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OpenAI apologizes to Australia after its AI agents breached government sites
OpenAI on Monday apologized to the Australian government for not immediately notifying the country’s…
Tiny Health Raises $33M To Explore What Gut Data Can Reveal About Future Health
When Cheryl Sew Hoy’s daughter developed eczema, allergies and food sensitivities, she began reading…
Reco raises $55M as AI agent security startups crowd the market
Terms like “AI sprawl” have become common fare on tech social media and in thought leadership as…
Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity
Anthropic devoted nearly a third of its hotly anticipated IPO prospectus to risk factors, according to the…
Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort
Peak XV Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms investing in markets including India and Southeast…
OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns
In Brief Posted: 4:39 PM PDT · September 28, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Lucas…
Meta’s Muse AI agent: a hilarious security disaster
Meta released Muse, its new AI agent as a service, earlier this month. You can download the app frontend…
Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation
AI inference infrastructure provider Modal Labs is nearing a $750 million funding round led by Accel at a…
AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion
AMD is acquiring World Labs, one of the leading developers of deep learning models intended to understand…
Shopify opens checkout to browser-based AI agents
While some retailers, like Amazon (and Adidas, apparently!), are blocking AI agents from making purchases on…
The AI boom took over Climate Week and not everyone is happy about it
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … I’ll spare you the rest, but the cliché Dickens…
Nvidia launches new platform for reining in rogue AI agents
As the debate rages over whether the recent spate of rogue AI agents is a step toward AGI or a more…
Anthropic releases Sonnet 5.5, which it calls a significantly cheaper, faster work partner
As the AI model wars continue, Anthropic has released the newest version of Sonnet, the company’s mid-tier…
Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct take off, Google announced it’s shutting down the…
OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
On Friday, OpenAI published a new site devoted to “misalignment reports” and the sheer breadth of the…
Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative
In Brief Posted: 9:52 AM PDT · September 28, 2026 Image Credits:Marcin Golba/NurPhoto / Getty Images Aisha…
Anthropic, Gamma, and Clay share what happens when enterprises actually deploy AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
An AI demo can look brilliant in five minutes. Then customers start using the product. They push it into…
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
After her grandfather was scammed by a deepfake of his brother's voice, Tarini Padmanabhuni founded…
📈 Monday data: Damming the slop floods
There’s a flood of AI content coming down the pipeline across all forms of media. Music, images, LinkedIn…
Next 5 VCs judging Startup Battlefield 200 contenders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around…
Modulate raises $25M for its voice models and analysis suite
Boston-based voice intelligence startup Modulate has raised $25 million in new funding for its platform that…
Your final chance to grab your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 is October 2
This is the last week and your final opportunity to book your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibit table. Book…
Insurtech Outmarket raises $34.5M just months after prior round
Vishal Sankhla led product at digital life insurance distributor Ethos before it went public earlier this…
Viral AI agent Instinct raises $1B Series C at a $10B valuation
It’s only been a month since AI assistant startup Instinct announced a fundraise that valued it at $2.5…