Tag: Startup

Humanoid robots are moving from science fiction into factories, warehouses and potentially our homes, as tech giants and ambitious startups race to bring them into the real world.Adobe StockHumanoid robots are having their ChatGPT moment. For decades, they belonged in science fiction, glossy lab demos and viral videos. Now they are starting to appear in…

Last Friday, citing unspecified national security concerns, the White House ordered Anthropic to restrict the export of its powerful AI models Fable and Mythos to anyone outside of the United States, as well as foreign nationals inside the country. Shortly after, the AI giant hastily pulled the plug on both models, which have now been…

DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago…

Mark Hull is CEO of Exceeds AI where he helps CTOs and engineering leaders understand how AI and agentic workflows impact outcomes and ROI. getty​For two years, technology leaders have had a buffer: AI was new, pilots were experimental and adoption itself was the goal. That window is closing fast. Every AI line item now…

Humans shake hands with AI to show partnership. Machine learning to enable and work together to achieve greater innovation and success.gettyWhat’s important in integrating artificial intelligence into our lives? Ask 100 people (like I have) and you’ll see some commonalities pop up. One is to not take it too fast, to go slow, and be…

In Brief Posted: 2:20 PM PDT · June 18, 2026 Image Credits:Nuthawut Somsuk / Getty Images AI inference company Baseten is close to finalizing a stunning $1.5 billion funding round at a $13 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Just five months ago, the startup announced that it had raised a $300 million Series…

Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA said it hired the company to build a spacecraft to house a suite of scientific instruments, launch it into space, and fly it to Mars. The…

For a glimpse of both golf’s past and its quickly approaching future, one need only look at Austin, Texas. When the city last hosted a PGA Tour event, in 2023, the tournament’s title sponsor was Dell, the Texas-based computer manufacturer that made its fortune in a previous tech boom. Now the tour is set to…

Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max in cosmic orange finishDavid PhelanNow Apple has announced the next software cycle for iPhone, iOS 27, coming this fall, it’s likely that there’ll only be one more major-point update to the current iOS 26. And it looks like it might arrive sooner than last year’s timetable suggested. ForbesApple iOS 27…

Image Credits:Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch 1:32 PM PDT · June 17, 2026 Former Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha is joining SpaceX’s board of directors, less than a week after the company went public in the largest IPO ever. SpaceX announced the appointment in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.…