Rivian CEO takes top marketing role in shakeup ahead of R2 launch
Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe will be wearing yet another hat as the company preps for arguably its most important vehicle launch — the mass market R2 SUV — in 2026.
20-year-old dropouts built AI notetaker Turbo AI to 5 million users
Rudy Arora and Sarthak Dhawan, two 20-year-old college dropouts, grew an AI note-taker app to five million users and an eight-figure ARR, they say.
Instagram users can now use Meta AI editing tools directly in IG Stories
Meta AI’s photo editing tools can be found in Instagram Stories when tapping the paintbrush icon. Users can describe what they want to add, remove, or change.
YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months
The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTube’s annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.
Introducing Build Mode: TechCrunch’s new podcast for founders
Build Mode is our new podcast that will be a survival guide for early-stage founders navigating the messy, high-stakes chaos of building a company from scratch, hosted by Startup Battlefield Editor Isabelle Johannessen.
Microsoft’s Mico is a ‘Clippy’ for the AI era
Microsoft has unveiled “Mico,” a new animated avatar for its Copilot AI that brings back shades of Clippy. The expressive blob acts as a friendly, customizable face for the chatbot.
Two days after OpenAI’s Atlas, Microsoft launches a nearly identical AI browser
CoPilot Mode of Microsoft’s Edge browser is the company’s take on the long-hyped AI browser category.
Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao previously pleaded guilty to enabling money laundering while running the cryptocurrency exchange, and served four months in prison last year.
Made in space: Varda’s William Bruey shares plan to build the next great supply chain at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
William Bruey, founder and CEO of Varda Space Industries is taking the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, to share how his team is transforming outer space into
Palantir enters $200M partnership with telco Lumen to offer enterprise AI services
Palantir said on Thursday it had struck a partnership with Lumen Technologies that will see the telecommunications company using the data management company’s AI software to build capabilities to support