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Inside one London founder house rewriting the founder-house rules Dominic-Madori Davis 10:03 AM PDT · July 26, 2026 Six twentysomethings in East London have built what they say is the anti-San Francisco hacker house. The goal is a “holistic improvement in life,” rather than “12 weeks, Demo Day...

Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI Anthony Ha 12:40 PM PDT · July 26, 2026 The launch of the latest AI model from a Chinese company — Moonshot AI’s Kimi — reignited debates around American competitiveness and open versus proprietary AI. While there was plenty of conversation on social...

After OpenAI recently admitted that one of its models had breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face , Hugging Face’s CEO Clem Delangue posted on X that he was flying to San Francisco to have “a little chat with that ‘rogue agent.’” Then, in a follow-up post on Saturday, Delangue outlined...

TechCrunch Mobility: Uber bets on its former CEO Kirsten Korosec 9:03 AM PDT · July 26, 2026 Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility , your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click...

Monday.com is the latest tech company to blame AI for layoffs — here are 20 others Rebecca Bellan Connie Loizos 6:30 PM PDT · July 25, 2026 Monday.com, the Tel Aviv-based work management software company known for its colorful, customizable project-tracking boards, this week became the latest...

Kalshi demands Netflix take down trailer for ‘Prediction Games’ documentary Anthony Ha 9:46 AM PDT · July 25, 2026 Prediction market Kalshi sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter on Friday demanding that the streaming service take down the trailer for an upcoming documentary. In the letter...

The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1:24 PM PDT · July 25, 2026 Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like Phineas Fisher. A decade after their most famous hack, Phineas...

One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it. Tim De Chant 6:05 AM PDT · July 25, 2026 A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a few seconds to recover from such an event. But this one took more than...

Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech Amanda Silberling 9:00 AM PDT · July 25, 2026 “Everybody’s on their phone at my program!” jokes Charlie Bailey, a librarian in South Philadelphia. He’s just asked his audience to pull out their phones so...

SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure Sean O'Kane 4:25 PM PDT · July 24, 2026 SpaceX successfully deployed the first third-generation Starlink satellites on Friday using an upgraded version of its prototype Starship — the 13th test flight of its...

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M Marina Temkin 3:25 PM PDT · July 24, 2026 Prentis , a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, is in...

As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions Rebecca Bellan 8:51 AM PDT · July 24, 2026 Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, have signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose broad “premature...

Rivian sues the US government for ‘full refund’ of Trump tariffs Sean O'Kane 8:16 AM PDT · July 24, 2026 Rivian has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government in an attempt to claw back a “full refund” on tariffs it paid under President Trump’s “Liberation Day” taxes, which the Supreme Court...

Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now Dominic-Madori Davis 10:00 AM PDT · July 24, 2026 For Arlan Rakhmetzhanov, 19, there is no middle ground. Either he builds a company as valuable as Google, he says, or he fails and ends up on the streets. He...

Volkswagen engineers charged with insider trading tied to Rivian joint venture Kirsten Korosec 12:56 PM PDT · July 24, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud for an alleged insider-trading scheme connected to the German automaker’s joint...

Prentis, new AI lab co-founded by Reid Hoffman, Marc Pincus in talks to raise $100M Marina Temkin 3:25 PM PDT · July 24, 2026 Prentis , a new AI research lab focused on computer use models, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Ritankar Das, and tech heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Marc Pincus, is in...

Tesla’s robotaxis are moving in reverse Sean O'Kane 9:29 AM PDT · July 23, 2026 Tesla’s budding “Robotaxi” network drove fewer miles for paying customers in the second quarter than it did in the first, according to a chart the company released on Wednesday. The quarter-over-quarter decline runs...

Meta drops out of a major clean energy pact as its natural gas buildout accelerates Tim De Chant 12:41 PM PDT · July 23, 2026 Over the past year, Meta has funded the construction of at least a dozen natural gas power plants, including one project that alone will burn enough natural gas to...

Tesla’s door handles may spur new US safety rules Kirsten Korosec 1:06 PM PDT · July 23, 2026 U.S. regulators will begin developing new requirements for automakers to ensure drivers and passengers can safely exit their vehicles. The new rule-making process, outlined in a regulatory filing and...

Insurance startup Corgi reportedly raised more money at $4B — its third round in 8 weeks Julie Bort 1:13 PM PDT · July 23, 2026 Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup Corgi is reportedly raising yet another round that closely follows its last raise and would double its...