Innovation
Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT | TechCrunch
Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in...
‘Zootopia 2’ Is Hollywood’s Biggest Animated Movie Ever
Disney’s called it: Zootopia 2 has officially become the Motion Picture Association’s highest-grossing animated film of all time. As of this weekend, the Disney flick has made $1.7 billion worldwide...
TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine | TechCrunch
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! It’s...
I Have Biked an Insane Number of Miles to Find the Best Electric Bicycles
Other Ebikes We LikeBike Friday All-Day Photograph: Adrienne SoBike Friday All-Day for $5,600: Bike Friday bills the irresistibly tiny All-Day (7/10, WIRED Review) as the world's lightest Bosch-powered ebike,...
Back Up Your Whole Life With the Best External Hard Drives
If you're running out of storage space on your laptop or you need to back up your data and store that backlog of videos you're going to edit one...
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune | TechCrunch
Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by jettisoning its nonprofit mission, Bloomberg first...
Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
Leaders at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup’s cofounder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, over an alleged relationship with another employee last summer, WIRED has learned.That relationship...
‘Centuria’ Is a Dark Fantasy Manga More People Should Be Obsessed With
If one were to look at what’s hot on Manga Plus, a manga-reading app filled with banner titles like One Piece, Chainsaw Man, and Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, they might...
Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation | TechCrunch
Database provider ClickHouse secured $400 million at a $15 billion valuation, Bloomberg reported, representing about a 2.5x increase from its $6.35 billion valuation last May. The round was led...
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Creator on Working With George R.R. Martin
The showrunner of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms—HBO’s next series spinning off the massive success of Game of Thrones—says he doesn’t have social media. Still, Ira Parker is...
