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Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it
Who’s the sheriff in AI’s wild west? (Equity Live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026)
Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card
After selling to P&G and Lululemon, these founders are building for life beyond the screen
Call it AI, call it Super Intelligence, only 2% of consumers are buying it
A Neko Health investor on the $700M bet to scan your whole body
Meta’s Muse just stole the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic
What’s next for cybersecurity, according to Index Ventures’ Shardul Shah
Automattic's 33-Hour coup, and can AI labs police themselves?
Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids
An ex-Anthropic researcher’s doomsday warning comes at a very interesting time
ControlAI's Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it's an adversary’
Apple's Ternus era begins as Nvidia bets on the whole AI stack
We're ‘dangerously close’ to dead internet theory according to Pangram's CEO
Will TikTok and YouTube follow Meta’s new rules for teens?
From the Spotify Mafia to the Lovable Mafia: inside Stockholm's founder network
The DOJ is investigating a16z. What does this mean for venture capital?
AI has a GPU pricing problem. Silicon Data wants to fix it.
Meta's 'open' AI, data centers' hidden costs, and a $250M deal gone very wrong
Why Sandbar thinks it’s voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard
Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley's leaders are bad sci-fi readers
Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital
AI labs want to pump the brakes, but Amazon and SpaceX are still blasting off
‘If this isn't addiction, I don't know what is’: Light Phone's founders get real about screen time and building for the anti-smartphone generation
‘AI communism’, rogue models, and the why Kimi K3 spooked Wall Street
Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says the lesson for founders now is that a great model isn't enough
Apple's lawsuit couldn't come at a worse time for OpenAI
Inside Ode with Anthropic, the private equity-backed startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise
Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face's Clem Delangue
Your gaming data could be the secret to AGI, according to this Bezos-backed startup
Best of Build Mode: Think like a VC
Humble Robotics’ CEO says the tech finally caught up to the vision for autonomous vehicles
OpenAI's Jalapeño chip is Big Tech's spiciest move away from Nvidia yet
What if the AI giants are building the roads, not the destinations? Chi-Hua Chien thinks he knows who wins
The US banned Anthropic's Fable 5 release, but the numbers don't seem to care
NEA's Tiffany Luck on AI IPOs, personal agents, and the ROI reckoning
The SpaceX IPO has finally arrived
It’s hot IPO summer, and the MANGOS are ripe
Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he's done waiting for policy to catch up
The 'together tech' wave might be the most intriguing startup bet of 2026
Every defense startup wants to be the next Anduril. Here's what one of its earliest backers is looking for now.
Does your CEO have AI psychosis? Aaron Levie thinks most of them do.
Your SEO strategy is optimized for a search engine that no longer exists.
Elon Musk can't hear you over the sound of his $1.75 trillion IPO
How Lucra raised $20M as an eSports play when every VC only wants AI
Well, do you trust Sam Altman?
Amazon's Steve Schmidt on why your AI agents are your biggest security risk (Live at HumanX)
The 'people’s airline,' SpaceXAI, and the Enterprise AI Race
Aurora's Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready (Live at HumanX)
Did you know you can't steal a charity? Don't worry. Elon Musk will remind you.
Is AI video just a prequel? Runway's CEO thinks world models are next
Apple's new CEO, and why Elon Musk wants to buy Cursor for $60B
Fusion doesn't have a normal startup timeline, and investors are fine with that
Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI's shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap
The musician-turned-biotech-founder waiting to fundraise
Luma AI's Amit Jain on why most world model companies are getting it completely wrong
Snowflake’s transition from storing data to shipping with it
Space: the final frontier of AI infrastructure
Why private wealth is cutting out the VC middleman
VCs are betting billions on AI's next wave, so why is OpenAI killing Sora?
ReelShort made $1.2 billion on werewolf romances. Watch Club wants to do it better.
Nvidia has an OpenClaw strategy. Do you?
The PhD students who became the judges of the AI industry
Wiz's first investor breaks down Google's $32B acquisition
How Poppi went from a Shark Tank pitch to a $1.95B exit
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, the SaaSpocalypse, and why competition is good, actually
How PopSockets broke the VC-backed consumer hardware mold
Who's really running AI? Inside the billion-dollar battle over regulation, with Alex Bores
Is crypto growing up? Tether risk, Stripe’s stablecoin play, and the GENIUS Act explained
Build Mode: Compensation, culture, and cap tables with Yuri Sagalov, GeneralCatalyst
Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and fintech acquisitions
Google Cloud's VP for startups on reading your "check engine light" before it's too late
AI burnout, billion-dollar bets, and Silicon Valley's Epstein problem
Glean’s fight to own the AI layer inside every company
This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is 'the floor, not the ceiling' for AI
How far will Elon Musk take the ‘everything’ business as SpaceX and xAI merge?
What a16z is actually funding (and what it's ignoring) when it comes to AI infra
Uber puts another chip on the self-driving roulette table
The SpaceX IPO could finally happen (and it's a big deal)
AI CEOs transformed Davos into a tech conference
Build Mode: Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)
OpenAI and Anthropic are making their play for healthcare, and we're not surprised
The multibillion-dollar AI security problem enterprises can't ignore
CES 2026 was all about “physical AI” and robots, robots, robots
Investing in the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’
How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor's CEO
Fizz CEO on why anonymous social is winning with Gen Z
Equity's 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC
Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara
Hardware's brutal week: iRobot, Luminar, and Rad Power go bankrupt
Eclipse's Jiten Behl thinks the next unicorns won't be built in software
Netflix growing up, data center jet engines, and the circular AI economy
ElevenLabs just hit $6.6B, but its CEO says the real money isn't in voice anymore
Nothing wants your money, AWS wants your trust, and Spotify wants your data
This VC charges $0 for PR, and has 12 unicorns to show for it
Supabase CEO on the "painful" decisions that built a $5B company
The Nordic startup scene has quietly become one of tech’s fastest-growing hubs
AI mania is making Nvidia a lot of money
January Ventures bets AI's biggest winners won't come from Silicon Valley
Introducing TechCrunch's new podcast: Build Mode