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Waymo has nearly finalized a new $16 billion funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion, according to the Financial Times. More than three-fourths of that funding will reportedly come from a source close to home — Alphabet, where Waymo is a subsidiary. (The company was...

HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills Tim De Chant 8:15 AM PST · January 31, 2026 A few years ago, Selina Tobaccowala’s daughter started leaving post-it notes around the house, telling everyone to “turn off the lights” and such. Tobaccowala had just sold her last...

Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company’s $100B OpenAI investment has stalled Anthony Ha 9:54 AM PST · January 31, 2026 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Saturday that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was “nonsense.” Huang’s comments came after The Wall...

Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groom’s latest bet, is building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains Connie Loizos 4:09 PM PST · January 30, 2026 From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that’s a slightly...

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network Anna Heim 3:36 PM PST · January 30, 2026 The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again. After a legal challenge from Claude’s maker, Anthropic, it had briefly rebranded as Moltbot, but has now...

SpaceX’s IPO could open the floodgates — and secondaries are booming in the meantime Rebecca Bellan 11:41 AM PST · January 30, 2026 SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO — a move that could signal the long-awaited reopening of the public markets...

OnlyFans considering selling majority stake to Architect Capital Lucas Ropek 3:54 PM PST · January 30, 2026 OnlyFans — the massive adult creator network where performers and influencers sell subscription-based content directly to fans — is considering selling a majority stake of its business to...

Last 24 hours to grab your plus-one pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 TechCrunch Events 7:00 AM PST · January 30, 2026 This is it. The clock is running out. With demand surging and early inventory nearly gone, tonight is your last chance to lock in record-low pricing for TechCrunch...

How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short Marina Temkin 5:33 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Ethos Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of software for selling life insurance, debuted on the Nasdaq on Thursday. As one of the year’s first major tech IPOs, the...

The iPhone just had its best quarter ever Lucas Ropek 3:57 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Apple had a great Q1, though iPhone sales were the real standout. The company reports that its signature device had its best quarter ever, thanks partially to a surge of sales in regions like China and India...

Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says Julie Bort 1:21 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Microsoft this week deployed its first crop of its homegrown AI chips in one of its data centers, with plans to roll out more in the coming months, it...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI in talks to merge, according to reports Amanda Silberling Kirsten Korosec 2:47 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Three of Elon Musk’s companies — SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla — are in play for a potential merger. While the talks appear to be in the early stage, according to...

Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE Sarah Perez 1:49 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Hustle culture may be the norm at tech companies in the AI era, but the work will stop tomorrow at publishing platform Medium. Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine is giving the...

Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach Zack Whittaker 12:31 PM PST · January 29, 2026 Fintech firm Marquis told customers that it plans to seek compensation from its firewall provider after blaming the company for a breach that allowed hackers to...

I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI-world generator Rebecca Bellan 9:29 AM PST · January 29, 2026 Google DeepMind is opening up access to Project Genie, its AI tool for creating interactive game worlds from text prompts or images. Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in...

Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter Julie Bort 2:47 PM PST · January 28, 2026 Microsoft and OpenAI may have a notoriously rocky relationship but as OpenAI experiences never-before-seen revenue growth, Microsoft, one of its major investors, is benefiting greatly. When the software...

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better Lucas Ropek 4:20 PM PST · January 28, 2026 Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that seems directly...

Tesla is killing off the Model S and Model X Sean O'Kane 2:40 PM PST · January 28, 2026 Tesla is ending production of the Model S sedan and Model X SUV, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call. The company will make the final versions of both electric...

Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 Russell Brandom 3:16 PM PST · January 28, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months. “In 2025, we rebuilt the foundations of our AI program,”...

Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI Kirsten Korosec 1:52 PM PST · January 28, 2026 Three weeks ago, Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, revealed it raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round . Now, we know Tesla is among its investors. Tesla disclosed in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday...