South Korea has launched its most ambitious sovereign AI initiative yet, as the nation's major tech players like LG and SK Telecom develop their own LLMs.
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How South Korea plans to best OpenAI, Google, others with homegrown AI  | TechCrunch
South Korea has launched its most ambitious sovereign AI initiative yet, as the nation's major tech players like LG and SK Telecom develop the...
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Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a new essay, he calls this approach "pure fantasy thinking."
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Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunch
Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexteri...
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Lauri Moore (Bessemer), David Cramer (Sentry), and Zach Lloyd (Warp) join the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 to debate what founders really need from their first engineering hires — and how AI tooling fits into the equation.
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Discover how developer tools are shifting fast at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Vibe coding and modern dev tools are reshaping early-stage startup hiring
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This week on Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff go beyond the headlines to break down what's really going on in these AI infrastructure deals.
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What’s behind the massive AI data center headlines? | TechCrunch
This week on Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff go beyond the headlines to break down what's really going on in these AI infrastructure deals.
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Checkout.com is boosting its valuation as part of an employee stock buy-back program, and now says it's profitable.
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Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation   | TechCrunch
Checkout.com is boosting its valuation as part of an employee stock buy-back program, and now says it's profitable.
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The rumored buyers of EA include investors like Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
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Electronic Arts will reportedly be acquired for $50B | TechCrunch
The rumored buyers of EA include investors like Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
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Fifteen years after "The Social Network," director Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel film about Facebook called "The Social Reckoning."
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'The Social Network' sequel will focus on Haugen leaks, with Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg | TechCrunch
Fifteen years after "The Social Network," director Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel film about Facebook called "The Social Reckoning."
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YouTube Music's new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the platform's new hub for AI experiments.
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YouTube Music tests AI hosts that share trivia and commentary | TechCrunch
YouTube Music's new AI hosts are currently being tested through YouTube Labs, the platform's new hub for AI experiments.
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We've compiled a list of friendship apps, from friend discovery platforms like BFF to event-focused ones like Timeleft. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/as-people-look-for-ways-to-make-new-friends-here-are-the-apps-promising-to-help/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon image
The wider shakeup comes a few weeks since its CEO and CTO left.
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Exclusive: More executives depart Hyundai's air taxi startup Supernal | TechCrunch
A wider leadership shake-up at Hyundai's electric air taxi startup Supernal is underway just a few weeks after it paused work on its vehicle p...
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