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.
The Download: AI-enhanced cybercrime, and secure AI assistants
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. AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. Just as software engineers are using artificial intelligence to help write code and check for bugs, hackers are using these tools…
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.
How to Protect Your Startup and Close Bigger Deals With This One Legal Agreement
Implementing a pilot contract is beneficial to startups and enterprises alike — here’s why.
Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric
The administration’s $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China’s influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy.
Consolidating systems for AI with iPaaS
For decades, enterprises reacted to shifting business pressures with stopgap technology solutions. To rein in rising infrastructure costs, they adopted cloud services that could scale on demand. When customers shifted their lives onto smartphones, companies rolled out mobile apps to keep pace. And when businesses began needing real-time visibility into factories and stockrooms, they layered…