Latest from Yashad Kulkarni
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Apple over allegedly monopolistic smartphone practices. The federal agency is not alone in the matter, bringing 15 states and the District of Columbia…
Microsoft’s latest gambit to snag much of the human talent from Inflection AI is causing waves this week. Redmond has previously invested in the company, but is now absorbing much…
Blockchain is back and Bitcoin is hot, the Ethereum blockchain is seeing price gains, and lots of folks are stoked about ETFs. But lately, one less-mainstream blockchain is perhaps making…
Transportation
TechCrunch Minute: EV makers are struggling, and Fisker’s in a particularly precarious position
Fisker’s finances are back in the news after the company warned in February that it didn’t have enough cash to make it through its next year. The company said this…
Chip giant Nvidia is hosting a massive AI conference as part of its GTC event this week, which kicks off Monday. With a keynote planned from Jensen Huang, CEO and…
Well, that was fast. After a House subcommittee gave its assent to a bill that would force the divestment of TikTok or ban it in the United States, the House…
The great EV boom is fading a bit, but that’s not a concern if you take a long-enough view. Sure, Tesla expects slower growth for its car sales this year,…
Social
TechCrunch Minute: The TikTok ban, or at least the effort to force its sale, is gaining steam
And some folks are pretty mad about it! After a House subcommittee passed a bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban the app from American app stores,…
The long-running dearth of IPOs could be coming to a close, partly due to Reddit’s upcoming public debut. Expected to list this month, Reddit saw its valuation soar during the…
AI
TechCrunch Minute: Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and the rest of the billionaires are fighting over the future of AI
The scrap over who should run OpenAI and how it should be managed is still the hottest topic in tech. Most recently, former co-founder and backer Elon Musk sued the…
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa
Watch every panel and session from Startup Battlefield Africa 2017
On October 11, TechCrunch and Facebook hosted Startup Battlefield Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. The Startup Battlefield pitch-off competition featured startups from all over Africa in three categories: Productivity and Utility, Social…
Frame.io, the collaboration platform for the video industry, has today announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding round led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from existing investors…
The TechCrunch video team is headed to LA. We’ve packed our cameras, grabbed our tripods and are heading to the City of Angels to talk to exciting startups about VR,…
Disrupt NY 2016 has come to an end, and our video team put together three short videos that summarize each day of the event.
