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90 VC firms back OpenAI and Anthropic, eyeing IPOs
About 90 venture‑capital firms have invested in both OpenAI and Anthropic, creating a 42% investor overlap for OpenAI and a third of Anthropic’s backers. The shared investors, including Sequoia Capita
Microsoft AI Chief Calls Anthropic Prices Too High
Microsoft’s AI chief warned that Anthropic’s models are too costly for the company. At the same time, Microsoft highlighted several initiatives: Windows returning to its menu, the Build 2026 event emp
Jack Clark urges AI brake pedal as Claude nears code
Anthropic co‑founder Jack Clark told BBC Newsnight that AI development lacks a regulatory “brake pedal,” urging governments to create rules to keep control as the technology becomes capable of self‑wr
Anthropic embeds engineers in NSA, faces Pentagon fight
Anthropic, the AI lab behind Claude, has placed engineers inside the NSA to help deploy its Mythos model for offensive cyber work while simultaneously battling the Pentagon over its AI technology.
Anthropic Urges AI Labs to Pause Development
Anthropic, a $1 trillion‑valued AI startup, has urged leading AI labs to weigh slowing or temporarily pausing development. The company warns that models are approaching the ability to self‑improve wit
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT memory, adds user summary page
OpenAI has introduced a new memory architecture for ChatGPT that is more capable and compute‑efficient. The update also adds a summary page that lets users review and control what the model remembers,
Brian Chesky to Launch New AI Lab Focused on Design
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced plans to create a new AI lab, a move reported by Bloomberg and confirmed by TechCrunch. The lab, which will concentrate on user interaction and design, reflects Chesk
Opus 4.8 Autonomously Verifies Polygon Intersection in Lean
A developer has published what they describe as the first formally verified polygon intersection algorithm, with the implementation and proofs in Lean 4 written entirely by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8
StrictlyVC LA Lands Mach Industries, Founders Fund, M13 for AI & Defense
StrictlyVC Los Angeles will gather investors, founders, and tech leaders on June 18 at The Aerospace Corporation Campus in El Segundo for conversations on venture capital, defense technology, and AI.
Startup Battlefield Returns to Sydney with Stripe, Aug 2026
TechCrunch is bringing Startup Battlefield back to Sydney on August 19, 2026, in partnership with Stripe, with eight Australian startups set to pitch live for a guaranteed entry into TechCrunch Disrup
Apple approves Poke as AI agent on Business Messages
Poke, a startup that lets users access AI agents via text message, has been approved by Apple as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform. The approval opens a new channel for AI‑drive
Cyberdecks Go Fashion: Annike Tan's Purse Build Goes Viral
A growing community of TikTok DIYers is hiding Raspberry Pi-powered mini computers inside everyday objects like purses, toys, and thrift-store finds, and Annike Tan's mermaid-purse cyberdeck helped sp
Anthropic embeds engineers in NSA for cyber ops
Anthropic has placed about six engineers inside the NSA to assist the agency in deploying its Mythos AI for offensive cyber operations. The move coincides with a legal dispute between Anthropic and th
Meta Rolls Out AI Creator Assistant on Facebook
Meta launched a new AI creator assistant on Facebook that gives creators personalized, conversational recommendations on performance and content ideas, rolling out first in the U.S., Canada, and India
Anthropic Flags Imminent AI Self‑Improvement
Anthropic warns that AI systems may soon be capable of recursively designing and training more advanced successors without human input, accelerating progress in the near future and prompting calls for
Canada unveils its AI strategy that it says will help create 250,000 jobs by 2031, with a CA$500M tech fund to invest in homegrown AI startups (Nivedita Balu/Reuters)
Canada announced a new artificial intelligence strategy on Thursday, promising to generate 250,000 jobs by 2031. The plan includes a CA$500 million technology fund to back domestic AI startups.
Google releases Edge Gallery for Mac with Gemma 4 12B
Google has expanded its AI Edge Gallery to macOS, letting users run the new Gemma 4 12B language model and on‑device dictation tool locally without internet, promising faster, private AI interactions
Meta Rolls Out Creator Assistant on Facebook
Meta launched Creator Assistant, an AI-powered dashboard tool that gives Facebook creators personalized, conversational insights on their content performance, alongside an expansion of AI Reels transl
AccessOwl Hires TypeScript Engineer for 300 SaaS
AccessOwl, a profitable Y Combinator-backed startup founded in Berlin and San Francisco, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to add 300 SaaS integrations this year using TypeScript, AI, and Playwrigh
Google Launches AI Edge Gallery on macOS, Runs Gemini
Google unveiled the AI Edge Gallery for macOS, letting users run Gemini models directly on their Macs. The rollout also highlights the new Gemma 4 12B multimodal model and open‑source tools for local,
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