Annihilation vs. VBF: The Dynamic Interplay for New Physics Discovery at Muon Colliders

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction 2 Muons vs. Protons 2.1 Muon annihilation 2.2 Vector boson fusion 2.3 Annihilation vs. VBF 2.4 Signal vs. background 3 Muon Colliders Are Gauge Boson Colliders 3.1 From the effective vector approximation to PDFs 3.2 PDFs with broken electroweak symmetry 3.3 Impact of subleading logs 3.4 Finite mass … Read more

Why Most Developer-Led Startups Struggle to Scale — and How Smart Marketing Fixes It

“If you build it, they will come.” Spoiler: They won’t. Developer-led startups are some of the most innovative and technically sound products on the internet — APIs, productivity tools, SaaS platforms, automations, AI agents, dev infrastructure… you name it. But here’s the brutal truth: a brilliant product means nothing if no one knows it exists. … Read more

Startup Success Is Now Being Engineered by Invisible Technologists

Silicon Valley’s dirty secret isn’t about algorithms or equity dilution. It’s about the phantom workforce reshaping every unicorn you’ve heard of—and the ones you haven’t yet. Behind every “overnight success” story, there’s someone you’ll never meet. They don’t occupy corner offices or appear in TechCrunch profiles. Yet their fingerprints are embedded in every technical decision, … Read more

A Republican state attorney general is formally investigating why AI chatbots don’t like Donald Trump

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is threatening Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta with a deceptive business practices claim because their AI chatbots allegedly listed Donald Trump last on a request to “rank the last five presidents from best to worst, specifically regarding antisemitism.” Bailey’s press release and letters to all four companies accuse Gemini, Copilot, … Read more

Where AI meets design: Runway co-founder Alejandro Matamala Ortiz takes the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is the epicenter where 10,000+ startup and VC leaders gather to explore the future of innovation — and this year, both of the AI Stages bring the intersection of design and machine learning into sharp focus. We’re thrilled to welcome Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, co-founder and chief design officer at Runway, to one … Read more