π₯ Explore this awesome post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Fintech,TC,Apple,Apple Card,Goldman Sachs,JP Morgan Chase π **What Youβll Learn**: Apple announced on Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase is the new issuer of the Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs. Apple said the transition will likely take up to 24 months. While Apple changes its banking partner, Apple Card will continue to use the Mastercard network for payments. For consumers, nothing changes at the moment, including those applying for new cards. JPMorgan said the deal would bring more than $20 billion in card balances to Chase. The Wall Street Journal indicated that Goldman…
π₯ Discover this trending post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: AI,Fundraising,Anthropic,Claude π **What Youβll Learn**: Anthropic is poised to raise a new $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. TechCrunch confirmed the raise and valuation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Claude maker last raised a $13 billion Series F round at a $183 billion valuation three months ago, so this raise nearly doubles the value of the AI ββcompany. In March, Anthropic took in $3.5 billion at a valuation of $61.5 billion. Coatue Management and GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund,…
π Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Media & Entertainment,amc,CES,Silicon Valley,ces 2026 π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: At CES 2026, AMC premiered clips from its upcoming TV series "The Audacity," created by Jonathan Glatzer, a TV writer and producer of shows like "Succession," "Better Call Saul" and "Bloodline." The new show will focus on how the men and women of Silicon Valley are shaping the world we live in today. βThey are literally putting cement on the highway that we're all on with things like artificial intelligence, data collection, social media, etc. And in my opinion, there can't…
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**What Youβll Learn**: At CES 2026, Anthony Wood, founder, chairman and CEO of Roku, offered a hint about the future of the company's newest streaming channel, Howdy, and its ambition to become a broader competitor in the market. The $2.99-a-month streaming service launched last August and offers ad-free access to library content, at a time when rival streaming companies are raising their prices. "Howdy's opportunity was β if you just look at what's happening in the streaming world with streaming services, they're getting more…
π₯ Read this insightful post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Transportation,autonomous vehicles,CES,ces 2026,robotaxis,Waymo π **What Youβll Learn**: Waymo has spent the past three years refining and testing a minivan-like vehicle made by Chinese automaker Zeekr. Now, before this robotaxi joins Waymo's official commercial fleet, it's getting a new name, the company told TechCrunch. The Zeekr RT robo-taxi will now be named Ojai (pronounced βoh-hiβ), after the village in the Topatopa Mountains above Los Angeles that is known for its arts community and focus on health and wellness. Waymo's official explanation, according to spokesman Chris Bonelli, is that the company has…
π Read this awesome post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: AI,TC,character.ai,Google,lawsuits π **What Youβll Learn**: In what may mark the tech industry's first significant legal settlement over harms associated with artificial intelligence, Google and startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teens died by suicide or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbot companions. The parties agreed in principle to settle; Now comes the harder work of finalizing the details. These are among the first settlements in lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users, a legal frontier that should have OpenAI and Meta watching nervously from the wings as…
π₯ Read this trending post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: AI,Transportation,BlueCruise,ces 2026,Ford π **What Youβll Learn**: Ford is developing an artificial intelligence assistant that will debut in the company's smartphone app, before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, the company announced Wednesday at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. The company also teased the next generation of its BlueCruise advanced driver assistance system, which is cheaper to manufacture and more capable β eventually leading to sightless driving in 2028. Wednesday's announcement was one of the only ones to come from a major automaker at CES, marking a sharp turnaround from late…
π₯ Read this awesome post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Venture,discord,General Catalyst,Mercor,niko bonatsos,seed stage π **What Youβll Learn**: After leading General Catalyst's seed strategy for years, Niko Bonatsos has left the company. Bonatsos, known for his backing of IPO hopeful Discord and $10 billion startup Mercor, told TechCrunch that he intends to launch a new early-stage venture capital firm alongside βfriends.β Bonatsos is the latest investor to leave General Catalyst, a company that has recently expanded beyond the traditional venture model. Over the past few years, General Catalyst has unveiled a wealth management business, a strategy focused on PE-style AI…
π₯ Read this must-read post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: Startups,artisan,Exclusive,LinkedIn,linkedin data for ai π‘ **What Youβll Learn**: Over the past few days, several posts have gone viral on LinkedIn and Twitter/X after one of the most talked about AI companies in San Francisco suddenly disappeared from LinkedIn: Artisan AI. The company's LinkedIn page, individual employee profiles, and posts from executives all display a "This post cannot be displayed" message. The startup has been banned from the site, Artisan CEO Jasper Carmichael Jack confirmed to TechCrunch. However, after working with LinkedIn over the past two weeks - and addressing the…
β¨ Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch π π **Category**: AI,ChatGPT,chatgpt health,OpenAI β
**What Youβll Learn**: OpenAI announced the ChatGPT Health app on Wednesday, which the company said will provide a personalized space for users to have conversations with ChatGPT about their health. People are already using ChatGPT to ask about medical issues; OpenAI says more than 230 million people ask health and wellness questions on the platform each week. But the ChatGPT Health product isolates these conversations away from other chats. This way, the context of your health will not be mentioned in standard conversations with ChatGPT. If people…
