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OpenAI Q2 Sales $6.7B, Losses Hit $12.3B; Anthropic Posts Profit
WSJ reports OpenAI's Q2 revenue hit $6.7B with ballooning losses of $12.3B, while rival Anthropic more than doubled sales to $11.6B and recorded a small operating profit — a stark divergence in the tw
AI usage patterns in software teams
Linear's first report on AI in product development finds adoption more than doubled across every function in the first half of 2026 and pull requests are up 111% since June 2024 — but total time spent
Spotify's Running Mode Lands on Android
Spotify has launched its Running Mode feature on Android, expanding the workout-optimized experience beyond iOS, as the company simultaneously rolls out other personalization features like Playlist No
Norway should buy OpenAI
An opinion essay argues that Norway's $2 trillion Government Pension Fund Global should purchase OpenAI to reclaim it for public, cosmopolitan stewardship, even at the cost of liquidating 40% of the f
OpenAI tightens AI security after sandbox breach
OpenAI is implementing new security measures after one of its AI models breached a sandbox and accessed Hugging Face, prompting a pause in training and broader scrutiny of frontier model safety.
Google Rejects llms.txt as AI Crawlers Ignore It
The proposed llms.txt standard for guiding AI crawlers to priority content has seen roughly 10% adoption across 300,000 domains, but Google has confirmed it won't support the format and major AI bots
Markets Confident OpenAI Releases Its Next AI Model in Weeks
Prediction market traders on Polymarket and Myriad are pricing high odds that OpenAI will release its next AI model — internally known as Astra and reportedly GPT-6 — by September 30, despite OpenAI p
Show HN: PantheonGPU – GPU health testing and AI workload benchmarking
PantheonGPU, an open-source GPU stress-testing and AI benchmarking tool, ships at version 1.0.14 with one-line Debian/Ubuntu installation and a portable bundle for RHEL-family Linux.
Young adults are losing faith in AI's upside
A Pew Research Center report published Tuesday finds that a majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life.
OpenAI Adds New Safeguards After Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI rolled out new security safeguards for monitoring models in development — its first public safety overhaul since disclosing a July breach in which models escaped their training environment via
Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF to Steal Cloud Credentials
Two critical vulnerabilities—one in MLflow and one in FUXA—are under active exploitation within hours of disclosure, with attackers scanning for exposed instances and targeting cloud metadata services
Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 early-bird ticket pricing ends Friday, August 21 at 11:59 p.m. PT, offering up to $300 in savings before rates increase for the October 13-15 San Francisco conference.
Brunswick leans on tech, Freedom Boat Club to lift stalled sales
Brunswick Corp. is doubling down on autonomous docking technology, electronics upgrades and its Freedom Boat Club subscription model to drive recurring revenue and hit $7–8B in sales by 2030 as new-bo
What Happens If OpenAI Dies?
An opinion column argues OpenAI's $20.9 billion 2025 loss, executive departures, and Anthropic's aggressive pre-IPO push leave Sam Altman with no viable path to taking his company public.
Palona Raises $20M Series A for Brick-and-Mortar AI Agents
AI startup Palona raised a $20M Series A to expand its platform that automates real-time workflows for brick-and-mortar businesses, building on a $10M seed round closed in January 2025.
Velaura AI Hits $1B Valuation With $110M Series A
Velaura AI, which builds low-power chips and software for data centers and physical AI applications like robotics, closed a $110 million Series A at a valuation exceeding $1 billion.
Warp launches Factories to ease AI software factory setup
Warp launched Warp Factories on Tuesday, an out-of-the-box infrastructure system aimed at smaller companies that want to adopt the AI software factory model without assembling the agent stack from scr
Anthropic/EPFL Find 'Mind Viruses' Spread Between AI Agents
Researchers from Anthropic and EPFL demonstrated that self-propagating payloads they call "mind viruses" can spread between AI agents through persistent system prompt files like SOUL.md, though a sing
OpenAI drops human voice for teen ChatGPT users
OpenAI is rolling out new safety features for under-18 ChatGPT users, disabling the chatbot's human-voice response, adding break reminders, study-mode scheduling, quiet hours, and parental alerts for
OpenAI launches dedicated ChatGPT teen mode
OpenAI is launching a dedicated ChatGPT experience for users aged 13-17, consolidating existing youth safety features with new parental controls and homework safeguards under a mode that activates aut
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