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In Brief Posted: 3:36 PM PST · January 20, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will go public on Thursday, making it one of the first tech IPOs of the year.  If it lands in its current price range of $18 to $20…

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TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, BioticsAI, announced on Monday that it has received FDA clearance for its AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images. …

Image Credits:beast01 / Getty Images 10:06 AM PST · January 19, 2026 The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum.  There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised rounds that were $1 billion in size or…

What happens when an AI agent decides the best way to complete a task is to blackmail you?  That’s not a hypothetical. According to Barmak Meftah, a partner at cybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, it recently happened to an enterprise employee working with an AI agent. The employee tried to suppress what the agent wanted…

Walmart has one massive advantage over Amazon: its huge store fleet. Observations suggest Amazon’s online recommendation engine is less effective at driving unplanned purchases, compared with the experience of browsing a physical Walmart store. Currently, Amazon has been showing me guitars for …

Image Credits:TechCrunch / Getty Images 2:15 PM PST · January 18, 2026 Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! It’s been a minute, folks! As you might recall, the newsletter took a little holiday break. We’re back and well into 2026. And a lot has happened…

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