Innovation
What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward | TechCrunch
Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I see the same pattern: The founders who belong on this stage are often the ones...
The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great | TechCrunch
For years now, smartphone makers have made the camera bump on devices bigger in order to chase camera improvements. Even if that kind of design makes cameras better, at...
Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds | TechCrunch
The team from Bluesky has built another app — and this time, it’s not a social network, but an AI assistant that allows you to design your own algorithm,...
Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom | TechCrunch
For the better part of a decade, Whoop sold itself as a secret weapon for serious athletes. LeBron James was convinced to slap on the company’s fitness band in...
David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead | TechCrunch
David Sacks has used up his days as Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Speaking with Bloomberg on Thursday, the longtime entrepreneur, investor, and podcaster, confirmed that his non-consecutive...
A little-known Croatian startup is coming for the robotaxi market with help from Uber | TechCrunch
Mate Rimac, the founder of Croatian electric vehicle maker Rimac Group, started working on electric robotaxis seven years ago. Now, part of his vision is coming to fruition through...
With Sift Stack, two ex-SpaceX engineers are bringing the software that helped launch rockets to the factory floor | TechCrunch
The cry of “atoms, not bits!” — a phrase capturing Silicon Valley’s growing obsession with physical manufacturing over digital products — reached a fever pitch last week with word...
Meet the former Apple designer building a new AI interface at Hark | TechCrunch
A secretive AI lab founded by serial entrepreneur Brett Adcock shared new details about what it believes is a novel marriage of model-building and hardware design that will change...
Russian authorities block paywall removal site Archive.today | TechCrunch
Paywall bypass website Archive.today and several of its associated domains (including .is and .ph) have been blocked by Russian authorities, according to error pages that appeared when loading its...
Exclusive: The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future
The Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its investigation into electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, despite SEC staff on the case recommending an enforcement action last year, TechCrunch has...
It’s been 20 years since the first tweet | TechCrunch
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. That was, of course, the very first post on the site that is still...
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput | TechCrunch
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an “unacceptable risk to national...
