Pintarnya raises $16.7M to power jobs and financial services in Indonesia
The Indonesian startup, now backed by $16.7M in Series A funding, helps workers find full-time and side gigs while offering financial solutions
Former Meta exec Nick Clegg offers careful criticism of ‘cloyingly conformist’ Silicon Valley
Meta’s former policy chief Nick Clegg seems to be walking a tightrope as he promotes his upcoming book, “How to Save the Internet.”
Netflix’s ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is probably the biggest movie in theaters
This is Netflix’s first time winning the domestic box office.
TechCrunch Mobility: Waymo’s Big Apple score and Nvidia backs Nuro
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for news, analysis, and scoops around the future of transportation.
Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5
Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face.
OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments
OpenAI isn’t the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs.
Amazon AGI Labs chief defends his reverse acquihire
The former Adept CEO said he hopes to be “remembered more as “an AI research innovator” than a “a deal structure innovator.”
The Trump administration’s big Intel investment comes from already awarded grants
While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.
Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models
Meta’s Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.
Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately
After getting licenses to cover every engineer, some at the cryptocurrency exchange warned Armstrong that adoption would be slow, predicting it would take months to get even half the engineers using AI.