Netflix goes ‘all in’ on generative AI as entertainment industry remains divided: Netflix isn't planning to use generative AI as the backbone of its content but believes the technology has potential as a tool to make creatives more efficient. Read More
YouTube adds at timer for you to stop scrolling Shorts: YouTube is adding an timer for the Shorts feed to curb doomscrolling Read More
Sumble emerges from stealth with $38.5M to bring AI-powered context to sales intelligence: The founders of machine learning community Kaggle are trying to upend the crowded sales prospecting market with AI. And they're making headway. Read More
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Several users reportedly complain to FTC that ChatGPT is causing psychological harm: At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported. Read More
One startup’s quest to store electricity in the ocean: Sizable Energy has a plan to store excess renewable energy in flexible reservoirs out at sea. The startup has raised $8 million to test prototypes. Read More
David Sacks' Craft leads $42 million Series A in govtech startup Starbridge: Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities. Read More
Shuttle raises $6 million to fix vibe-coding's deployment problem: The platform engineering startup Shuttle announced $6 million in seed funding to handle the infrastructure problems that start where products like Lovable and Cursor leave off. Read More
Life360 ventures into pet tech with the launch of a new GPS tracker: Family location safety app Life360 is venturing into pet tech with the launch of its new tracking device for cats and dogs. Read More
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Newly elected mayor Daniel Lurie steps onto the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29 at Moscone West, in a homecoming of sorts for both tech and the city that helped define it. Register now to save and catch this live discussion. Read More
The full TechCrunch Disrupt Stage revealed: Where the future of tech breaks first: The Disrupt Stage, only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, is where tech’s biggest bets get made, live and unfiltered. Read More
Startups and AI are changing how we go to space and what we do when we get there. Come to the Space Stage Monday morning at Disrupt to see how innovators and investors are tackling this dynamic domain. And after the pitch-off, come by Aerospace’s booth M5 to preview a new test bed for agentic AI.
Open source agentic startup LangChain hits $1.25B valuation: As TechCrunch previously reported, the maker of a popular open source framework for building AI agents has officially become a unicorn. Read More
