TechCrunch has personal news!

March 21, 2025
If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home. After years under Yahoo’s ownership — which, in turn, is backed by Apollo Group — the brand is now in fresh hands. It new parent company: Regent, a dynamic private equity firm with a diverse portfolio spanning media, retail, and manufacturing. Regent was […]

Anthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbot

March 21, 2025
Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a web search feature for its AI-powered chatbot platform, Claude, bringing the bot in line with many of its rivals. It wasn’t immediately clear which search index might be powering the feature — one possibility was that Anthropic had developed its own. But evidence suggests it’s Brave Search, the […]

Startups Weekly: Wiz’s bet paid off in an M&A-rich week

March 21, 2025
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. It’s rare to report on an 11-figure startup acquisition, let alone multiple high-value deals in a single week. And there are more subtle signs that things are […]

3 Costly Mistakes Companies Make When Using Gen AI

March 21, 2025
Gen AI isn’t like other technology, so it’s easy to miss the real risks of deploying it across your content. Understand three potential blindspots so you can sidestep the risks of gen AI and maximize the rewards.