Anthropic Faces Cloud Capacity Bottlenecks, Massive Losses, and Growing Pains Ahead of Targeted November IPO
Artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic is running into severe friction as it attempts to secure the massive cloud computing capacity required to train and run its next-generation Claude models, according to…
Reliable Robotics Secures $115 Million to Propel Autonomous Flight Systems Toward FAA Certification
Reliable Robotics, a pioneering aviation startup working to transform the future of flight, has secured a significant financial boost to extend its operational runway. The Mountain View, California-based company has…
Flipkart Gears Up to Challenge Zomato and Swiggy in India’s High-Stakes Food-Delivery Market
Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce titan, is preparing to take on the country’s entrenched food-delivery duopoly, stepping into a fiercely contested battleground that has previously repelled high-profile global giants like…
Apple Tightens App Store Guidelines to Ban AI-Generated Offensive Content and Deceptive "Nudify" Apps
Apple has updated its App Store developer guidelines with significantly stricter regulations targeting AI-generated offensive material and deceptive applications. The policy changes, rolled out over the weekend, aim to close…
Inside Benchmark: How Venture Capital’s Most Unconventional Firm is Navigating the AI Funding Frenzy
The players sometimes change, but the core ethos remains remarkably rigid at Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms. Three years ago, a conversation with four of…
Inside Benchmark: How Venture Capital’s Most Countercultural Firm is Navigating the AI Funding Frenzy
The players sometimes change, but the playbook remains remarkably defiant. When TechCrunch sat down with four of Benchmark’s general partners three years ago, three of those individuals have since moved…
TikTok Permanently Bans Advertising Account for Alex Gibney’s Four-Hour Documentary ‘Musk’
The ongoing rollout of “Musk,” the exhaustive four-hour documentary exploring the life and career of billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, continues to encounter significant friction across the digital media landscape.…
Meta Removes Controversial Terms of Use Language That Sparked Publisher Outcry Over AI Scraping
Meta has quietly removed a controversial provision from its commercial terms of use following swift backlash from legal experts, publishers, and digital rights advocates who warned the language would grant…
TikTok Permanently Bans Advertising Account for Alex Gibney’s Four-Hour Documentary ‘Musk’
The road to the screen for “Musk,” the exhaustive four-hour documentary exploring the life and influence of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has been fraught with digital roadblocks, institutional hesitation, and…
Meta Backtracks and Removes Controversial Terms That Sparked Fears of AI Web Scraping
Meta has quietly removed a controversial update to its commercial terms of use following widespread alarm from publishers and legal experts who warned the language effectively granted the tech giant…