a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.

How an ex-L3Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia

Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured ...

Altman and Nadella need more power for AI, but they’re not sure how much

The CEOs of OpenAI and Microsoft are betting that AI will continue to consume more electricity, but they're not sure how much ...

Elad Gil on which AI markets have winners — and which are still wide open

Solo VC investor extraordinaire Elad Gil said on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt that AI has been one of the least predictable ...

Studio Ghibli and other Japanese publishers want OpenAI to stop training on their work

A Japanese trade organization representing publishers like Studio Ghibli wrote a letter to OpenAI last week, calling for the ...

Alphabet is increasingly launching ‘moonshot’ projects as independent companies — here’s why

Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out.

DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks

Three people, including two U.S. ransomware negotiators, are accused of working on behalf of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware ...

Flying into the Future: AI Is Fueling Aviation

TechCrunch was proud to host Epic Aircraft at Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. Here’s an overview of their Builders Stage ...

Build What’s Next: Startups, DeepMind & Google Cloud

TechCrunch was proud to host Google Cloud at Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. Here’s an overview of their Builders Stage ...

Powering the Future Home: Energy Independence Starts Here

TechCrunch was proud to host EcoFlow at Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. Here’s an overview of their Roundtable session.  As ...

Lawmakers say stolen police logins are exposing Flock surveillance cameras to hackers

Flock said around 3% of its law enforcement customers do not use multi-factor authentication, potentially exposing dozens of law enforcement agency accounts open to compromise and improper access.