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- Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push techcrunch.com2026-05-05 23:31:37
Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.
- Kaspersky suspects Chinese hackers planted a backdoor into Daemon Tools in ‘widespread’ attack techcrunch.com2026-05-05 23:20:24
The cybersecurity company says it's seen thousands of infection attempts, and at least a dozen successful hacks after users installed malicious versions of the popular Windows software.
- Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure techcrunch.com2026-05-05 22:31:50
The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students' private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.
- Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage techcrunch.com2026-05-05 22:27:00
The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.
- ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors techcrunch.com2026-05-05 22:20:50
4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.
- ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Eva Longoria as new investors techcrunch.com2026-05-05 22:20:50
4. ElevenLabs reveals new investors, hits $500M ARR, and expands enterprise footprint as voice AI becomes a critical interface.
- CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents techcrunch.com2026-05-05 22:07:47
The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
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- India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality techcrunch.com2026-05-05 21:18:50
Krutrim's pivot to cloud after layoffs and limited product updates reflects the economic challenges of building AI models in India.
- Amazon bets Nobel Prize-based dehumidification can cut its energy use techcrunch.com2026-05-05 21:00:00
Amazon will buy a new type of HVAC system for its commercial buildings to slash energy use.
- Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff as part of broader restructuring techcrunch.com2026-05-05 20:35:46
The restructuring is aimed at addressing market volatility and increasing the use of AI tools to improve efficiency.
- Moment Energy raises $40M to meet ‘infinite demand for power’ with EV batteries techcrunch.com2026-05-05 20:00:00
The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.
- As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’ techcrunch.com2026-05-05 11:31:54
The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.
- Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO techcrunch.com2026-05-05 08:13:30
Enhanced geothermal startup Fervo Energy’s IPO could value the company at up to $6.5 billion.
- U.S. government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux techcrunch.com2026-05-05 06:21:32
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.
- OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO techcrunch.com2026-05-05 05:53:21
AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. It's relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.
- Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades techcrunch.com2026-05-05 03:12:49
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.
- Katie Haun raises $1 billion for new venture funds techcrunch.com2026-05-05 03:12:15
Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firm’s thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups.
- Hackers are still exploiting the cPanel bug to gain control of thousands of websites techcrunch.com2026-05-05 02:02:18
Days after the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in popular web hosting software cPanel and WHM, hackers keep targeting and hacking websites.
- Elon Musk’s only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race techcrunch.com2026-05-05 00:57:47
Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.
- Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious techcrunch.com2026-05-05 00:45:55
The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences.
- Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims techcrunch.com2026-05-05 00:36:03
Musk texted OpenAI's president and co-founder saying that he and CEO Sam Altman "will be the most hated men in America."
- Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services techcrunch.com2026-05-04 23:59:24
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have partnered with asset managers to more aggressively market their enterprise AI products.
