Hugging Face’s new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices

Hugging Face’s new programmable Reachy Mini bots launched this week. The AI robots are open source, Raspberry Pi-powered, and come with cartoonish antennae and big googly eyes. They don’t do much out of the box. And that’s kind of the point. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha dig… Continua a leggere Hugging Face’s new robot is the Seinfeld of AI devices

Medium’s CEO explains what it took to stop losing $2.6M monthly

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine announced on Friday that the publishing platform has remained profitable since August of last year, when it first achieved this milestone.

Startups Weekly: Still running

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This newsletter took a break for the Fourth of July, and maybe you did, too, but the news didn’t. Even the biggest startups are still running after… Continua a leggere Startups Weekly: Still running

Julie Wainwright is building what comes next — join her fireside chat at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27-29, uniting over 10,000+ startup founders, VCs, and tech leaders for the ultimate look at what’s next.

Humanoids, AVs, and what’s next in AI hardware at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 hits Moscone West in San Francisco from October 27 to 29, bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations.

Helios wants to be the AI operating system for public policy professionals

Helios, a startup aiming to build an AI-powered operating system for policy professionals, has raised $4 million in seed funding.

Just 4 days until TechCrunch All Stage kicks off in Boston — and the lowest ticket prices vanish

In just four days, TechCrunch All Stage 2025 touches down at Boston’s SoWa Power Station on July 15 — and your chance to lock in savings of up to $475 disappears. This one-day summit isn’t built for spectators. It’s designed for the doers — the founders, builders, and backers who are shaping what’s next.

Knox lands $6.5M to compete with Palantir in the federal compliance market

Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox, launched Knox, a federal managed cloud provider, last year with a mission to help software vendors speed through the FedRAMP security authorization process in just three months, and at a fraction of what it would cost to do it on their own.

SaaS is in the past. The future belongs to agents, says Narada AI’s CEO.

“SaaS is going away,” said Dave Park, co-founder and CEO of Narada AI. The company is betting big on a different future for enterprise software, one powered by agentic AI. Change is coming “in the not-too-distant future,” Park said on Equity, TechCrunch’s flagship podcast. “The typical knowledge worker today deals with anywhere from 17 to… Continua a leggere SaaS is in the past. The future belongs to agents, says Narada AI’s CEO.

Pinecone founder Edo Liberty explores the real missing link in enterprise AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, the AI conversation goes deeper than just the latest models. On one of the AI Stages, Edo Liberty, founder and CEO of Pinecone, will deliver a session that challenges one of the most persistent assumptions in the field — that raw intelligence alone is enough. With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders… Continua a leggere Pinecone founder Edo Liberty explores the real missing link in enterprise AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025