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AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
We often take the internet for granted. It’s an ocean of information at our fingertips—and it simply works. But this system relies on swarms of “crawlers”—bots that roam the web, visit millions of websites every day, and report what they see. This is how Google powers its search engines, how Amazon sets competitive prices, and…
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AI-driven ads take the field during the 2025 Super Bowl
We’ve officially experienced an AI Super Bowl, people. As everyone tuned in to watch the annual championship game, the biggest buzz wasn’t just about the Eagles’ blowout win and Kendrick Lamar performing his Grammy-winning diss track at the halftime show. It was also about AI being a consistent theme in several of the multi-million dollar ad […]
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Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis ‘as soon as 2026,’ starting with Dallas
Ride-hail giant Lyft plans to bring fully autonomous robotaxis, powered by Mobileye, to its app “as soon as 2026” in Dallas, with more markets to follow, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The news comes a day before Lyft shares its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings report, and it coincides with Waymo’s preparations to launch a commercial […]
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The Download: DOGE’s influences, and rescuing federal data from deletion
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. These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they seem to be…
He Went From Corporate America to Owning a $2.5 Million Franchise Recycling Cooking Oil: ‘I Decide How I Want to Achieve Success’
Trent Carlos had no experience in the industry when he started his Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions franchise. Now he’s living his wildest entrepreneurial dream.
5 Proven Strategies to Overcome Self-Doubt and Beat Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome keeps even the most accomplished entrepreneurs questioning their success, doubting their abilities and fearing they’ll be “found out.” But overcoming it starts with these actionable strategies that every entrepreneur can use to tackle self-doubt and stay focused on growth.
AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li warns policymakers not to let sci-fi sensationalism shape AI rules
Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford researcher who also founded World Labs, was invited to the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday to give the opening speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit which is taking place this week. While she shared some of her talking points over the weekend, her stance on AI regulation and the […]
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Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption
The newspaper owner said it was determining what data, if any, was stolen.
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Macron unveils a $112B AI investment package, France’s answer to Stargate
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a total of €109 billion in private investments in the AI ecosystem (around $112 billion at current exchange rates) on Sunday evening. This week, Paris is hosting the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit — the third international summit focused on AI after the one in Bletchley Park in the U.K., and […]
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Saudi’s BRKZ closes $17M Series A for its construction tech platform
Construction procurement is highly fragmented, manual, and opaque, forcing contractors to juggle multiple suppliers, endure lengthy negotiations, and deal with delayed payments. In Saudi Arabia, where trillion-dollar infrastructure and real estate projects are underway, these inefficiencies are even more pronounced. To address this, BRKZ, a Riyadh-based construction tech startup, offers a tech-enabled managed marketplace that […]
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