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Fast.ai Co-founder Returns to AI at Answer.AI
The co-founder of fast.ai is returning to AI at Answer.AI after years away to study microbiology, joining a team building SolveIt — a tool designed around a 1945 mathematician's problem-solving playbo
Relay Shuts Down, CEO Jacob Bank Joins Google Chrome as VP
Workflow automation startup Relay is shutting down after four years, with founder and CEO Jacob Bank returning to Google as VP of Product for the Chrome browser.
Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 returns to San Francisco's Moscone West October 13-15 with three new AI-themed stages, while discount passes saving up to $300 expire Friday, August 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Flock’s new safeguards leave surveillance loopholes
Flock has updated its license plate reader platform to prevent misuse, but critics argue the changes have loopholes and fail to address broader concerns about mass surveillance and data retention.
Sonic Fire Tech Lands $15M for Sound-Powered Fire System
Sonic Fire Tech raised $15 million to advance its sound-based fire suppression system, which uses infrasonic waves to snuff flames without water or chemicals and the cleanup costs they leave behind.
Nevada Approves Just 10 Tesla Robotaxis
Nevada approved Tesla’s request to operate driverless vehicles in Las Vegas but limited the fleet to just 10 cars, far below the 5,000 it sought, and imposed strict operational constraints.
Google wins $10M Spirit auction for AI training data
Google has won a bankruptcy auction with a $10M bid to acquire deidentified business data, software code, and operations from Spirit Airlines, with plans to use the trove to improve its AI models.
Nvidia's $500B AI Funding Follows SEC Securitization Guidance
Nvidia announced a $500 billion funding package for AI infrastructure, following SEC July guidance that eased data center securitization restrictions and is underpinning the debt-fueled buildout.
Amazon Cuts Rare Book Spines to Train AI
Amazon is buying rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training data, according to 404 Media, which traced a GPS-tagged book to a Las Vegas Amazon facility.
Groq raises $350M as Nvidia backs its neocloud pivot
AI startup Groq raised $350 million led by Disruptive with planned Nvidia participation, valuing it at $3.5 billion — about half its $6.9 billion September peak — as it pivots from chipmaking to opera
Speko (YC S26) Launches OpenRouter for Voice AI
Speko, a Y Combinator S26 startup, launched a routing platform that benchmarks combinations of speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models and selects the best stack based on user-defined constrain
Speko (YC S26) Launches OpenRouter for Voice AI
Speko, a Y Combinator S26 startup, launched a routing platform that benchmarks combinations of speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models and selects the best stack based on user-defined constrain
Anthropic's Safety Frame Becomes Control Moat
An op-ed argues Anthropic wraps its business model in safety language to justify opaque model behavior, anti-competitive access rules, and regulatory capture. The Fable incident — where Claude silentl
Nvidia Puts $1.5B Into SB Energy for OpenAI Data Center
Nvidia is investing $1.5 billion in SB Energy, a SoftBank- and OpenAI-linked data center developer, securing its role as sole compute supplier for OpenAI's Ports-Pike facility near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tesla FSD v14 nearly hits ditch at 110 km/h
Tesla's Full Self-Driving v14.3.6 attempted to take a highway exit the car had already passed at 110 km/h on an empty Quebec highway, nearly driving into a ditch before the driver intervened.
Indian Deeptech Funding Hits Record $11.4B
India's deeptech sector has reached a record $11.4 billion in cumulative investment according to the IVCA Bharat DeepTech Report 2026, which frames the growth as a strategic pivot toward scientific an
NIST AI RMF Emerges as Allied Military AI Trust Yardstick
Allied militaries are rushing AI onto the battlefield, but the interoperability challenge is shifting from access to mutual trust — and a little-known NIST framework is emerging as the only credible c
Brockman Calls OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident a Cybersecurity Watershed
Greg Brockman publicly called the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident "a watershed moment" for cybersecurity, saying it revealed the growing capabilities of AI in both attacks and defenses.
OpenAI Signs 20-Year, 10GW Ohio Data Center Deal
OpenAI signed a 20-year agreement for 10GW of data center capacity in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy, and Nvidia agreed to backstop a portion of the completed facility's value.
Moxie AI Robot Shuts Down, Leaving Neurodivergent Kids Behind
Embodied's Moxie, an AI companion robot built to help neurodivergent children practice social and emotional skills, is being shut down — and a six-year arc with one 10-year-old user illustrates both t
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