How Front Office Sports Went From a Class Project to the Center of the Sports Media Universe
What started as a college class project turned into one of the fastest-rising sports media companies.
The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking
Jos Benschop is climbing a ladder to get to the top of his newest machine. It’s a bit of a schlep. The contraption is the size of a double-decker bus—more than 150 tons of gleaming precision-milled aluminum covered in thousands of snaking tubes, colored cables, and pressurized tanks. From the ground, it looks like a…
October 2025
A Guide to Raising Venture Capital in 2025
Great ideas from dedicated teams can find solutions, yet breakthroughs can fail due to the one resource needed to propel growth: money.
Will AI Bring Mass Unemployment or a New Revolution?
AI is reshaping work by automating traditional jobs while creating new roles, forcing governments and companies to urgently invest in reskilling to prevent deepening inequality.
Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts
Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
Today’s Best CEOs Don’t Prioritize Growth — They Focus on This Instead
Growth-at-all-costs is outdated. Here’s what today’s most effective leaders are prioritizing instead.
The clock is ticking: Savings of up to 20% on group passes end tonight for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
The Founder Bundle Sale ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Save 15% on 4–9 Founder Passes and 20% off investor bundles to unlock sessions with leaders like Vinod Khosla, Aaron Levie, Jason Citron, and Karandeep Anand at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Flai is the latest startup bringing AI to car dealerships
The YC-backed startup has raised a $4.5 million seed round as it looks to win over more businesses by replacing cumbersome phone trees with AI-powered software.
Hacking group claims theft of 1 billion records from Salesforce customer databases
The hacking group claims to have stolen about a billion records from companies, including FedEx, Qantas, and TransUnion, who store their customer and company data in Salesforce.
This MacBook Pro Can Handle Your Workload, and Now It’s Only $430
Get your work done on this powerful MacBook Pro while supplies last.
The Download: using AI to discover “zero day” vulnerabilities, and Apple’s ICE app removal
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a “zero day” vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used to prevent the…