The investor’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Everything you need to know
Year after year, investors who’ve explored the Expo Halls, met founders, and learned from peers have proven why you need to be on the ground at Disrupt this year.
People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough?
Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM that’s designed to come up with a wider variety of responses than its mainstream rivals do. At the start of the call, he said something that’s been stuck in my head since: “We often say that we’re a self-loathing AI…
August 2026
A third of webpages published since ChatGPT’s launch show signs of AI authorship, study finds
ChatGPT and other AI models are now authoring and editing much of the new web.
Early Cerebras investor Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner
At Mayfield, Singh will focus on semiconductor, cybersecurity, and physical AI investments.
Your Business Doesn’t Need More Software — It Needs Software That Adapts. Here’s How AI Is Making That Possible.
SaaS solved one problem and created another. Here’s how AI can help solve it.
Your Website Is Your Most Underrated Growth Asset in the AI Era. Here’s Why.
From UX and mobile performance to personalization and AI-driven discovery, the businesses that win will be those that treat their websites as 24/7 sales and growth engines.
Ramp launches its own AI model router, called Router
Ramp has launched its own AI model routing service, dubbed Router, that lets users and companies use and switch between various large language models via an API.
Senators demand answers from TikTok over experiment that disabled safeguards
The safeguard was designed to prevent users from being overwhelmed by harmful content, but TikTok wanted to determine whether it made the app less engaging.
Why Entrepreneurs Who Invest in People Before Outcomes Build Stronger Companies
Building stronger companies starts with investing in people, trust and meaningful relationships.
Meta brings Pocket, an app that lets you vibe-code and share games, to US users
Meta is bringing Pocket, its experimental AI-powered app for creating and sharing interactive games, to users across the U.S. after quietly testing it in Brazil.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…