Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’
Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that’s befalling him as an investor.
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Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain
Meta has been poaching talent from Thinking Machines Lab. But it’s a two-way street.
ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media
ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.
Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you
Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI agent training startup that last week disclosed a security incident.
LinkedIn’s CEO is moving on; please hold your tearful video tributes
Ryan Roslansky has stepped down as LinkedIn’s CEO after six years running the world’s largest professional network. Dan Shapero, the company’s COO, takes over immediately.
Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent-building tool for enterprises
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: It is geared for IT and technical users.
Cathie Woods’ ARK makes its first lead investment in startup Lucra — and it isn’t AI
Lucra offers corporate loyalty programs reimagined as interactive eSports. But winning ARK as a lead wasn’t easy.
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next 2026
Google wants AI startups on its cloud and has showcased a long list of them at its annual conference.