Your Company Uses AI. That Doesn’t Make It AI-Native. Here’s the Difference.
Being AI-native has almost nothing to do with your tech stack and everything to do with how your work is designed, staffed and measured.
The Download: OpenAI’s chief research officer explains its hacking response
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. “We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer Two months after OpenAI’s agents hacked into the computers of AI company Hugging Face,…
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7 Tips for Franchise Validation Calls Before You Sign an Agreement
One of the most overlooked and most important parts of the franchise discovery process is validation. Learn why these calls you make with franchise owners in the brand you’re considering are so vital.
Stability AI, maker of image generator Stable Diffusion, raises $76 million in fresh funding
The company’s new fundraising total now stands at $232 million.
Art and algorithms at Sotheby’s
Do fine art and high tech ever converge? At Sotheby’s they do, thanks to Kelly Shen ’17. Shen works in the growing field of art intelligence for the New York auction house. Shen builds algorithms to predict prices, using factors like buying trends and artists’ popularity. She has also worked on such efforts as cataloguing…
SpaceX will build a second, $100B ‘Starbase’ spaceport in Louisiana
The company says it will start construction in 2027 and that a Starship rocket could take flight as soon as 2029.
Your vote matters! Decide which Audience Choice sessions will make it to TechCrunch Founder Summit
Each year, we get a huge influx of applicants to speak at TechCrunch’s events, and this year’s Founder Summit in Boston on November 4 will be no different!
Harvard Is Offering a New $699 Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs, But There’s a Catch
Would you take the new course?
The Hidden Math Behind Business Valuation (and What Buyers Are Really Weighing)
Business valuation is driven by more than EBITDA multiples. Discover the financial drivers that influence middle-market valuations and what buyers truly value.
Tonight marks your last chance to save up to $300 on a TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass
If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!
Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat
Anthropic is giving Claude a shared memory across chat and Cowork, so users no longer have to repeatedly brief the AI on projects, preferences, and other context.