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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

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The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

Anna Heim 1 month ago

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Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

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Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Google introduces a faster, cheaper image generator with Nano Banana 2 Lite

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

Lucas Ropek 1 month ago

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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video

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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video

A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip

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Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation, $1B in sales for AI chip

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.

Julie Bort 1 month ago

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as a cheaper way to run agents

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard

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Acti puts AI agents directly into your smartphone keyboard

Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup's new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists

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Anthropic’s Claude Science bets on workflow, not a new model, to win over scientists

Anthropic's Claude Science is a workbench that gives scientists one environment to do computational research, saving them from the need to bounce between databases, pipelines, and tools.

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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Threads adds new features to Live Chats as it expands access

The updates include translations, new tools for hosts, and more.

Aisha Malik 1 month ago

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Blue Origin still doesn’t know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month

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Blue Origin still doesn’t know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month

But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin

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Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin

The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk's years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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X now offers an MCP server to make its platform easier for AI tools to use

X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Arcturus could halve the grid’s electrical losses using its nano-infused copper

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Arcturus could halve the grid’s electrical losses using its nano-infused copper

Stealthy startup Arcturus uses lasers to infuse carbon nanomaterials into copper, dramatically improving its ability to conduct electricity.

Tim De Chant 1 month ago

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Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic

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Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic

Engineers on the new team will embed within companies to deploy purpose-built agents, focusing on fast deployments and customer self-sufficiency.

Russell Brandom 1 month ago

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Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game

Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.

Ivan Mehta 1 month ago

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Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade

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Lumo, Proton’s privacy-focused AI chatbot, gets an upgrade

Proton's Lumo 2.0 is dropping this week, giving users a broader variety of capabilities.

Lucas Ropek 1 month ago

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Your brand deserves its own stage — Side Events at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

From October 10-16, host a Side Event and command the room during the week of TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

TechCrunch Events 1 month ago

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Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other

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Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other

OKX is bringing together payments, identity and reputation into a marketplace for AI agents.

Jagmeet Singh 1 month ago

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The AI jobs debate just got messier

A new report finds "high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.

Rebecca Bellan 1 month ago

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Vibe coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility

Wix-owned vibe coding platform Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model — with hopes that it will eventually outperform frontier models.

Anna Heim 1 month ago

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

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Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role

VCs remain thirsty to fund AI coding startups. This one, founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, is no exception.

Julie Bort 1 month ago

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Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

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Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users

Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps.

Lauren Forristal 1 month ago

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Watch out, Amazon: the Kobo eReader now has a Goodreads rival

Kobo users can now automatically sync their reading progress to StoryGraph, making it easier to track books, reading stats, and challenges without relying on Amazon’s Goodreads.

Sarah Perez 1 month ago

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Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

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Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix

The companies confirmed to TechCrunch that their unusual partnership in Phoenix recently ended after nearly three years..

Sean O'Kane 1 month ago

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