Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war
As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off limits.
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NASA astronauts can now bring their phones with them on their mission to the moon
Get ready for some selfies that are out of this world.
Your Intuition Can Become Your Biggest Bottleneck. Here’s How to Redirect It Into Systems That Actually Scale.
Founder intuition is a growth accelerator, not a governance model.
OpenAI launches a way for enterprises to build and manage AI agents
OpenAI launched Frontier, a new platform designed for enterprises to build and deploy agents while treating them like human employees.
Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
The newest version of Anthropic’s model is designed to broaden its appeal.
Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools
AI startups like Clay and ElevenLabs are using early liquidity to keep their best talent.
Meta tests a standalone app for its AI-generated ‘Vibes’ videos
Launched last September, Vibes lets you create and share short-form AI-generated videos and access a dedicated feed that displays AI videos from others.
January Layoffs Hit Their Highest Level in 17 Years
U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs in January — the most to start a year since the 2009 financial crisis.
Pinterest Employees Built a Tool to Track Layoffs. The CEO Fired Them.
Bill Ready called the engineers’ behavior “obstructionist” after they created software to identify which employees were laid off during the company’s restructuring.
Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work
The fusion power startup recently completed some experiments at Sandia National Laboratory’s Z Machine and shared the results exclusively with TechCrunch.