June 21, 2026

He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he's doing that for robots.: French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time. Read More

Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’: "These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” Read More

Every new iOS 27 feature that's worth knowing about: While it's not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at. Read More

TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is coming to Australia — and we're partnering with Stripe to find the country's most exciting early-stage startups. If you're a pre-seed to Series A Australian startup with a scalable, revenue-generating business model, this is your chance to get access to global investors, media and partners. The grand prize winner will get a spot at Disrupt SF Startup Battlefield 200 and take home $15,000 USD in Stripe fee credits.

Beyond Siri: Here are the practical AI features coming to your iPhone in iOS 27: Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27. Read More

When the Trump administration cracks down on Anthropic, who benefits?: On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem. Read More

From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn't stop anyone: For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos. Read More

Aura's impressive e-ink photo frame doesn't even look digital: All of Aura's frames connect to the Aura app, which is where you can upload photos from your phone, web, email, iCloud, or Google Photos. Read More

Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan's biggest IPO of 2026 — here's why it matters: Go's IPO — Japan's biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country's languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing app with the capital required to address an existential issue: Japan's shortage of drivers. Read More

Oct 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West, 10,000 founders, investors, and operators gather for high-signal insights, curated connections, and real momentum.

Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic: Jumper isn't the only big name leaving Google DeepMind. Read More

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June 19, 2026

Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M: Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.  Read More

Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home: Reliance is weaving AI into telecom services used by more than 500 million people. Read More

The CEO of Allbirds' new AI biz has a plan, but no employees: Call it a startup with a sole founder and a very large seed round, but what's next is less clear. Read More

From AI-native startups to next gen companies in industrials, healthcare and energy, today’s founders are navigating accelerated change and scaling faster than ever. PwC helps emerging companies prepare for growth through tailored audit, tax, and deals solutions. From fundraising and expansion to the public markets, be ready for what comes next. 

Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M: Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago. Read More

Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps: Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions. Read More

The 11 standout startups from YC's Demo Day, according to VCs: TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said. Read More

The US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn't.: There's a commercial logic that cuts against the idea that ASML would risk its export license to arm a Chinese customer. Read More

Rivian owners file lawsuit alleging false promises on self-driving features: Plaintiffs in the class -action complaint allege Rivian falsely promised for years it would bring hands-free driving to its first-generation R1 vehicles. Read More

OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO : OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week. Read More

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