Innovation
It looks like the DOJ isn’t going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster | TechCrunch
After a high-profile antitrust lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday that it has tentatively settled with Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation. After merging in 2010, the...
Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation | TechCrunch
ModRetro, the vintage gaming startup by Palmer Luckey, is in talks to raise funding at a $1 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The company launched its first...
Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package | TechCrunch
Sundar Pichai’s new pay package could be worth $692 million. Per a filing first spied by the FT, Alphabet has structured a three-year deal for its Google CEO that...
Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut | TechCrunch
Retail investors are famously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is attempting to change that by allowing the general public to invest in a portfolio of what it...
Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court | TechCrunch
Dario Amodei said Thursday that Anthropic plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s decision to label the AI firm a supply-chain risk in court, a designation he has called...
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers | TechCrunch
At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference in downtown San Francisco Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said his company’s recent investments in OpenAI and Anthropic are likely...
Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore? | TechCrunch
The power crunch for AI data centers has gotten so severe that people — not just Elon Musk — are talking about launching servers into space so they can access solar...
X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS | TechCrunch
Social network X is bringing its private messaging service, dubbed X Chat, to a standalone app. The company on Monday said the initial beta of the X Chat app...
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...
