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Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha told a group of analysts and investors on Tuesday that the three-year-old Indian delivery startup anticipates growth of 150% in the next 12 months, a remarkable…

Zepto, snagging $1 billion in 90 days, projects 150% annual growth

Some believe open source AI is a way to break out of the familiar proprietary software quagmire that the technology has predictably fallen into. Hugging Face’s Irene Solaiman and AI2’s…

Is open source AI possible, let alone the future? Find out at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

It’s back-to-school season, and that often means a surge in expenses. Or perhaps you’ve recently graduated and are navigating the job hunt. Either way, your wallet might be feeling the…

Students and recent grads: Save on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 tickets

Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging platform Telegram, has been in the headlines since his arrest at a private airport near Paris on Saturday, reportedly in connection with an…

Wait, what? Pavel Durov says he has fathered more than 100 children

Maximize your brand’s presence by hosting your Side Event in San Francisco during Disrupt Week — October 26 through November 1. Connect with more than 10,000 attendees of Disrupt 2024,…

Elevate your brand’s impact: Host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Are you a Series A or B startup ready to make waves in the tech industry? The ScaleUp Startups Exhibitor Program at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 can be your launchpad to…

Final week: ScaleUp your startup at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Apple will be unveiling new products on September 10, with the announced phones going on sale on September 20, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. That lineup will…

Apple reportedly announcing iPhone 16 lineup and more on September 10

Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth…

Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February

Neil Mehta, the VC behind the acquisition of a string of properties on San Francisco’s tony Fillmore Street, made waves earlier this week for reportedly throwing long-established local restaurants to…

VC Neil Mehta, who’s quietly nabbing prized SF property, plans a “Y Combinator for restaurants”

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The Startup Battlefield is the crown jewel of Disrupt, and we can’t wait to see which of the thousands of applicants will be selected to pitch to panels of top-tier VCs…

First look at the Startup Battlefield judges at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

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Apple and Google can take a breath after the U.K. competition watchdog announced Wednesday it’s closing a pair of investigations into their respective mobile app ecosystems, citing administrative priorities. Since…

UK’s competition authority ends probes of Apple and Google but will use incoming powers to ‘resolve app store concerns’

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Until recently, saving the world usually didn’t involve turning a profit. But as the world has warmed, a range of startups and investors have emerged that have squared the circle,…

Discover how founders and investors are saving the planet at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Over 30% of 7- to 9-year-olds have an X account, according to a new report.

A surprising number of ‘iPad Kids’ are on X, study finds

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I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode for the last week, and it’s the most convincing taste I’ve had of an AI-powered future yet. This week, my phone…

OpenAI’s new voice mode let me talk with my phone, not to it

On Friday, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz tweeted out a link to its guide on how to “build your social media presence” which features advice for founders.

a16z offers social media tips after its founder’s ‘attack’ tweet goes viral

OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday.…

OpenAI shuts down election influence operation that used ChatGPT

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California’s bill to prevent AI disasters, SB 1047, has faced significant opposition from many parties in Silicon Valley. Today, California lawmakers bent slightly to that pressure, adding in several amendments…

California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic

The Rivian camp kitchen attracted buzz from almost the moment it appeared as a prototype in 2019 at Overland Expo West. Despite interest in the accessory, Rivian never actually sold…

Rivian launches smaller $1,400 camp kitchen, 5 years after initial demo

The Startup Battlefield is one of the highlights of Disrupt, and we can’t wait to see which of the thousands of applicants will be selected to pitch to panels of top-tier…

Announcing judges for the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Earlier this year, Bridgit Mendler surprised her fans when she announced that she was heading a new space data startup called Northwood Space. With Northwood, the former Disney star and…

Bridgit Mendler will talk about building the data highway between Earth and space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who has since moved on to greener and perhaps more dangerous pastures, told an audience of Stanford students recently that “Google decided that work-life balance…

Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google’s woes mysteriously vanishes

Elon Musk’s Grok released a new AI image-generation feature on Tuesday night that, just like the AI chatbot, has very few safeguards. That means you can generate fake images of…

Meet Black Forest Labs, the startup powering Elon Musk’s unhinged AI image generator

Software as a service (SaaS) is an ever-evolving industry. We’ll talk to some of the brightest minds and leaders in the industry — executives from early- and late-stage SaaS companies,…

Announcing the final agenda for the SaaS Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s joint X Spaces event appears to have crashed Monday afternoon. The conversation between the owner of X and the former president was scheduled for 5…

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s X Spaces event crashes