Age Is Just a Number — Here’s Why It’s Never Too Late to Start a Business
If the idea of launching a business has been simmering in your mind, there’s no better time to take the leap, no matter your age.
The Download: AI agents hype, and Google’s electricity plans
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. Don’t let hype about AI agents get ahead of reality —Yoav Shoham is a professor emeritus at Stanford University and cofounder of AI21 Labs. At Google’s I/O 2025 event in May, the company…
Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to the Foundation Stage at TechCrunch All Stage
Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape,” happening […]
Tinder to require new users in California to use facial recognition tech to verify their profiles
Tinder is requiring new users in California to use facial recognition technology to verify their profiles.
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Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant.
The Download: meet RFK Jr’s right-hand man, and inside OpenAI
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. Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services,…
Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years
Spotify is making Discover Weekly more customizable by genre.
Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man
When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Dylan Livingston was excited. As founder and CEO of the lobbying group Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI), Livingston is a member of a community that seeks to extend human lifespan. O’Neill is “kind of one…
Why AI will eat McKinsey’s lunch — but not today
Navin Chaddha, who leads the 55-year-old Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield as its managing director, is betting big on AI’s ability to transform people-heavy industries like consulting, law, and accounting. But as he acknowledged at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Menlo Park, Ca., recently, where Chaddha played co-host, disrupting services businesses where human relationships and trust […]
OpenAI reportedly ‘recalibrating’ compensation in response to Meta hires
With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.”