TechCrunch

Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Okosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics throughout the industry.

19-year-old Dhravya Shah, who is originally from Mumbai, has build a memory layer for AI applications with Google’s AI chief’s backing.

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

Sugar Free Capital raises $32M inaugural fund to invest in MIT early-stage founders.

Instagram is adding a more prominent indicator at the top of the Map to remind users whether or not they’re sharing their location.

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to share how one of the world’s largest technology companies is navigating the AI revolution and what it means for startups and the future of innovation. Register now to join.

Exhibit tables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 are almost gone. We expanded the floor two weeks ago due to hot demand — and those extra tables are nearly sold out. Secure your table before competitors do.

AMD has signed a multi-year chip supply deal with OpenAI that could generate tens of billions in revenue for the chipmaker, helping accelerate its momentum in the AI industry. 

Firefly Aerospace has agreed to buy defense analytics firm SciTec for about $855 million in cash and stock as the company tries to push deeper into the national security market.

Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72.

A waffle-centric controversy underlines ongoing tensions between Bluesky and some of its most vocal users.

Police say they have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to multiple online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its headquarters near Los Angeles on Friday.

OpenAI and Jony Ive reportedly face significant technical challenges as they work to develop a screen-less, AI-powered device.

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

AI tasks that work well with reinforcement learning are getting better fast — and threatening to leave the rest of the industry behind.

Young Minds gives parents control over what their kids do on the internet, while also protecting their children’s privacy and teaching them good online habits. 

Drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft will soon have the right to unionize in California as independent contractors, thanks to a bill signed Friday by Governor Gavin Newsom.

New PitchBook data illustrates how dramatically AI is dominating startup investment, with 2025 on-track to become the first year when AI accounts for more than half of all VC money invested.

Equity co-hosts Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff explore the how startups are navigating a topsy-turvy relationship with the U.S. government.

Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora.

The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users’ profile photos.

California’s Department of Insurance has been warning Tesla to fix its claims process since 2022, but consumer complaints have skyrocketed anyways.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare public appearance at Italian Tech Week in Turin on Friday and used the opportunity to predict that millions of people will be living in space “in the next couple of decades,” the Financial Times reports. Speaking with John Elkann, a scion of Italy’s Agnelli dynasty, Bezos, who also … Read more

OpenAI is acquiring the CEO of Roi, an AI financial companion. Roi will sunset its service as its talent heads to OpenAI, ostensibly to help boost revenue in consumer apps.

Former Databricks AI chief is raising $1 billion to build a Nvidia rival through a novel approach.

OpenAI’s third-ever developer conference is around the corner, and it’s shaping up to be the company’s biggest yet.

If your Memories exceed the new limit, you will need to either export them or sign up for one of Snapchat’s new Memories Storage plans in order to preserve them.

The company is seemingly experimenting with a new user interface that would shift the app from having a chatbot-style look and feel to one offering a scrollable feed with suggested prompts accompanied by eye-catching photos.

The change comes after employees and customers reportedly voiced concerns.