Warren Buffett Just Made His Largest Deal in 3 Years, Likely His Last as CEO
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, 95, led a $9.7 billion deal to buy OxyChem, a petrochemical unit within Occidental Petroleum.
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Elon Musk Is the First Person Ever to Reach a Net Worth of $500 Billion
Tesla’s CEO is still the richest man in the world.
Threads takes on X with new communities feature
Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.
You Probably Won’t Succeed as an Entrepreneur Unless You Have These 3 Traits
Being an entrepreneur is not defined by credentials, business plans or funding — it’s a mindset rooted in a specific set of internal qualities.
This Dad Blended Video Games With Basketball — and Built a Business the NBA Couldn’t Ignore
From driveway experiment to NBA training staple, Shoot360 is gamifying basketball and building community hubs across the globe.
This 14-Year-Old’s Business Could Save Your Life. ChatGPT Helped Her Build It.
After a restaurant burned down near her home, Shanya Gill set out to improve fire safety.
How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown
Slow or stopped permitting and a frozen visa process are existential threats for some startups.
Celebrating the partners driving Disrupt’s big ideas, connections, and community
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors, who bring world-class expertise, bold innovation, and community energy to every corner of the conference.
Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in Harris-voting states
The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT’s delusional spirals
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities