Nvidia turns to $500 million investment in autonomous driving technology startup Wave
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has pledged to the UK this week to invest £2 billion ($2.6 billion) to charge the country’s AI startup ecosystem. Wayve, a UK-based autonomous driving technology startup, could be one of the ways to receive funding from NVIDIA’s AI investment commitments, the company told TechCrunch. Wayve said it has signed an […]
TechCrunch’s equity podcast is on the video starting today
We get it, it seems like all the podcasts you love are in the video now. And what do you think… So is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast Equity. The team just started their first video episode today, and have launched many more in the future. If you enter your leadup due to confusion, there is no […]
Trump and Baite Dance advertised Tiktok deal approval, but there are no official details yet
President Trump announced Friday that there is a potential Tiktok deal in which a video platform controlled by a consortium of US investors could have been approved by Chinese President XI. Tiktok owner ByteDance has also issued an official statement stating that the company will work to ensure that Tiktok is “made available to American […]
Meta CTO explains why the smartglass demo failed with Meta Connect, but it wasn’t Wi-Fi
Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth took me to his Instagram this week to explain in more technical detail why multiple demonstrations of Meta’s new smart glasses technology broke down on MetaConnect. On Wednesday, Meta introduced three new smart glasses, including an upgraded version of the existing Ray-Ban Meta, a new Metaray-Ban display that comes […]
Everything else announced at Metaray-Ban Display and MetaConnect 2025
At the company’s biggest event, Meta Connect 2025, Mark Zuckerberg announced three new smart glasses, the second generation Ray-Ban Meta, the Metaray-Ban Display and Wristband Controller, and the Oakley Metavan Guard. According to Meta, it has sold two million first-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and earlier this year Meta unveiled its latest AI-powered smart glasses […]
Octopus Energy spins Kraken utility billing and AI platform
UK renewable energy provider Octopus Energy said this week that utility technology platform Kraken is spurring $500 million with dedicated annual revenue from other utilities and energy providers. The Kraken IPO will ultimately be valued at $15 billion and could occur within a year, according to the Wall Street Journal. Kraken was actually the company’s […]
How developers use Apple’s local AI model on iOS26
Earlier this year, Apple introduced the basic model framework in WWDC 2025. This allows developers to use their local AI model to enhance their application capabilities. The company touted that with this framework, developers can access AI models without worrying about inference costs. Additionally, these local models have features such as guided generation and built-in […]
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Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Open Social Web Hosting and Support Services
Mastodon, a nonprofit organization that maintains software with decentralized alternatives to social networks such as Threads and X, has a new plan to make money. Instead of relying entirely on donations and grants as before, the company announced Friday it would provide paid hosting, moderation and support services to organizations that want to participate in […]
Openai’s research on AI models is intentionally lying
Sometimes researchers at the biggest tech companies drop bombs. There was a time when Google said the latest quantum chips showed that there were multiple universes. Or when humanity ran a snack vending machine to AI agent Claudius, it called people security and claimed it was human. This week it was the opening turn to […]