The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it
From Apple's repeatedly delayed Siri AI to OpenAI's messy "super app" launch, here's a look at the AI projects that shut down or missed expectations.
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Study Shows Grok Favors Republicans and OpenAI Favors Democrats When Forced to Pick Candidates
A new study found Grok's AI overwhelmingly recommends Republican candidates while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats, with the two AI models disagreeing in more than 90% of nearly 500 election races.
Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers
At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.
OpenAI Halts Training Models on Live Internet, Switching to Cached Web Data and Simulated Environments
OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.
VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product market fit
Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail share the do's and don'ts for building hit products.
Carta and NewView partner, hoping to entice more startups to let employees sell shares early
A new program wants to encourage more startups to allow workers to cash out early by making it easier to transact tender offers.
Agent cloud startup Daytona hits $1B valuation backed by FirstMark and a who’s who of angels
Daytona is building a cloud for agents that's like giving every agent its own computer. It has attracted founders of Stripe, Perplextity, Datadog, Mercor and others as angels, it says.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Secures $85 Million From U.S. Government to Develop Fusion-Ready Semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Oura sues rival Ultrahuman again, threatening its U.S. smart ring comeback
Oura alleges in its newest lawsuit that Ultrahuman's Ring Pro infringes two of its patents.
Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia
inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.
Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing
MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.
Meta Approves Non-Voting Stock Class to Help Mark Zuckerberg Pay California Wealth Tax
A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the "billionaire's tax," should the measure be voted into law.
Startup Warhound Raises $200 Million to Genetically Engineer Working Dogs for Military and Law Enforcement
Warhound, the brainchild of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement.
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz renames its crypto division to a16z Frontier amid declining blockchain investments.
The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope.
OpenAI Negotiates Massive $30 Billion Funding Round at $1.25 Trillion Valuation Ahead of IPO
Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the mostly highly valued private company ever.
Rivian buys world model startup to accelerate self-driving ambitions
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Tech leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt warn that rapid early revenue can mask poor product-market fit.
At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polska’s Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.
1Password Launches 1Password for Agents to Let AI Assistants Log In Without Revealing Passwords
The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.
OpenAI Makes Its Decisions API Model Widely Available to All Customers to Cut Costs
OpenAI is launching its decision model to the world. Can it compete with the original Jev?
Microsoft AI Diagnostic System Achieves High Accuracy in Complex Medical Case Simulations, Study Shows
Microsoft’s new AI diagnostic system beat generalist doctors on hard cases, according to a study in Science. But most of the improvement seems to come from the AI models underneath, not from Microsoft’s system itself.