Innovation
Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch | TechCrunch
Many users are switching to Claude following a string of controversies surrounding ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI. The tipping point came after Anthropic, the company behind Claude, refused...
Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran | TechCrunch
Prediction market users have made — and profited from — big bets around the bombing of Iran by the U.S. and Israeli military. On Polymarket, $529 million was traded...
The trap Anthropic built for itself | TechCrunch
Friday afternoon, just as this interview was getting underway, a news alert flashed across my computer screen: the Trump administration was severing ties with Anthropic, the San Francisco AI...
India disrupts access to popular developer platform Supabase with blocking order | TechCrunch
Supabase, a popular developer database platform, is facing disruptions in India — one of its key markets — has been blocked in India, TechCrunch has learned. New Delhi ordered...
Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount | TechCrunch
In a flurry of deal offers in the high tens of billions of dollars, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse | TechCrunch
Salesforce pulled out all the stops to convince investors that the AI revolution won’t be its death when it announced fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Salesforce reported a solid quarter...
India’s AI boom pushes firms to trade near-term revenue for users | TechCrunch
Tech giants’ efforts to ramp up AI adoption in India may be about to hit a turning point, as companies end free promotions with hopes to convert the world’s...
Ukraine’s startups keep building | TechCrunch
When edtech company Preply became a unicorn earlier this year, employees in its Kyiv office celebrated with cake — because that’s what you do, even in the middle of...
Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras | TechCrunch
Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license...
Bill Gurley says that right now, the worst thing you can do for your career is play it safe | TechCrunch
For nearly three decades, Bill Gurley has been among of the most influential voices in Silicon Valley — a general partner at Benchmark whose early bets on companies like...
