X launched a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on Monday, enabling AI assistants like Claude and Cursor to connect directly to the platform using users' own account permissions. The move simp…
Riverside, a video and podcast recording platform, launched an AI-powered newsletter tool that converts existing recordings into newsletters, aiming to differentiate from established platforms like Su…
Amazon Web Services launched a new $1 billion internal organization for forward-deployed engineers focused on AI deployments, following similar moves by OpenAI and Anthropic. The FDE team will embed w…
Proton upgraded its privacy-focused AI chatbot Lumo to version 2.0, adding image recognition and generation, persistent memory for Projects, and a thinking mode for complex queries. The company claims…
Crypto exchange OKX launched a marketplace for AI agents to hire each other, settle payments autonomously, and build on-chain reputations, betting on a future where autonomous software drives a trilli…
A report from Ramp and Revelio Labs analyzing nearly 22,000 companies found that firms spending heavily on AI grew headcount by 10.2%, including entry-level roles, countering fears of widespread job l…
Base44, the vibe coding platform acquired by Wix for $80 million a year ago, has launched its own AI model, Base1, to improve latency, cost, and efficiency. The move addresses concerns about defensibi…
Google announced Monday that its Gemini app's personalized AI image generation feature, powered by Nano Banana, is now free for all eligible U.S. users, expanding access beyond Plus, Pro, and Ultra su…
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Anthropic have reached a deal allowing state agencies to use the Claude AI chatbot at a discounted price, aiming to improve government efficiency. The agreement di…
South Korean tech giants Samsung and SK Hynix have committed over $550 billion to build four new memory fabs and an HBM packaging hub, part of a national plan to address the global memory chip shortag…
Arena, the AI leaderboard platform that originated as a UC Berkeley research project, has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue just eight months after launching its commercial service. …
Cursor launched a mobile app for iOS that lets users prompt coding agents from their phone, following similar moves by Anthropic and OpenAI. The app integrates with Cursor 2.0's agent-based coding sys…
TIDAL announced a new policy preventing fully AI-generated music from being monetized on its platform, effective July 15, 2026. The streaming service will tag AI-generated tracks with an 'AI' badge an…
Omen AI raised $31 million in Series A funding led by Nava Ventures to deploy real-time fluid monitoring spectrometers in data centers, preventing costly shutdowns from bacterial contamination in liqu…
Ford has rehired 350 veteran engineers, including former employees and supplier veterans, after AI and automated quality systems failed to meet expectations. The company's COO Kumar Galhotra said the …
Micron, the Boise-based memory chip maker, has seen its market cap surge to nearly $1.27 trillion, briefly surpassing Meta and Tesla, as Wall Street bets on sustained AI-driven demand for its memory c…
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's vision for orbital data centers, arguing they won't cut costs quickly enough to matter in the AI race. On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, editors noted th…
Mercor co-founder Brendan Foody publicly accused Sequoia Capital of using a 'dual-pricing' tactic in which the firm invests at two different valuations, allowing startups to announce a higher headline…
Apple vice president Paul Meade, who led the Vision Pro headset and smart glasses development, is leaving to join OpenAI's hardware team. The departure follows John Ternus' impending promotion to Appl…
Conno Christou, a 35-year-old founder who meticulously tracked his health, was diagnosed with an aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after a routine pre-surgery scan. He used AI tools and data-driven me…