Former Founders Fund GP Brian Singerman and co-founder and managing partner of Quiet Capital, Lee Linden, are seeking over $500 million for a new fund called GPx, three people familiar with their strategy told TechCrunch. A significant portion of GPx’s fund, potentially as much as […]
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Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing
Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller raises $355M for new fund — with Sequoia’s backing
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller has already locked in $355 million for his new fund, Evantic, which is also backed by Sequoia, TechCrunch learned.
Meta says it’s cracking down on Facebook creators who steal content
Meta is going after creators who rip off other users’ content as part of a broader effort to fix Facebook’s feed. In its latest update, the company laid out new steps it’s taking to penalize accounts that lift work from others. In a blog post […]
Bose is offering an extra 25% off refurbished headphones, earbuds, and portable speakers
Some of Bose’s best headphones, earbuds, and speakers were nicely discounted for Prime Day, but just because the event has ended doesn’t mean the deals are over. Bose is currently offering discounts on a range of refurbished products, plus an extra 25 percent off on […]
US government is giving leading AI companies a bunch of cash for military applications
The US Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is handing out millions of dollars to the leading AI companies to develop military applications. Each of these “awards” are worth up to $200 million, with Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI on the receiving end. The […]
US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident
A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive […]
Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300%
Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots and browsers. According to a post-Prime Day analysis by Adobe Analytics, gen AI traffic to […]
Drone Warfare Intensifies: Russia Launches 1,800 Attacks on Ukraine in a Week – 7/14/2025, 6:28:38 PM
Here are the latest major world news developments as of July 14, 2025: Russia-Ukraine War: Russia has escalated its drone attacks on Ukraine, launching over 1,800 drones in the past…
Google’s Pixel 8 Pro is $599, and includes a free Pixel Watch 2
The Pixel 9A is a tempting phone for $499, but even more tempting is the 128GB Pixel 8 Pro, which is selling for $599 unlocked right now at the Google Store. Its perks are well worth the extra $100. You’re getting a more robust camera […]