DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its […]

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DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app | TechCrunch

DeepSeek is backed by High-Flyer Capital Management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund that uses AI to inform its trading decisions.

There were no injuries, but the building has been deemed unfit for occupation. Faraday's landlord is currently trying to find a new tenant as the EV startup's lease is expiring.

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Explosion, vehicle fire rock Faraday Future's LA headquarters | TechCrunch

There were no injuries, but the building has been deemed unfit for occupation.

The Y Combinator startup, raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners.

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AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews | TechCrunch

The Y Combinator startup raised a Series A led by Peak XV Partners.

These updates show us that Meta wants fans to take Facebook more seriously as a place to engage with creators.

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Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators

These updates show us that Meta wants fans to take Facebook more seriously as a place to engage with creators.

Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.

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DeepSeek releases 'sparse attention' model that cuts API costs in half | TechCrunch

Researchers at DeepSeek released a new experimental model designed to have dramatically lower inference costs when used in long-context operations.

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engines like Google and e-commerce platforms like Amazon towards conversational agents with curated recommendations, comparisons, and easy checkout experiences. 

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OpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system | TechCrunch

This type of frictionless experience has the potential to spark a new movement in how people shop online – one that moves away from search engin...

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris […]

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This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups | TechCrunch

How French investor Gabriel Jarrosson grew from posting on YouTube to raising Lobster Capital, which backs YC companies exclusively.

Anything raised an $11 million funding round led by Footwork.

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Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks | TechCrunch

The problem with most vibe-coding companies is that they don't provide all the infrastructure that nontechnical users need to launch a functio...

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

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Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding | TechCrunch

Anthropic says its new AI model is robust enough to build production-ready applications, rather than just prototypes.

Brave is debuting a new detailed answer feature for its AI-powered search

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Brave updates its AI-powered search with a detailed answers feature | TechCrunch

The search company said that this new feature will co-exist next to its AI Answers feature, which was introduced last year to give summarized respo...