:36
Reddit said during earnings it's looking to buy 'capabilities' and 'companies.'
- Here’s how Roblox’s age checks work techcrunch.com2026-02-07 02:28:02
The company says it has continuous age check systems running in the background to ensure age accuracy.
- Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret U.S. government surveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘CIA activities’ techcrunch.com2026-02-07 02:02:44
The two-line letter to the CIA's director is the latest warning in recent years from a long-serving Democratic senator with knowledge of secret government programs and intelligence operations.
- The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is a pricey but pretty e-ink color tablet with AI features techcrunch.com2026-02-07 00:37:07
The price point hurts, but the device is nice: Meet the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft.
- EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine techcrunch.com2026-02-07 00:24:05
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app for being "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.
