timef 03/28/2026
- Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing techcrunch.com2026-03-28 22:15:00
Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year.
- What will power the grid in 2035? The race is wide open techcrunch.com2026-03-28 21:05:00
Fusion, fission, and even natural gas are appeared tied in the race to deliver new power to the grid in the early 2030s.
- Let’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback techcrunch.com2026-03-28 21:00:00
Boomboxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices available.
- From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day techcrunch.com2026-03-28 20:00:00
We polled nearly a dozen VCs to find out which W26 startups are the sought after in the batch.
- Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom techcrunch.com2026-03-28 10:31:10
Whoop founder Will Ahmed has spent 14 years building a health wearable beloved by elite athletes, and is now racing Oura — and the FDA, and the limits of consumer medicine — to turn it into something that could one day save your life.
- Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again techcrunch.com2026-03-28 07:59:40
The deal would effectively double the company's $5.6 billion valuation in just four months.
- Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO techcrunch.com2026-03-28 05:44:45
Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.
- Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO techcrunch.com2026-03-28 03:11:28
SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the 'RAMmageddon' memory shortage.
- Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart techcrunch.com2026-03-28 03:11:10
Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.
- European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach techcrunch.com2026-03-28 01:59:29
The European Union's top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission's cloud storage.
- Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation techcrunch.com2026-03-28 01:05:26
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
- Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen techcrunch.com2026-03-27 23:47:03
The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW's EVs.
- OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court techcrunch.com2026-03-27 21:30:00
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back. That tension is everywhere […]
