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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/modi-openai-anthropic-2261854815.jpg?resize=1200,800″] For the first time, Anthropic has more verified business customers than OpenAI, according to this month’s AI Index from the fintech firm Ramp.  The survey, compiled from Ramp’s clients’ expense data, shows 34.4% of participating businesses are paying for Anthropic services, more than any other AI lab, while only 32.3% pay for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TC26_Disrupt_Stage_Article_Headers_1920x1080.png?resize=1200,675″] The biggest risk for founders and investors right now isn’t moving too slowly. It’s reacting too late to where the market already shifted. The new stages at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 help founders and investors make faster, more informed decisions in today’s highly complex, volatile markets. From October 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Disrupt brings together 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/poppy-header.jpeg?resize=1200,727″] Smartphones can be distracting with their dizzying array of apps and constant stream of notifications. A new app called Poppy aims to organize the chaos by combining your calendar, email, messages, and other sources into a single dashboard. The idea, per the company’s website, is that “Poppy pays attention so you don’t…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sara-Hooker_headshot.jpg?resize=900,1200″] For years, AI researchers have anticipated the moment when AI systems will be able to improve themselves better than humans could. With investors pouring money into a new generation of research-driven AI labs, there are more resources than ever available to pursue the goal. Now, one of those neolabs has taken a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-877394926.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores. But last month, that work put him at the center of something much bigger. His company, Pair Team, announced on April…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_9680.jpeg?w=1170″] Early-stage venture firm A* on Tuesday announced a $450 million Fund III. The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories such as AI applications, fintech, healthcare, and security.The average check size for this fund will be between $3 million and $5 million, with the aim to back at least 30…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/drew-heron.jpg?resize=1200,826″] Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has quietly founded a heat pump startup, TechCrunch has learned. This is the second company founded by Baglino in the two years since he left Tesla. Sources confirmed the existence of the startup, called Sadi Thermal Machines, and TechCrunch has reviewed company filings in Delaware and California.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2273246979.jpg?resize=1200,800″] OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure. Altman was immediately asked what he thought of Musk’s allegation that OpenAI’s other founders “stole a charity” when they launched a for-profit subsidiary to market products based on…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2269811684.jpg?w=1024″] As investors scramble to get their hands on shares of AI companies of all stripes, Anthropic this week updated its website to warn investors that a slew of private and secondary investment platforms that offer access to shares in the AI company are not, in fact, allowed to do so. The company…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1239765581.jpg?resize=1200,785″] Potholes are a pesky problem — just ask scooter company Lime, which listed them as an official risk to its business in its IPO filing last week. History is littered with claims that technology can help solve or blunt the problem of potholes, and still they persist. But as cars become increasingly…