Autonomous vehicle hype is back, and Humble Robotics is bringing it to freight

The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time aro…

When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?

On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration’s latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.

Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

Just as last week was ending, the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.&…

Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?

We’re likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public.

Making sense of the debate over AI psychosis

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether tech CEOs are “uniquely prone to AI psychosis.”

You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it. 

Slapping “AI” on your startup’s pitch deck is basically table stakes right now. When a founder raised $20 million from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest for an eSports gamification loyalty startup withou…

What Tim Cook built

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.

OpenAI’s existential questions

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss OpenAI’s latest acquisitions and whether they address “two big existential problems” for the company.

Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?

On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we debated Elon Musk’s vision for data centers in space.