Build a Profitable One-Person Business That Runs Itself — with These 7 AI Tools
Discover seven tools to automate content, leads and sales so you scale solo.
The Download: AI’s popularity paradox and EmTech Future 2026
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. People really hate AI, so why can’t they get enough? —Will Douglas Heaven Over the summer I talked to the CEO of Springboards, a startup building an LLM designed to come…
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Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil.
TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend
Omada Health popped in its first day as a public company, validation for founder CEO Sean Duffy.
2025 will be a ‘pivotal year’ for Meta’s augmented and virtual reality, says CTO
Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, says 2025 will be a pivotal year for Reality Labs, the company’s augmented and virtual reality unit.
I’ve Built 22 Companies in 89 Countries — Here’s Why a Clear Mission Is the Ultimate Growth Hack
A mission statement is the foundation of a company and should be developed before a business ever accepts a transaction.
The Fastest-Growing Startup Ever Just Surpassed $500 Million in Annual Revenue. Here’s Why It Keeps Growing, According to Its CEO.
Anysphere is the startup behind Cursor, a popular AI coding assistant now used by more than half of Fortune 500 companies.
Why investing in growth-stage AI startups is getting riskier and more complicated
AI startups are reaching growth stage much faster. That’s exciting, but also risky, because investors might pour millions into a company only to watch it be unseated in a few months.
Anthropic appoints a national security expert to its governing trust
Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust is a governance mechanism that Anthropic claims helps it promote safety over profit, and which has the power to elect some of the company’s board of directors.
AI startups continue fueling San Francisco’s office recovery
Early-stage AI startups are imbuing new life into San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront, after years of “for lease” signs dotting the post-pandemic landscape. According to the San Francisco Business Times, five AI-focused companies — four backed by Y Combinator — recently leased 23,900 square feet at the Waterfront Plaza complex. This is part of a citywide […]