Doordash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes

May 4, 2026

DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.

Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras

May 4, 2026

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a “holy grail,” Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI

May 4, 2026

The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to VCs over the last year:

We’ll take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse

May 4, 2026

Within hours he’d thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 “founding patrons” had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art

May 3, 2026

The ad comes from Artisan, the AI startup behind billboards urging businesses to “stop hiring humans.”

In Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than emergency room doctors

May 3, 2026

A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.

TechCrunch Mobility: How do you issue a ticket to a robotaxi?

May 3, 2026

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

This tiny, magnetic e-reader could stop you from doomscrolling

May 3, 2026

The Xteink X3 is a delightfully tiny, MagSafe-compatible e-ink reader that attaches to the back of your phone like a Pop Socket.

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

May 2, 2026

Bad news for Tilly Norwood.

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

May 2, 2026

Owner IAC says it’s discontinuing its search business.

The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy