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Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm's Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm....

If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesn't show it. He's working with people who've been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know....

This isn't the first time in recent memory that OnlyFans has been in talks to sell off its business....

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it has now picked OpenClaw as its new name....

A document published by the Justice Department quotes an FBI informant in 2017 that alleged Jeffrey Epstein had a “personal hacker.”...

Instagram is developing a feature that will allow users to remove themselves from someone's “Close Friends” list, Meta told TechCrunch on Friday. The company says the feature is still in the early stages and is not being tested publicly yet. The social network's Close Friends feature lets users share Stories, Reels, and posts with a […]...

The company is trying to take advantage of President Donald Trump's desire to return astronauts to the lunar surface by the end of his term....

To unpack what SpaceX's IPO chatter means, how private liquidity works before a debut, and what investors are looking for in today's pre-IPO giants, we spoke with Greg Martin, managing director at Rainmaker Securities, a broker-dealer specializing in secondary share transactions for late-stage private companies....

Self-driving truck startup Waabi's billion-dollar fundraise isn't just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more […]...

Anthropic has extended its plugin system to operate within Cowork, the newly launched agentic platform....

Bluesky's first transparency reports tackles moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns and more. The number of government legal requests went up by fivefold....

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully....

The Polish government accused a Russian government hacking group of hacking into energy facilities taking advantage of default usernames and passwords....

Today is the last day to lock in a +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register here....

The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets....

Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever....

One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you....

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation....

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy....

Medium gives its employees the option to take the day off to protest on Friday....