Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup
Altman offered to have OpenAI invest in every single startup in this Y Combinator class: tokens for equity.
How an overlooked geothermal plant got a second chance
In June 2024, a small company called Zanskar purchased a geothermal power plant in New Mexico that was failing fast. The water coming from the underground reservoir was getting colder by the day, making the plant uneconomical to run. Now, two years later, that plant is running at full capacity again, thanks to a new…
You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it.
Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup without those two letters in the spotlight, it got us wondering how the conversation even started — especially when ARK had already been burned by a company operating in the same space. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Julie […]
The SpaceX IPO filing has arrived
SpaceX has finally made the contents of its IPO filing public, weeks ahead of what is expected to be the largest IPO ever.
Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all
Microsoft is responsible for over 90% of the carbon removal market, and reports suggested the company was pausing purchases entirely. This new deal should help assuage the fears of CDR startups.
OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time
OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarrassing claim are backing it up.
IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed
Initially billed as an “AI butler,” Iris watches what happens on a user’s desktop and automatically learns how to do tasks for them, its co-founder says.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe
First came the Netherlands, now it’s Lithuania. And more European countries appear to be in the queue for Tesla’s driver assistance system.
Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support
Airbnb will soon let you book luggage storage and car rental services on its app
Truecaller gets into the eSIM business to diversify its revenue streams
Truecaller’s eSIM product will initially launch in 29 countries
Global EV market goes K-shaped as the U.S. gets left behind
EV sales have surged worldwide in every region but the U.S., posing risks for legacy and startup automakers.