AI CEOs transformed Davos into a tech conference
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos felt different this year, and not just because Meta and Salesforce took over storefronts on the main promenade. AI…
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman plans India visit as AI leaders converge in New Delhi: sources
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to visit India in mid-February, his first visit to the country in nearly a year, TechCrunch has learned. The…
50% discount for +1 is ending | TechCrunch
Time flies — and so will these savings. The lowest ticket prices for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, along with the exclusive 50% off +1 pass for the first 500…
Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you
Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia…
OpenAI is coming for those sweet enterprise dollars in 2026
OpenAI has reorganized some of its leadership and picked a familiar face to lead its push into selling AI to business customers as the company…
Voice AI engine and OpenAI partner LiveKit hits $1B valuation
LiveKit, a developer of infrastructure software for real-time AI voice and video applications, has announced the raise of $100 million in funding at a $1…
Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM
The creators of the open source project vLLM have announced that they transitioned the popular tool into a VC-backed startup, Inferact, raising $150 million in…
Are AI agents ready for the workplace? A new benchmark raises doubts.
It’s been nearly two years since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted AI would replace knowledge work — the white-collar jobs held by lawyers, investment bankers,…
Zipline raises over $600M in funding, surpasses 2M commercial drone deliveries
Zipline said it beat its Q3 daily delivery volume target by about 30% and hit its Q4 target six weeks early. | Source: Zipline Zipline…
LivsMed completes Korean IPO to accelerate remote robotic surgery
LivsMed has partnered with Sovato on telesurgery. Source: LivsMed LivsMed LLC last week said it has completed an initial public offering, or IPO, on Korea’s…