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Oracle Cloud to deploy 50,000 AMD AI chips as alternative to Nvidia
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that it will deploy 50,000 Advanced Micro Devices graphics processors starting in the second half of 2026.AMD shares climbed about 3% premarket. Oracle shares ticked slightly lower.The…
India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries
Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom, as it begins a drone-delivery pilot with a private hospital and works toward one-cent delivery using its…
There’s a hopeful mood in the Middle East and the markets
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while World leaders listen during a summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders on Gaza on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images
This might not be Christmas, but…
See It Here First at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Get ready for one of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s most electrifying moments — literally. Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto, is rolling one of her company’s brand-new electric trucks onto the Disrupt Stage before anyone else in the world sees…
‘Of course’ OpenAI can pay $60 billion per year
Oracle CEO, Clay Magouyrk, sits down with CNBC’s David Faber on Oct. 13, 2025. CNBCOracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, one of the two people tapped last month to lead the software company, is confident that OpenAI will be able to cover the costs…
Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
A close-up view of the Nexperia plant sign in Newport, Wales on April 1, 2022. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned semiconductor maker based in the…
Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs
Strava, the 16-year-old fitness tracking app, is gearing up to go public, the Financial Times reports.
CEO Michael Martin told the FT that the San Francisco company plans to list “at some point,” eyeing capital for more acquisitions.…
UK’s CMA activates new powers to regulate Google search
General view of the Google headquarters in King's Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain's competition…
The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Apart from antivirus apps, the cybersecurity industry has traditionally been business to business, with regular internet users left on their own to protect themselves. And older people, who did not grow up with the internet and…
China opens antitrust probe into the U.S. chip giant Qualcomm
Microchip and Qualcomm logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 10, 2023. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesQualcomm shares fell 4% on Friday after…
Applied Digital stock climbs 16% as AI demand fuels data center growth
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesApplied Digital shares jumped as much as 30% on Friday after the company posted strong first-quarter revenue that was boosted by artificial intelligence data center demand, putting the stock up…
Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta.
The Wall Street Journal reports that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch announced his departure to employees in a message on…
Defense startup taking on Palantir hits $100 million in ARR
Govini, a defense tech software startup taking on the likes of Palantir, has blown past $100 million in annual recurring revenue, the company announced Friday."We're growing faster than 100% in a three-year CAGR, and I expect that next…
The fixer’s dilemma: Chris Lehane and OpenAI’s impossible mission
Chris Lehane is one of the best in the business at making bad news disappear. Al Gore’s press secretary during the Clinton years, Airbnb’s chief crisis manager through every regulatory nightmare from here to Brussels – Lehane knows how…
Singapore, U.S. investigate Nvidia client Megaspeed
Singapore authorities are investigating artificial intelligence computing firm Megaspeed, a customer of American AI chipmaker Nvidia, for allegedly helping Chinese companies evade curbs on U.S. chip exports."The Singapore Police Force…
Tech megacaps lose $770 billion in value as Nasdaq plunges 3.6%
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, speaking with CNBC's Jim Cramer during a CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer event at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 7th, 2025.Kevin Stankiewicz | CNBCShares of Amazon, Nvidia and Tesla each dropped…
Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco — stunning his own PR team
Marc Benioff has long been San Francisco’s liberal-leaning billionaire, the tech executive who funded homeless services, donated to the city’s public schools, and hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers.
But in a new, wide-ranging phone…
How Sora 2 by OpenAI is challenging Hollywood
The launch of OpenAI's updated Sora 2 AI video service kicked off another round of anxiety among musicians, actors and other content creators.Sora allows users to generate short videos for free by typing in a prompt. The app is only…