Orchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises $22M for farm vision AI
The startup uses truck-mounted cameras to collect and analyze data about crop health.
Roblox expands use of age estimation tech and introduces standardized ratings
Roblox says it’s expanding its use of age estimation technology and entering a partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to standardize its game ratings.
Instagram is finally launching an iPad app
Instagram is finally launching an iPad app after years of users asking the company to make one.
Venezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones
Huawei phones, given their custom hardware and operating system, may actually be easier to hack than other brands.
How to watch Apple announce the iPhone 17
Apple is debuting the iPhone 17 at its annual hardware event on September 9.
Warp brings new diff-tracking tools to the AI coding arms race
The AI coding tool Warp is releasing a new set of features designed to give users more oversight over command-line coding agents, with more extensive difference tracking and a clearer view of what the coding agent
3 days left to lock in your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Time is running out to showcase your startup in front of the most influential eyes in tech. In just 3 days, the exhibitor table deadline closes for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. And with only 10 tables
These 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI
Amogh Chaturvedi is running on little sleep but plenty of conviction at 6 a.m. He’s groggy, apologetic for rescheduling, and still reeling from a recent scare involving a family member and an electric scooter.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 finalizes the Builders Stage agenda with top scaling voices
The Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is where founders, operators, and investors get real about what it takes to turn an idea into a business that works.
Advanced geothermal startups are just getting warmed up
Geothermal energy startups including Fervo Energy and Sage Geosystems are signing key deals that bring their technology closer to broader commercial deployment.