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Concerns over Oracle’s debt spill over into its projects
A view of Oracle's headquarters in Redwood Shores, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty Images
The apprehension investors have surrounding Oracle has spilled over from manifesting in its stock price — which has fallen nearly 50% from its…
Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next administrator of NASA. The private astronaut and founder of the Shift4 payments processing platform will now be in charge of an agency that faces…
Amazon says AI chief Rohit Prasad is leaving, Peter DeSantis to lead ‘AGI’ group
Rohit Prasad, Senior VP & Head Scientist for Alexa, Amazon, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2022 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Ben McShane | Sportsfile | Getty ImagesRohit Prasad, a top Amazon executive…
Chinese chipmaker MetaX shares soar nearly 700% in Shanghai debut
Narumon Bowonkitwanchai | Moment | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits soared nearly 700% in their market debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, after the company raised nearly $600 million in its initial public…
Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage
MoEngage, a customer engagement platform used by consumer brands across 75 countries, has announced a $180 million Series F follow-on transaction just over a month after securing $100 million, with a majority of the latest funding…
Alphabet-owned Waymo in talks to raise $15 billion in funding
Waymo co-CEOs (L-R): Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri DolgovWaymoSelf-driving car company Waymo is in talks to raise $15 billion in funding in the new year.The robotaxi company plans to raise billions from Alphabet, its parent company, as…
Study shows Instacart may be charging some shoppers 20% more for the same product
A recent study published by Consumer Reports alleges that Instacart has been conducting AI-led dynamic pricing experiments that, in some cases, are drastically inflating the cost of certain products.
CR and its research partner,…
Waymo, Zoox and Tesla drive 2025 robotaxi boom
Robotaxis felt like science fiction just a decade ago, but this year, autonomous vehicles became a commonplace option for paying passengers across big cities in the U.S. and parts of Asia.Alphabet-owned Waymo kept expanding and dominates…
VCs discuss why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power
Even three years after the generative AI boom started, most AI startups are still making money by selling to businesses, not individual consumers.
Although consumers quickly adopted general-purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, most specialized…
Debt worries continue to weigh on AI-related stocks
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Dec. 15, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters
U.S. stocks of late have been shaky as investors turn away from artificial intelligence shares, especially those…
Former iRobot CEO calls Roomba maker’s bankruptcy ‘a tragedy’
Colin Angle, co-founder and CEO of iRobot Corp., speaks during a Prime Air delivery drone reveal event in Las Vegas, June 5, 2019.Joe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesColin Angle, co-founder and former CEO of iRobot, on Monday said…
Gift guide: TechCrunch’s favorite things
We’re tech journalists. We have a lot of opinions. Throughout the year, we’re constantly trying out new products, and trust us — we’re a hard crowd to please. So if we really like something, it’s probably good! That’s why we’ve…
U.S. stocks retreat from highs as Broadcom leads tech sell-off
Signage at the Broadcom Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 2, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The sell-off in artificial intelligence stocks continued unabated Friday stateside. Broadcom…
How iRobot lost its way home
There’s something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture. Founded in 1990 in Bedford, Massachusetts by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin…
Investors sell off tech despite steady Broadcom numbers
Signage at the Broadcom Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, June 2, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The sell-off in artificial intelligence stocks continued unabated Friday stateside. Broadcom…
ServiceNow reportedly in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis
Software company ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity startup Armis, which was last valued at $6.1 billion, Bloomberg reported. The deal, which could reach $7 billion in value, would be ServiceNow's largest acquisition,…
India’s Spinny lines up $160M funding to acquire GoMechanic, sources say
Spinny, an Indian online marketplace for used cars, is raising around $160 million as it moves to acquire car services startup GoMechanic, TechCrunch has learned.
The Series G round, which includes a mix of primary and secondary…
Oracle says there have been ‘no delays’ in OpenAI arrangement
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk appears on a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOracle on Friday pushed back against a report that said the company will complete…