OpenAI and Broadcom partner on AI hardware
OpenAI has gained a new hardware partner. The AI Institute announced Monday that it has partnered with semiconductor company Broadcom on 10 gigawatts worth of custom AI accelerator hardware. These AI accelerator racks will be deployed in OpenAI data centers and partner data centers from 2026 to 2029. “By designing our own chips and systems, […]
Flint, backed by Sheryl Sandberg, wants to use AI to autonomously build and update websites.
You may only discover problems after you’ve been involved in the process for a while. Similarly, Michelle Lim was running Warp’s growth marketing efforts until last year when she noticed that the company wasn’t updating its website quickly enough. She noticed that potential customers were asking ChatGPT and other AI bots all sorts of questions […]
4 days left: Save up to $624 with Disrupt 2025 Pass
Time is running out to attend the world’s largest annual conference for startups. There are only four days left to secure up to $624 in savings on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass before the price increases on Friday, October 17th at 11:59pm PT. Do you have a plus one? Your second ticket will be 50% […]
FleetWorks raises $17 million to match truck drivers with freight faster
Paul Singer says the thousands of small trucking companies that help move goods across the United States are doing things pretty old-fashioned. He would have known. He left his job as a product manager at Uber Freight to start a company called FleetWorks that he believes will modernize things. Created during Y Combinator’s summer 2023 […]
Aquawise unveils AI-powered water quality technology at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Water quality is the most important thing that farms monitor to maintain the health of their livestock. There are existing methods to monitor water quality, such as sensors and water testing kits, but they are too expensive for many farmers in regions such as Southeast Asia. Aquawise wants to give aquaculture farmers in Southeast Asia […]
Instagram shows PG-13 content to teens by default, adds parental controls
To protect underage users from harmful content, Instagram is introducing new restrictions for teen accounts. By default, users under 18 will only see content that adheres to the PG-13 movie rating, avoiding themes such as extreme violence, sexual nudity, and graphic drug use. If you are under 18 years of age, you may not change […]
SpaceX ends action-packed Starship V2 era as program moves to V3
Farewell, V2: SpaceX sent Starship’s current configuration on its final test flight Monday night, a mission the company says accomplished all of its major goals and moved the program to the next stage. The nearly 400-foot-tall rocket lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 6:23 p.m. local time. The super heavy booster, reused from the March […]
Smart ring maker Oura raises $900 million from Fidelity
Finnish health tech company Oura has raised $900 million in new funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, with participation from new investors ICONIQ and contributions from Whale Rock and Atreides. The company announced today that the latest funding values the company at “approximately $11 billion,” more than double the valuation it received in […]
Google to invest $15 billion in India’s AI infrastructure hub
Google is investing $15 billion to set up a 1 gigawatt data center and AI hub in India, even as the Indian government pushes to reduce dependence on US tech giants. Google announced Tuesday that it will build a data center in Visakhapatnam, a port city in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The investment […]
India’s Airbound invests $8.65 million to develop rocket-shaped drone that delivers 1 cent deliveries
Indian drone startup Airbound has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom to begin piloting drone deliveries with private hospitals and aim for penny deliveries using ultra-light, blended wing-body aircraft. The seed round includes participation from Humba Ventures and Airbound’s existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, as well as senior […]