Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads
Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.
How do you define cheating in the age of AI?
This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating? Columbia University recently suspended student Roy Lee for building a tool to help people
Intel reverses course, opts not to spin out Intel Capital
Semiconductor giant Intel won’t spin out its venture arm, Intel Capital, after all. During Intel’s Q1 earnings call Thursday, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company has reversed its decision to spin out its
Intel mandates four days in the office
Intel says that it’ll require employees to work from the office four days a week, a shift from the company’s current policy. CEO Lip-Bu Tan made the announcement during Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Thursday.
Astro Teller is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in October
We are thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head honcho of Alphabet’s X, the Moonshot Factory, will be joining us as a featured speaker at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in
Public comments to White House on AI policy touch on copyright, tariffs
Individuals, industry groups, and local governments submitted over 10,000 comments to the White House about its work-in-progress national AI policy, also known as the AI Action Plan. The White House Office of
Parents who lost children to online harms protest outside of Meta’s NYC office
Meta may have managed to kill a bipartisan bill to protect children online, but parents of children who have suffered from online harm are still putting pressure on social media companies to step up. On Thursday, 45
OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help
For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI system that’s truly “open,” meaning it’ll be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API. TechCrunch reported on
OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?
OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed, The Verge
You’re invited to a fireside chat with Baiju Bhatt on Sand Hill Road on June 18 at StrictlyVC
We’re thrilled to announce that Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder and CEO of Aetherflux, will be joining us for a rare, intimate fireside chat as part of TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening series on June