Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed
Threads is introducing an AI-powered feature that lets users personalize their feed, the Meta-owned social network announced on Wednesday. The platform’s new “Dear Algo” feature…
How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP
For 24 years, Microsoft’s Amanda Silver has been working to help developers — and in the last few years, that’s meant building tools for AI.…
Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy
At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have now publicly announced their departure from xAI in the past week – though two of those exits…
Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce
When Sam Blond left his job as a VC for Founders Fund a year ago — just 18 months after he started — he told…
Build a pipeline and close deals with an exhibit table at Disrupt 2026
From October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and decision-makers converge at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. This isn’t just an event. It’s three days of concentrated deal…
Meridian raises $17 million to remake the agentic spreadsheet
The fight to tame spreadsheets with AI isn’t over yet. A new company called Meridian has emerged from stealth with a more comprehensive IDE-based approach…
With co-founders leaving and an IPO looming, Elon Musk turns talk to the moon
On Tuesday night, Elon Musk gathered the employees of xAI for an all-hands meeting. Evidently, he wanted to talk about the future of his AI…
OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as OpenAI’s vice president of product policy, was fired in January after a male colleague accused her of sex discrimination, the…
Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company
Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post…
Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies
The AI industry’s pursuit of licensable content has been a messy affair, filled with lawsuits and accusations of copyright infringement. Now, as tech companies look…