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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-23.18.12.jpeg?resize=1200,812″] When companies are looking for opinions or advice on a project, they tend to go to LinkedIn or use expert networks such as GLG, Third Bridge, or AlphaSights. But they often don’t find quality inputs, despite their searches. Today, these sites ask experts to fill in a form based on their job…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Aurora-Mclane-autonomous-trucks.jpg?resize=1200,750″] Aurora Innovation will start hauling loads in driverless trucks for distribution giant McLane, the latest company to adopt the startup’s autonomous vehicle technology following a multi-year pilot program. Under the commercial agreement announced Wednesday, trucks outfitted with Aurora’s self-driving system will be used to transport goods between Dallas and Houston. These trucks…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Disrupt-2025-Builders-Stage-Crowd.png?resize=1200,800″] The year keeps moving swiftly, and so is all of our planning for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026! We have an exciting new panel in store for founders in need of merger and acquisition advice … but first, we have a limited-time ticket offer to share. Disrupt will once again be held in San Francisco’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/27055664959_5fbe947d9b_o.jpg?resize=1200,799″] Three days. That’s all that’s left to decide, not just whether you’ll be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, but also who you’ll show up with from October 13 to 15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West — and how much credibility you gain from the opportunity. Right now, you can buy one pass and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. That…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Samsung-logo.webp?resize=1200,799″] Samsung reached a $1 trillion valuation on Wednesday as shares of the South Korean tech giant surged more than 10%, driven by the ongoing artificial intelligence frenzy fueling demand for chips. The milestone makes Samsung only the second Asian company to cross the trillion-dollar threshold, after TSMC. The news comes on the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mustache-1295262500.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites. U.K.-based nonprofit Internet Matters surveyed a thousand children about age-verification checks online, and about half said that age checks were easy…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1-reMarkable_Paper_Pure_Packshot.jpeg?resize=1200,675″] After exploring the bigger market for productivity tablets featuring color displays with the Paper Pro and the smaller Paper Pro Move, E Ink tablet maker reMarkable is returning to its roots with a new monochrome device called the Paper Pure. The new $399 Paper Pure succeeds the monochrome reMarkable 2 after six…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2174694558.jpg?resize=1200,800″] QuTwo, the Finnish AI lab founded by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, is now valued at €325 million (approximately $380 million) after raising a €25 million ($29 million) angel round. It’s a sign of enduring tailwinds for AI, quantum computing, and sovereign tech, especially for Europe-made companies. QuTwo’s name is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/marc-lore-wonder.jpg?resize=1200,672″] Marc Lore, the veteran e-commerce entrepreneur who sold his previous startups to Amazon and Walmart, has big plans to infuse AI into his current venture, Wonder. The centerpiece of those plans is Wonder Create, an initiative that would let anyone — from food entrepreneurs to social media influencers — use AI to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/uber-lucid.jpg?resize=1200,961″] Nuro has been granted a permit to begin driverless testing of Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with its autonomous tech on California public roads — vehicles that will eventually be used in Uber’s premium robotaxi service. But the Silicon Valley-based startup, backed by Nvidia and Uber, says it isn’t quite ready to begin.…