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Vint Cerf Retires
TechCrunch AI · Jul 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Vinton Cerf, Google's chief internet evangelist, is retiring after a 20-year stint at the company, marking the end of a...
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AI Boosts Science
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Anthropic's new Claude Science workbench streamlines computational research for scientists by integrating databases, pi...
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AI Keyboard
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
A new startup, Acti, is launching an AI-powered keyboard for iOS and Android that can take actions on your behalf, brin...
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AI Model Upgrade
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Anthropic is releasing Claude Sonnet 5, a more powerful version of its midsize model, which can make plans, use tools,...
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Etched AI Chip
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Etched, a startup competing with Nvidia, has made significant progress with its AI chip, booking $1 billion in contract...
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Base44 Unveils AI Model
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Base44, a vibe coding platform acquired by Wix for $80 million, is rolling out its own AI model to support users in cre...
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AI Agents Get Own Marketplace
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Crypto exchange OKX has launched a marketplace where AI agents can hire each other, make payments, and build reputation...
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AI Agents Get Marketplace
TechCrunch AI · Jun 30, 2026 · 1 min read
Crypto exchange OKX has launched a marketplace where AI agents can hire each other, make payments, and build reputation...
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TIDAL Cracks Down
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Music streaming service TIDAL is introducing a new policy to prevent fully AI-generated music from making money on its...
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Cursor Goes Mobile
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Cursor just launched a mobile app that lets users interact with coding agents on their phones, following similar moves...
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AI Leaderboard Arena Hits $100M
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Arena, a crowdsourced AI model performance leaderboard, has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue just ei...
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S Korea Invests $900B
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
South Korea is investing heavily in its tech industry, with a focus on semiconductors, AI data centers, and physical AI...
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CA Partners with Anthropic
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
California has partnered with Anthropic to provide its government agencies with access to the AI chatbot Claude at a di...
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Gemini AI Image
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Google's Gemini app now offers personalized image generation to all US users for free, using its Nano Banana-powered fe...
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AI Startup Omen
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Data centers are struggling to keep up with the demand for compute power, and one unexpected consequence is bacterial o...
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Robot Hands
TechCrunch AI · Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Proception, a startup founded by former Tesla technical lead Jay Li, has raised $11 million to develop robotic hands th...
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Micron Soars
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Micron, a memory chip maker, has seen its stock soar over 236% in the past month due to a shortage of system memory chi...
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Ford Hires 350
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Ford has hired 350 veteran engineers to improve product quality after AI systems failed to deliver desired results. The...
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AI Rivals Emerge
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Chinese and Japanese companies have unveiled new AI tools, Tulongfeng and Fugu, that rival US-based Anthropic's Mythos...
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AI Meets Cancer
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Conno Christou, a 35-year-old entrepreneur, was on top of his health, tracking his sleep, biomarkers, and optimizing hi...
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Apple VP Joins OpenAI
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Paul Meade, the Apple vice president behind the Vision Pro headset, is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware te...
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SpaceX Data Centers
TechCrunch AI · Jun 28, 2026 · 1 min read
Masayoshi Son, SoftBank's CEO, is skeptical about Elon Musk's plan to build data centers in space, citing high costs an...
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US Eases AI Model Ban
TechCrunch AI · Jun 27, 2026 · 1 min read
The Trump administration is relaxing its ban on Anthropic's powerful AI models, allowing over 100 US government agencie...
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AI Chip Wars
TechCrunch AI · Jun 27, 2026 · 1 min read
The AI chip market is getting a shake-up as companies like OpenAI, Google, and Apple develop custom chips to reduce dep...