The SEC drops its four-year-old investigation into EV startup Faraday Future
After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet.
Tech
Do you want to build a robot snowman?
On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future.
Tech
Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi
Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now.
Tech
Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla
Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising.
Tech
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
Tech
ICE agents will be deployed to U.S. airports on Monday: Homan
The shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security has caused massive pileups at airport security lines.
Finance
The economy has a Strait of Hormuz deadline for Trump: Two weeks
Corporate executives are not panicking over a short-term increase in oil prices and Strait of Hormuz closure, but patience may wear thin in a matter…
Finance
Companies are doing more with less in AI era. Workers can take advantage
As companies boost productivity and lower headcount with AI technology, it will be crucial for remaining workers to retrain and upskill.
Finance
Why Spotify AI more than music will be the secret to keeping subscribers
A recent Spotify-ChatGPT deal is one more sign of how AI may be the best defense for a streaming music service in a me-too market…
Finance
When it comes to private credit, 'some caution is reasonable,' advisor says. What to know
While there are pockets of weakness in private credit, concern about a broad-based meltdown among these funds may be misplaced, some experts say.
Finance
You thought the generalist was dead — in the 'vibe work' era, they're more important than ever
Not long ago, the idea of being a “generalist” in the workplace had a mixed reputation. The stereotype was the “jack of all trades” who…
Ai
Testing autonomous agents (Or: how I learned to stop worrying and embrace chaos)
Look, we've spent the last 18 months building production AI systems, and we'll tell you what keeps us up at night — and it's not…
Ai
Three ways AI is learning to understand the physical world
Large language models are running into limits in domains that require an understanding of the physical world — from robotics to autonomous driving to manufacturing.…
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Scale AI launches Voice Showdown, the first real-world benchmark for voice AI — and the results are humbling for some top models
Voice AI is moving faster than the tools we use to measure it. Every major AI lab — OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, xAI — is…
Ai
Mistral's Small 4 consolidates reasoning, vision and coding into one model — at a fraction of the inference cost
Enterprises that have been juggling separate models for reasoning, multimodal tasks, and agentic coding may be able to simplify their stack: Mistral’s new Small 4…
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