In Brief Posted: 1:26 PM PDT · August 23, 2025 Image Credits:Betul Abali / Anadolu / Getty Images In a new blog post, OpenAI warns against “unauthorized opportunities to gain exposure to OpenAI through a variety of means,” including special purpose vehicles, known as SPVs. “We urge you to be careful if you are contacted
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In Brief Posted: 1:01 PM PDT · August 23, 2025 Image Credits:Matthias Balk/picture alliance / Getty Images When Amazon hired the founders of AI startup Adept last year, it was one of the first examples of what became known as a reverse acquihire — a deal where a large company hires key startup team members
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“It wasn’t one big lightbulb; it was death by a thousand cuts,” Edward Aryee said when asked what led him and his co-founder, Raj Kadiyala, to launch SRE.ai. The company is offering natural language AI agents that can perform complex enterprise DevOps workflows like continuous integration and testing. “Instead of stitching together different low-code tools
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Image Credits:Eric Slomonson, The Photo Group 10:07 AM PDT · August 19, 2025 TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 lands in San Francisco from October 27-29, and the Expo Hall is already packed with early adopters, startup scouts, and enterprise buyers looking to discover what’s next. If you’re not there to show off your product, your competitors will
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re
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In early 2023, David Petrou, a distinguished engineer and founding member of both Google Goggles and Google Glass, made a surprising move. After more than 17 years at the company, he departed to launch his own startup. “I was seeing how fast technology was changing, and I felt there are certain ideas that are best
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Image Credits:Steve Jennings / Getty Images 7:00 AM PDT · August 14, 2025 There aren’t many founders who can say they’ve steered the same company from scrappy startup to publicly traded platform while keeping their edge — but co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie isn’t most founders. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 , happening October 27–29 at
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