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Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.

OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion | TechCrunch

Some of America's most valuable companies are now leaning on OpenAI to fulfill major contracts, notes the FT.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 4h

Coinbase's latest investment lifts CoinDCX's valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.

Coinbase boosts investment in India's CoinDCX, valuing exchange at $2.45B | TechCrunch

Coinbase's latest investment lifts CoinDCX's valuation from $2.15 billion to $2.45 billion.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10h

Five new vehicles and a four-cylinder engine will be developed and produced through 2029 as part of investment into factories in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

EVs take a backseat in Stellantis' $13B U.S. investment plan | TechCrunch

Five new vehicles and a four-cylinder engine will be developed and produced through 2029 as part of investment into factories in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 11h

OpenAI says it will soon roll back some of ChatGPT's safeguards, and even allow the chatbot to engage in erotica for adult users.

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users | TechCrunch

OpenAI says it will soon roll back some of ChatGPT's safeguards, and even allow the chatbot to engage in erotica for adult users.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12h

SpaceX's company town has formed a volunteer fire department, extending control over both the emergency response and permitting process as the company looks to expand Starbase.

At Starbase, SpaceX is taking firefighting into its own hands | TechCrunch

SpaceX's company town has formed a volunteer fire department, extending control over both the emergency response and permitting process as the company looks to expand Starbase.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12h

Sonic Fire Tech has developed a device that can extinguish flames using acoustic energy below the range of human hearing. The startup is building a demo capable of protecting a home.

Exclusive: Inaudible sound might be the next frontier in wildfire defense | TechCrunch

Sonic Fire Tech has developed a device that can extinguish flames using acoustic energy below the range of human hearing. The startup is building a demo capable of protecting a home.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 12h

"Sports taught me discipline, but tech taught me scale."

NBA champion turned founder Tristan Thompson joins Disrupt 2025 to cover using AI to transform sports performance and medical research.

Get your front row seat for Disrupt's kick-off in San Francisco Oct. 27: https://tcrn.ch/3Kj11D1

Promotional banner for TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco, featuring NBA Champion and Fintech Entrepreneur, Tristan Thompson.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14h

Impulse Space sees a growing demand for mid-sized deliveries to the moon.

Impulse Space details plan to deliver up to 6 tons a year to the Moon | TechCrunch

Impulse Space sees a growing demand for mid-sized deliveries to the moon.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14h

The integration offers conversational, cited answers instead of traditional links and follows positive feedback from earlier tests in select markets. Perplexity will expand to mobile soon.

Mozilla's Firefox adds Perplexity's AI answer engine as a new search option | TechCrunch

The integration offers conversational, cited answers instead of traditional links and follows positive feedback from earlier tests in select markets. Perplexity will expand to mobile soon.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15h

One Disrupt can change everything.

But don't believe us, believe founders who have benefited in the past, who got ahead because they got a ticket to attend: https://tcrn.ch/3KtvzlT

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

The second day of Disrupt 2025's AI Stage presents your chance to meet the minds building AI's future, with speakers from CharacterAI, Hugging Face, Google Cloud, Runway, Tinder, and more.

Head here to get your tickets to see them all October 27-29 in San Francisco: https://tcrn.ch/3W0XY5k

Promotional graphic for TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, featuring Thomas Wolf from Hugging Face. The AI Stage event is titled 'Shaping the AI Stack with Hugging Face.'

Promotional graphic for TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco featuring Karandeep Anand, CEO of Character.AI, on the AI Stage presented by Google. The event is titled "AI That Talks Back: Character.AI in the Spotlight."

Will Grannis, CTO at Google Cloud, presenting on the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco event on how Google is building for the Agentic Cloud.

Promotional graphic for TechCrunch Disrupt event, featuring Alejondro Matamala Ortiz, Chief Design Officer at Runway. The graphic also mentions a presentation titled "From Ads to Films: Creating with Code," scheduled for October 27-29 in San Francisco, at the AI Stage presented by Google.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Facebook is reintroducing job listings to users in the U.S., focusing on entry-level, trade, and service jobs.

Facebook brings back job listings in the US | TechCrunch

Facebook is reintroducing job listings to users in the U.S., focusing on entry-level, trade, and service jobs.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Designed for one-on-one meetings, the tool lets you insert available time slots directly into an email, automatically creating a calendar invite once a recipient selects a time.

Google's Gemini can now help you schedule Google Calendar meetings | TechCrunch

Designed for one-on-one meetings, the tool lets you insert available time slots directly into an email, automatically creating a calendar invite once a recipient selects a time.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Autonomous vehicles have been just around the corner for years. But we're closer than ever to it actually happening, and Waymo Co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana joins Disrupt to explore what still needs doing.

Get a preview of what's to come at Disrupt right here: https://tcrn.ch/3Kj11D1

Promotional image for TechCrunch Disrupt event, featuring Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo, smiling, set against a graphic background with event details: October 27-29, San Francisco.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Google Meet finally has a makeup filter for those days when you don't feel like applying lipstick.

Google Meet launches an AI-powered makeup feature | TechCrunch

Google Meet finally has a makeup filter for those days when you don't feel like applying lipstick.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 16h

Coco Robotics is working toward automating its fleet of delivery robots using its millions of miles of collected data.

Coco Robotics taps UCLA professor to lead new physical AI research lab | TechCrunch

Coco Robotics is working toward automating its fleet of delivery robots using its millions of miles of collected data.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 17h

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.

You'll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT | TechCrunch

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items ,and instantly check out — all within the chatbot.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 17h

OpenAI will purchase 10 gigawatts worth of AI accelerator hardware from semiconductor Broadcom.

OpenAI and Broadcom partner on AI hardware | TechCrunch

OpenAI will purchase 10 gigawatts worth of AI accelerator hardware from semiconductor Broadcom.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 17h

Flint raised a $5 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Sheryl Sandberg’s fund, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and prior investor Neo.

Sheryl Sandberg-backed Flint wants to use AI to autonomously build and update websites | TechCrunch

Flint raised a $5 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Sheryl Sandberg’s fund, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, and prior investor Neo.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 17h

YouTube makes it easier for teenagers to find informative videos on mental health topics like depression and anxiety.

YouTube makes it easier for teens to find informative mental health content | TechCrunch

YouTube makes it easier for teenagers to find informative videos on mental health topics like depression and anxiety.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 18h

Managed Accounts are available to Spotify Premium Family plan members, and allows account holders to manage a separate music-only listening experience for their kids under the age of 13.

Spotify expands parent-managed accounts for kids to more countries, including the US | TechCrunch

Managed Accounts are available to Spotify Premium Family plan members, and allows account holders to manage a separate music-only listening experience for their kids under the age of 13.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 18h

Only 4 days left to amplify your brand with an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Grow your startup on October 27-29 in San Francisco. Book here.

Less than 4 days to get your Disrupt 2025 exhibit table | TechCrunch

Only 4 days left to amplify your brand with an exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Grow your startup on October 27-29 in San Francisco. Book here.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 18h

Revolut's full banking license is on hold because U.K.'s central bank is concerned whether the startup can maintain its risk controls in the face of its rapid international expansion.

UK is delaying Revolut's banking license over risk management concerns | TechCrunch

Revolut's full banking license is on hold because U.K.'s central bank is concerned whether the startup can maintain its risk controls in the face of its rapid international expansion.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 18h

4 days left to save up to $624 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passes before prices rise October 17. 10,000+ tech leaders. 200+ sessions. 250+ speakers. Register

4 days left: Save up to $624 on Disrupt 2025 Passes | TechCrunch

4 days left to save up to $624 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passes before prices rise October 17. 10,000+ tech leaders. 200+ sessions. 250+ speakers. Register

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 19h

Researchers spent the past year alerting affected organizations, including T-Mobile and AT&T, but warn that large amounts of satellite data will remain unencrypted and exposed for some years to come.

Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms | TechCrunch

Researchers spent the past year alerting affected organizations, including T-Mobile and AT&T, but warn that large amounts of satellite data will remain unencrypted and exposed for some years to come.

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