Reflection inks $1B compute deal with Nebius
Reflection AI has signed a $1 billion deal to access Nebius’s compute. Reflection was founded in 2024…
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue says enterprises increasingly want open models, due to cost, accessibility, and ownership….
Telegram’s shortlink domain is back online after day-long suspension
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov confirmed an outage in a tweet, saying that short-links to the messaging app…
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app…
Superhuman’s new auto-draft feature almost makes me like AI replies
Superhuman’s latest AI email drafting feature is its most convincing yet, generating replies that often required little…
David Beckham’s health drink startup IM8 takes $1B from General Catalyst’s unusual CVF fund
General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund doesn’t make equity investments. It’s providing $1 billion for IM8, known for…
Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids
Kid-friendly tech company Pinwheel announced the launch of a new landline phone designed to let children stay…
Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again
They’re rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI’s defining moment and, presumably,…
Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”
Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company’s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship…
Video generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B
Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly…