Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips | TechCrunch
… Such talk about selling chips is in the early stages, the company tells TechCrunch. …
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Roelof Botha joins SpaceX's board of directors | TechCrunch
… The SpaceX filing also discloses that a “family member” of Botha’s has worked at the company “since January 2025 as a member of the enterprise operations team.” SpaceX says this family member’s “compensation exceeded the $120,000 reporting threshold” but noted the compensation is “generally commens… …
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first | TechCrunch
… Furlong said the company is in the midst of raising a new round. …
OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US | TechCrunch
… Singh, who announced his resignation from Uber on Friday, will join OpenAI in September and report to Kiran Mani, the company’s managing director for Asia Pacific, the company told TechCrunch. …
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund | TechCrunch
… Bernie Sanders I-VT in June, calling for a one-time 50% tax on AI company stock, with the collected shares being deposited into a public wealth fund. …
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI | TechCrunch
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’s spoken to AI companies about striking deals “where the American people can benefit from the success of AI.” Trump does not seem to have mentioned specific companies in his comments, but OpenAI is a likely candidate, especially after CNBC reported that… …
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI's no. 2 role | TechCrunch
… Weil has since left the company , too. Simo came to OpenAI from Instacart, where she’d been CEO since 2021 and led the company through its 2023 IPO, and before that spent over a decade at Meta, including running the Facebook app. …
WhatsApp adds Apple CarPlay and Android Auto upgrades, iPad sign-ups, and more | TechCrunch
… Now, users can register for an account directly through the iPad app and set up their account, the company says. …
Uber, Wayve and Waymo are headed towards a robotaxi showdown in London | TechCrunch
… The company is testing about 100 of its autonomous Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in a 100-square-mile area of the city. …
Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount | TechCrunch
… Despite its name — which might suggest a focus on distributed or remote workforces — he insisted the company targets all types of businesses, and the vast majority of its clients employ people in offices. “We do payroll for everybody, period.” Remote’s competitors largely went a different direction. …