14-Oct-26
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Mosqitter is turning its mosquito traps into an AI-powered surveillance network [ 14-Oct-26 6:00pm ]
Mosqitter is turning its mosquito-trapping hardware into an AI-powered surveillance network designed to identify species, monitor populations, and provide earlier warnings of mosquito-borne disease risks.
Prismm helps banks keep inherited money in-house [ 14-Oct-26 5:00pm ]
With Prismm, account holders can give designated family members access to their accounts and documents ahead of time.
Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music [ 14-Oct-26 4:16pm ]
Deezer said that the new toggle will be rolled out by the end of the year.
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Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace [ 14-Oct-26 4:08pm ]
Zenzap is used by organizations including Starbucks and Taco Bell
Floqer's AI agents research sales prospects so teams don't have to [ 14-Oct-26 4:00pm ]
Floqer is an autonomous customer knowledge platform that provides business-to-business sales and marketing teams with an AI-powered database designed to continuously collect, organize, and update the information used to understand their customers. Floqer is pitching Wednesday on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The startup told TechCrunch ahead of the presentation that it […]
Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff amid intensifying competition for user attention [ 14-Oct-26 3:55pm ]
Netflix said most of the cuts would affect its product, tech, legal, and human resources departments.
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NTangible bets it can predict how athletes will perform under pressure [ 14-Oct-26 3:00pm ]
NTangible is building an analytics platform for collegiate sports organizations and other clubs to measure an athlete's "clutch" factor.
Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China's grip on critical materials with AI [ 14-Oct-26 12:00pm ]
Scimplify's annualized revenue run rate has tripled to $200 million as it eyes U.S. expansion.
Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies [ 14-Oct-26 2:30am ]
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.
Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient [ 14-Oct-26 12:13am ]
Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).
Cerebras CEO says we're nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home [ 14-Oct-26 12:05am ]
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman predicts a future where personal AI assistants become as commonplace as household appliances, running partly on local devices and partly in the cloud.
Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks [ 14-Oct-26 12:00am ]
Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
Cerebras CEO pushes back on AI doomsday warnings [ 13-Oct-26 11:36pm ]
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman has a message for AI leaders spreading doomsday warnings: Maybe stop talking? At TechCrunch Disrupt, he argued that the industry's focus on AI's risks is drowning out its potential benefits.
13-Oct-26
Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution [ 13-Oct-26 10:15pm ]
The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins.
FBI arrests OpenAI employee accused of planting hidden recording device in conference room [ 13-Oct-26 9:59pm ]
The FBI arrested a Saudi national who worked at OpenAI on the product team. The AI maker accused the employee of hiding a recording device in an executive conference room.
Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case [ 13-Oct-26 9:36pm ]
A federal judge ruled that Apple can access OpenAI's interview materials involving former Apple employees, as well as private messages and testimony from key figures in the case.
Cambridge Heavy Industries has been quietly building a desktop fusion device [ 13-Oct-26 9:13pm ]
Fusion power startup Cambridge Heavy Industries is building a small, laser-powered fusion device to fuel the coming wave of fusion power plants.
Licube wants to be the fuel provider to the fusion power industry — see how at TechCrunch Disrupt [ 13-Oct-26 9:00pm ]
Fusion power plants will need a lot of lithium, and Licube is preparing to be a key supplier.
Niobia takes the guesswork out of some of tech's most expensive mistakes [ 13-Oct-26 8:00pm ]
The San Francisco startup aims to help battery and chip manufacturers identify defects on production lines, reducing downtime and costly mistakes.
Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires former Ford EV chief Doug Field [ 13-Oct-26 7:30pm ]
Field also worked on Apple's secretive car project and oversaw development of the Tesla Model 3.
Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads [ 13-Oct-26 7:30pm ]
Flox's edge devices can identify animals and use species-specific sounds to drive them away from critical infrastructure.
Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm [ 13-Oct-26 7:05pm ]
Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds. Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, "Your Algorithm," on Tuesday, a feature it first launched on Instagram. The new tool allows Facebook users to influence the content they see in […]
Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 [ 13-Oct-26 7:05pm ]
Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
Laplace Intelligence red-teams robots and self-driving cars before they hit the real world [ 13-Oct-26 6:30pm ]
University of Michigan spinout Laplace Intelligence uses AI agents and interactive simulation to stress-test robots and self-driving vehicles before deployment. The profitable startup is competing at TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield.
Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache [ 13-Oct-26 6:18pm ]
Pluto Security has raised $42 million Jump Capital, TLV Partners, Ansa Capital and angel investors.
MIT startup says it can turn diesel trucks into cheaper hydrogen haulers; see it at Disrupt [ 13-Oct-26 6:00pm ]
Diesel is expensive and polluting, and LNK Energies says it has come up with a way to replace it with hydrogen, all while undercutting diesel on cost.
Google Play now supports private, vibe-coded apps built just for you [ 13-Oct-26 6:00pm ]
Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.
The 2026 Startup Battlefield Top 20: From organs to orbit and everything in between [ 13-Oct-26 4:02pm ]
Twenty founders just earned their shot at Disrupt glory. They're headed to the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt to compete for the $100,000 prize and the coveted Disrupt Cup.
Spotify users on iOS 27 can now ask Siri to play music without having to say 'on Spotify' [ 13-Oct-26 3:30pm ]
Siri can now learn users' preferred music app, allowing Spotify listeners to request songs, podcasts, and playlists without specifying which app to use.
Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal as online dating faces a reset [ 13-Oct-26 3:25pm ]
After years of declining subscriber numbers and falling revenue, Bumble just agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition.
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SpaceXSI bundles X Premium, Grok, and Cursor into one subscription [ 13-Oct-26 2:50pm ]
The new X Subscription combines X's paid features with AI tools like Grok and Cursor, offering plans ranging from $8 to $200 per month.
Apple refreshes its HomePod mini with a new chip and $149 price tag [ 13-Oct-26 2:38pm ]
The new $149 HomePod mini with Siri AI and a 'SoundGlow' visual feature will be available starting October 30.
Apple's new smart home lineup includes a smart lock, thermostat, and video doorbells [ 13-Oct-26 2:37pm ]
The new devices work with HomeView, the company's new smart home hub which can be used to control accessories and interact with apps.
India delays digital payments fee rollout amid retailer pushback [ 13-Oct-26 2:25pm ]
The NPCI, which operates the UPI network, said it was postponing the planned October 15 rollout of the 0.4% fee due to the festive shopping season.
Apple launches a new Apple TV 4K with Siri AI and remote-free voice commands [ 13-Oct-26 2:16pm ]
The new Apple TV 4K costs $299, comes with Siri AI, and will be available on November 13.
Apple makes another push into the smart home market with HomeView [ 13-Oct-26 2:15pm ]
Apple is taking a big swing at the smart home market with its latest product that competes with Amazon Echo Show and Google Nest Hub.
Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases [ 13-Oct-26 2:00pm ]
American Express is introducing a new framework designed to ensure AI agents only make purchases their users have authorized, potentially preventing costly mistakes and disputes as AI-powered shopping grows.
Giraffe Bio aims its bespoke biomolecules at the looming copper shortage [ 13-Oct-26 1:40pm ]
As AI data centers and EVs drive up demand for copper, Giraffe Bio has unearthed a $6.4 million seed round to help miners extract more of the mineral.
Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy [ 13-Oct-26 1:23pm ]
The startup will sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.
12-Oct-26
Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder [ 12-Oct-26 6:56pm ]
Meta's Superintelligence Lab released a pair of new state-of-the-art models on Monday, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, the company's first attempt at a frontier model.
WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data [ 12-Oct-26 6:19pm ]
A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a US military contract worth almost $50 million.
Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company [ 12-Oct-26 4:45pm ]
Could AI actually make PR better?
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation [ 12-Oct-26 4:31pm ]
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes [ 12-Oct-26 4:27pm ]
Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch.
Fitbit Edge is Google's middle ground between Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch [ 12-Oct-26 4:11pm ]
Google's newest wearable costs $179.99 and has a sleek feel like the Fitbit Air but with an OLED display.
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman to roll out biological-age model across UAE [ 12-Oct-26 3:09pm ]
Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.
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