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NEW: OpenAI acquires Silicon Valley's fave talk show, TBPN It will report to Chris Lehane, the man who invented the phrase ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ as a tool to deflect press scrutiny of the Clinton White House. https://t.co/taCNZJgSMR via @techcrunch
The rise of AI is pushing private wealth/family offices to cut out the VC middleman and get directly on the cap table. Arena Private Wealth, which co-led a $230M AI chip startup round, is one such firm. I talked to...
Got a tip or documents about the AI industry? From a non-work device, contact me confidentially (off the record) at rebecca.bellan@techcrunch.com or Signal: rebeccabellan.491.
I’m at the @runwayml ai summit in nyc today. If you’re a startup/company building with Runway’s tools, come find me. https://t.co/wX1Brsne32
https://t.co/jWLaJ1bkhT On this week's ep of @EquityPod, we sat down with Henry Soong, Watch Club founder, to discuss the multi-billion dollar industry of microdramas -- think TikTok meets soap opera. What are your thoughts? A fun new style of app, or a...
Americans fear AI-related job losses and resent data centers powering that potential displacement. @MarkWarner says communities should use tax revenue from data centers to soften the blow of this economic transition. https://t.co/F8TsvpEI5n via @techcrunch
@PeterMcCrory is @AnthropicAI’s head of economics. He says there are no real signs of AI-related job loss yet. That doesn’t mean it’s not coming. Reporting from @axios AI summit in DC. https://t.co/sScZDC43o7
LMArena (now just Arena) has become the AI industry's top leaderboard. CEO @ml_angelopoulos walks us through how @arena remains neutral in its rankings, even though it partners with/accepts money from the top AI labs. This week on @EquityPod https://t.co/6aXZeXjFMp
Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks https://t.co/SJUnh0UOHc via @techcrunch
"Wiz is at the center of three tailwinds: AI, cloud, and security spend." @shardul_shah on why Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz makes it the "deal of the century," or at least the deal of the month. https://t.co/hlHecAdAEO
From me this weekend: Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases says the risk profile of chatbots may be shifting from self-harm cases to potential mass-casualty incidents. https://t.co/Gx2sqHpp7J via @techcrunch 1/
Thanks @shardul_shah for joining @EquityPod to break down Google's $32B Wiz acquisition. https://t.co/ZDi32DEnwx via @techcrunch
Google completes $32B acquisition of cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz A source familiar says Wiz crossed $1B in ARR in 2025. https://t.co/1vJmMDOHh1 via @techcrunch
Marc Andreessen: AI will replace all the jobs I've never done. But mine? Pure art. Can't be automated. https://t.co/g1J1r81H0c
NEW: Self-driving truck startup Einride raises $113M PIPE ahead of public debut The fun thing about having covered so much of the tech landscape is jumping in on story coverage outside your beat for your colleagues when they're OOO https://t.co/YpkUAlfdhU via...
