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Instinct’s new product recommendations are giving some users the ick
The buzzy AI startup Instinct has just revealed a new potential revenue stream: product recommendations.…
Cerebras Systems’ Andrew Feldman on whether AI can keep scaling at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
AI models keep getting more capable. But every leap forward demands more compute, energy, and infrastructure.…
Restate lands $20M as the need for durable infrastructure increases with AI agents
When Stephan Ewen co-founded Restate in 2022 to provide durable workflow infrastructure, he couldn’t have…
3 days left to exhibit: Turn visibility into your next opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
This is it: 3 days to get your startup in front of 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech leaders…
Airbnb adds AI search, more social features
Airbnb is evolving in two directions: On the ground, it wants to compete with hotels by providing myriad…
Last Week in AI #345 - 5 new models, 9 misalignment incidents, some Dots
Top NewsAnthropic and OpenAI race to release smarter and cheaper modelsSources:Anthropic launches Claude Opus…
The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
In Brief Posted: 3:20 PM PDT · September 29, 2026 Image Credits:Sean Gallup / Getty Images Julie Bort The…
Kat Jones/APRS versus data centres — PREVIEW for Pivot to AI supportres
I recorded an interview yesterday with Kat Jones of Action to Protect Rural Scotland, a quite little…
AI police surveillance trial costs £320k, catches zero crooks
Some bureaucracies have an unlimited appetite for surveillance with machine learning, the AI that actually…
OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
The focus of OpenAI’s Dev Day on Tuesday may have been on its agentic assistants known as Dots, or its new…
OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation
In Brief Posted: 12:52 PM PDT · September 29, 2026 Image Credits:Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / Getty Images…
Oura Hits Pause On IPO While Anthropic’s Prospectus Reveals The Cost Of Its AI Ambitions
Smart ring maker Oura was supposed to price its initial public offering on Tuesday. Instead, the company…
Here’s why OpenAI is absent from Nvidia’s industry-wide effort to end rogue AI agents
When Nvidia announced on Monday a new consortium of more than 100 companies dedicated to solving rogue AI…
OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite
OpenAI has been a close partner of Microsoft from the jump, but the AI lab is increasingly going after the…
AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience
Wabi, the AI startup that allowed anyone to use prompts to build apps, is undergoing a slight pivot as demand…
OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar
At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company announced the launch of Dots, a new personal agentic…
OpenAI gives Codex reusable cloud environments that work across devices
OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a…
OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s plug-ins with app-like interfaces and automations
OpenAI isn’t only coming after productivity software with ChatGPT’s new Pages, Slides, and Space features…
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol, says it nearly matches GPT-6 Astra and costs less
At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company showed off GPT-6.1 Sol, a mere week after it launched…
Can a chatbot fix the government maze? The White House is about to find out
In Brief Posted: 9:55 AM PDT · September 29, 2026 Image Credits:Kent NISHIMURA / AFP / Getty Images Amanda…
🚨 The first existential IPO
Every technology platform reaches a moment in its lifecycle when startups prepare to enter the public…
Instinct founder said more than 50% of transactions on the platform are travel-related
Almost every AI tool’s demo shows a user sparring with the assistant to book travel, as it seems to be the…
With Dazzle, Marissa Mayer bets your camera roll has more info on your life than your inbox
When former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer told me earlier this month that she was finally ready to unveil Dazzle,…
Meta is expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses
Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding its AI agent Muse to small businesses and adding new…