October 13, 2025

California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots: SB 243 is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with use of AI companion chatbots. Read More

Salesforce announces Agentforce 360 as enterprise AI competition heats up: Salesforce announces an upgraded version of its Agentforce platform designed to help enterprises build and deploy AI agents. Read More

Anduril's new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots: Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled "EagleEye," a helmeted computing system that seeks to turn soldiers into AI-augmented warfighters. Read More

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Strava eyes IPO as Gen Z trades dating apps for running clubs: Strava CEO Michael Martin told the FT that the San Francisco company plans to list "at some point," eyeing capital for more acquisitions. The company, backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, and Jackson Square Ventures, was last valued at $2.2 billion in May. Read More

Prince Harry and Meghan call out the harmful effects of social media on today's youth: Prince Harry and Meghan spoke about the dangers of social media at a gala and festival in New York. Read More

Nvidia's AI empire: A look at its top startup investments: Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments. Read More

Dating app Cerca will show how Gen Z really dates at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Cerca is a dating app that sets users up with mutual friends. Read More

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch heads to Meta: AI researcher Andrew Tulloch reportedly announced his departure to employees in a message on Friday. Read More

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The time is now: Only 5 days remain to book your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: If you've been thinking about joining 10,000+ startup and VC leaders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27–29, the time to act is now. Lock in your place on the Expo floor, where ideas, capital, and connections collide. Deadline is October 17 or until all 7 tables are gone. Read More

Final Flash Sale: Save up to $624 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass — Ends Oct 17: The final countdown to Disrupt 2025! Save up to $624 on your pass before prices rise Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join 10,000+ founders, investors, and operators for 200+ sessions, 250+ leaders, 300+ showcasing startups, and Startup Battlefield 200. Register now to save — plus 30% off group passes. Read More

The ZoraSafe app wants to protect older people online and will present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 : ZoraSafe is designed to protect some of the least protected internet users out there: your parents and grandparents. Read More

Claude Agent has become the first third-party AI agent to be built natively into JetBrains IDEs. Powered by Anthropic's Claude Agent SDK, it delivers advanced agentic coding inside familiar workflows. With the addition of Claude Agent, JetBrains introduces a multi-agent IDE experience, empowering developers to do even more with the tools they already know and love.

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Apple says goodbye to the Clips app: Apple appears to be winding down support of Clips, with the company removing Clips from the App Store and saying it will no longer be making any updates. Read More

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