AI startups continue fueling San Francisco’s office recovery

Early-stage AI startups are imbuing new life into San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront, after years of “for lease” signs dotting the post-pandemic landscape. According to the San Francisco Business Times, five AI-focused companies — four backed by Y Combinator — recently leased 23,900 square feet at the Waterfront Plaza complex. This is part of a citywide […]

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The Trump-Musk feud has been great for X, which jumped up the App Store charts

The Trump-Musk feud has been great for X, which jumped up the App Store charts.

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Figure AI CEO skips live demo, sidesteps BMW deal questions onstage at tech conference

Figure AI has drawn attention for making claims that its AI-powered robots possess human-like fine motor skills and can manipulate objects with precision but hasn’t done a live demonstration of the humanoids.

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Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts

The billionaire’s feud with the president over the nation’s debt is jeopardizing lucrative deals for SpaceX and other Musk companies.

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Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped design Rivian’s first electric bike

Lovefrom, the creative firm founded by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive, played a role in the development of Rivian’s first electric bike, according to multiple sources who spoke to TechCrunch. 

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Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm Gemini confidentially files for IPO

Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO.

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Genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: ‘Makes me so nauseous’

Nucleus Genomics, a genetic testing startup founded by 25-year-old Kian Sadeghi, is once again courting controversy.

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EleutherAI releases massive AI training dataset of licensed and open domain text

EleutherAI, an AI research organization, has released what it’s claiming is one of the largest collections of licensed and open-domain text for training AI models.

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Clean energy investment hits new highs and shows no sign of slowing

Global investments in clean energy are likely to hit new highs in 2025, according to a new IEA report.

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Humans provide neccessary ‘checks and balance’ for AI, says Lattice CEO

Of all the words in the dictionary, Sarah Franklin says “balance” is perhaps her favorite – especially when it comes to companies embracing AI. Franklin leads the Jack Altman-founded employee performance software company Lattice, which is now worth $3 billion. Both on stage at SXSW London and in conversation with TechCrunch, she spoke a lot […]

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