Reddit Decided to ‘Save Wendy’s’ and Its Stock Jumped 42% in ‘Abnormal Retail Buying’
Wendy’s joins GameStop as a meme stock after surging in value following a Reddit post urging fans to boost the brand.
Connecting AI agents to enterprise knowledge
For all the data that AI systems continually amass and analyze, enterprise AI agents often suffer from a curious shortcoming: a lack of knowledge. More than data, knowledge is the understanding of what the data means in the context of individual organizations. AI agents need this understanding to reason about situations, make decisions, and ultimately…
Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.
Trump admin bars Polestar from selling its new EVs in the US
The Department of Commerce declined to give the Chinese-owned automaker a special authorization to keep selling EVs in the U.S.
Apple raises Mac and iPad prices, spares iPhone for now
Apple raises prices of MacBook Air and Pro along with iPad Air and Pro
Repositioning retail for the AI era
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping retail, but not in the ways consumers might immediately notice. The biggest transformation may not be flashy virtual try-ons or chatbot shopping assistants, but in how decisions are made behind the scenes: how products surface in search results, how inventory moves through supply chains, how engineers ship code faster, and…
Their Family Business Went From Bankruptcy to a $4 Billion Snack Empire: Inside Jack Link’s Wild Entrepreneurial Ride
Meat, risk, and NASCAR — here’s how Jack Link’s CEO Troy Link has grown his family business into a global phenomenon.
New Cars Cost Too Much. Jeff Bezos Is Backing a $24,950 EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows to Fix That.
The Slate has hand-crank windows, no radio and no paint job. It also costs half the price of the average new car in America.
2 days left to save up to $190: Join 1,000+ founders and investors at TechCrunch Founder Summit
2 days left to lock in your spot at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 and save up to $190 before Early Bird rates expire on June 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Register here.
Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles “designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
Forget Forty Thieves — Anthropic Says Alibaba Used 25,000 Fake Accounts to Steal Its AI
Anthropic sent a letter to Congress accusing Alibaba of running 28.8 million fake conversations with Claude to train a competing AI for free.