DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round | TechCrunch
The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a fraction of the compute power and at a fraction of the cost…
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Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute | TechCrunch
…xAI appears to have overbuilt its compute capacity and needed to find a way to monetize it ahead of a public offering. Usage of Grok — xAI’s flagship AI assistant — has dropped…
Ransomware hackers claim breach at Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturer for Apple, Google, and Nvidia | TechCrunch
…trial AI If you’re giving a commencement speech in 2026, maybe don’t mention AI Latest in Security Security A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s…
Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs | TechCrunch
…Stability AI is making small SFX, small, and medium models available with open weights for anyone to use and modify. In 2024, the company released Stable Audio Open , which allowed for music…
Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks | TechCrunch
…for their AI agents and connect them to a dedicated wallet. While these agents would be able to read and analyze users’ portfolios to come up with trading strategies and suggest investments…
Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data | TechCrunch
…Over the same period, OpenAI’s share declined by 1%, and the overall share of businesses using some kind of AI product increased by 9%. Kharazian is skeptical about whether this advantage…
Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market | TechCrunch
…The Indus app is powered by Sarvam’s locally trained 105-billion-parameter model — a measure of the AI’s scale and sophistication — and launched at the AI summit . The app supports…
Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19 | TechCrunch
…app as Google Health and launching an AI-powered health coach as a subscription service. The Health app will become a central part of Google’s fitness strategy, capitalizing on its 2021…
Imperagen raises £5 million to use quantum physics, AI on enzyme engineering | TechCrunch
…AI strategy, commercial models, and industrial partnerships. The company has raised £8.5 million ($11.42 million) in funding to date and the fresh capital will be used to hire more AI…
Why Artisan still 'loves hiring humans' despite 'Stop Hiring Humans' billboards | TechCrunch
…Lessons on firing, team building, and company culture in early-stage startups. The strategy behind bold, controversial marketing that drives growth. How AI is transforming sales, hiring, and the future of work…