In yet another big development for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Amazon has pulled off a major coup with Meta thanks to Amazon’s own chip. Meta has signed a deal to use millions of AWS Graviton chips to power its growing AI needs, Amazon announced Friday. Note that AWS Graviton is not a GPU (graphics processing unit), but an ARM-based CPU (central processing unit, a chip […]
Porsche adds all-electric Cayenne Coupe to lineup
Porsche plans to start selling its all-electric Cayenne Coupe in late summer, the latest signal that the German automaker believes there is still market demand for EVs. Unlike a traditional coupe, the four-door Cayenne Coupe EV will join several other all-electric models of the SUV hitting the market later this year, including the base Cayenne […]
Redwood Materials loses COO in layoffs and restructuring
Chris Lister, Redwood Materials’ chief operating officer, is leaving the battery recycling company to retire, TechCrunch has learned — and he’s not the only executive to leave recently. Lister, a former vice president who led Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory operations, has been with Redwood since late 2023. He started as the company’s chief supply chain officer […]
Noscroll is an AI bot that doomscrolls for you.
What if you could outsource your doomscrolling? This is the premise behind new startup Noscroll. Noscroll offers an AI-powered bot that can browse your social feeds, news sites, and other online conversations and send you a text message when something important happens. Noscroll’s pitch to users is: “No feeds, no brain rot, no rage.” Just […]
Trump nominates US cyber agency CISA head, asks for resignation
President Trump’s twice-chosen nominee to head the federal cybersecurity agency CISA has asked to resign, leaving the agency without a clear-cut person to lead it permanently. In a letter to the White House on Wednesday, Sean Plunky urged the Trump administration to withdraw his nomination, saying his nomination requires a vote in the Senate. Plunky […]
Don’t stop hiring people — stop hiring the wrong people, says Artisan founder
Artisan may be known for its bold “Stop Hiring Humans” campaign, but the reality is that every founder needs to build the right team if they want to scale. Fast-growing AI startups are developing AI employees for outbound sales and customer engagement. This week on Build Mode, Isabelle Johannessen talks with Artisan co-founder and CEO […]
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, taking the company one step closer to becoming an AI “super app”
OpenAI on Thursday released its latest AI model, GPT-5.5, which the company calls its “smartest and most intuitive model” to date. The algorithm has enhancements in a number of areas, and OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman claims it brings the company one step closer to creating OpenAI “super apps.” In a call with journalists, […]
Report says Meta will cut 10% of its employment, or 8,000 employees.
According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta plans to cut 10% of its workforce, or a total of 8,000 people. Meta will also not be hiring for any of the 6,000 roles currently open. Meta told employees the layoffs would begin May 20, according to an internal memo sent to employees Thursday and seen by […]
Vercel announces some of its customers’ data was stolen before recent hack
App and website hosting giant Vercel said Thursday that hackers had accessed some of its customer data before the company discovered its latest data breach, suggesting the incident may have broader security implications than originally known. Vercel said in an update to its security incident page that after expanding its initial investigation, it had identified […]
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffers a major security incident
The story of Delve, a startup facing compliance issues, has many twists and turns. TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve is the compliance company that provided security certification for Context AI. Context AI is an AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident that led to a data breach at popular app and […]