Tag: techcrunch.com
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Snap finally debuts its long-awaited AR glasses, Specs, and, oof, they aren’t cheap
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SPECS27_52_Front_View81.png?resize=1200,675″] At a spatial AI convention in Long Beach on Tuesday, Snap finally unveiled Specs, its long-awaited consumer smart glasses, and at $2,195, they don’t come cheap. Specs will be available for preorder on June 16, with a $200 refundable deposit, and are expected to ship this fall in the U.S., the U.K.,…
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The return of the consumer gold rush? What Chi-Hua Chien is betting on next
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/54963494624_a51a85222d_k.jpg?resize=1200,800″] In this episode, Connie Loizos and Alex Gove talk with Goodwater Capital co-founder Chi-Hua Chien, whose career spans some of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology shifts, from helping source Accel’s investment in Facebook as a young associate to backing a new generation of consumer and AI startups. While much of the venture world…
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Sixty percent of US consumers say ‘AI’ in brand messaging is a turnoff, survey finds
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/wordpress-v1.jpg?resize=1200,675″] Getting cited by AI is easier than earning consumers’ trust, according to a new report from WordPress VIP, the Automattic-owned company that offers an enterprise version of the WordPress publishing platform. As brands race to have their links appear in AI search results, consumers have grown more skeptical about whether they can…
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DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217198328.jpeg?resize=1200,800″] The Department of Justice on Monday sided with xAI in a lawsuit that sought to stop the company’s use of dozens of unpermitted natural gas turbines near its Memphis data centers, according to Wired. The DOJ said if the NAACP, which filed the lawsuit in April, prevails, the result would undermine “American…
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Plaud says its software business topped $100M in ARR after shipping over 2M AI notetakers
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SilverBlack-Plaud-Note-Pro.jpeg?resize=1200,675″] There aren’t many success stories to refer to when it comes to AI hardware. Plaud, which makes AI-powered notetakers, is trying to become one by targeting professionals who take a lot of meetings. The company said it has sold more than 2 million of its devices, including Plaud Pins and credit-card-styled gadgets…
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Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/robinhood-volatility.jpg?resize=1200,675″] It appears using AI as a cover story for cutting jobs is fast falling out of fashion. Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs this year citing the need to restructure their teams to make the most of AI, Robinhood’s CEO Vlad Tenev conspicuously made no…
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Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/probably-peter-elias.png?resize=1200,800″] As LLMs have grown more powerful, hallucinations have proven stubbornly difficult to avoid. Errors pop up in even the smartest models, and while there are ways to catch those errors, the industry is still figuring out the best way to do it. Probably, which just raised $9 million in seed funding from…
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India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/telegram-app-cellphone.jpg?resize=1200,800″] India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22 over concerns that fraudsters are using the messaging platform to target candidates ahead of a re-test of the country’s biggest entrance exam. The move was announced on Tuesday by India’s National Testing Agency, which administers the National Eligibility Entrance Test (Undergraduate)…
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SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/elon-nasdaq-spacex-ipo.jpg?resize=1200,801″] SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in a $60 billion stock deal, just a few days after the space company’s historic IPO and less than two months after announcing a tie-up between the two. The deal is meant to help SpaceX’s AI division — built around Elon Musk’s AI…
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Threads adds new personalization and community features as it reaches 500M monthly users
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/threads-finger-GettyImages-2232887912.jpg?w=1024″] Nearly three years after launching as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Threads has reaches 500 million monthly active users, the company announced Tuesday. The Meta-owned social platform also announced a series of new features launching today, including a “Your Algo” tool that lets users control what they see in their feed.…