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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, says 230 million users ask about health each week
Published: January 7, 2026 21:08
The feature, which is expected to roll out in the coming weeks, will offer a dedicated space for conversations with ChatGPT about health.
Where VCs think AI startups can win, even with OpenAI in the game
https://techcrunch.com/video/where-vcs-think-ai-startups-can-win-even-with-openai-in-the-game/
Published: January 7, 2026 18:53
Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI. Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI…
Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-reportedly-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation/
Published: January 7, 2026 18:36
Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion at a $350 billion valuation, marking its third mega-round in a year.
VC predicts the consumer AI products OpenAI ‘won’t want to kill’
https://techcrunch.com/podcast/investing-in-the-consumer-ai-products-openai-wont-want-to-kill/
Published: January 7, 2026 18:15
Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, thinks 2026 will finally be the year of consumer AI. Larco, who’s been investing in consumer and prosumer for years, thinks we’re about to see a shift in how consumers spend time online, with AI…
Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/skylight-debuts-calendar-2-to-keep-your-family-organized/
Published: January 7, 2026 18:00
Skylight, known for its digital picture frame, has a new digital product that puts software and AI at the center.
Google Classroom’s new tool uses Gemini to transform lessons into podcast episodes
Published: January 7, 2026 17:55
Google Classroom now offers a Gemini-powered tool that generates podcast-style audio lessons for teachers to deepen engagement with students.
Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/caterpillar-taps-nvidia-to-bring-ai-to-its-construction-equipment/
Published: January 7, 2026 17:00
Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform.
Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation
Published: January 7, 2026 12:00
Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A.
McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over
Published: January 7, 2026 03:09
Calacanis, General Catalyst's Taneja, and McKinsey's Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force.
Meta’s Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing
Published: January 7, 2026 02:52
Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn't initially perceived as having.
CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities
Published: January 6, 2026 22:47
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event. As has been the case for the past…
A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated
Published: January 6, 2026 22:23
When fake content goes viral, the damage has already been done, even if the post is debunked.
xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/xai-says-it-raised-20b-in-series-e-funding/
Published: January 6, 2026 20:57
Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.
California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys
Published: January 6, 2026 20:22
“Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.
The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/the-most-bizarre-tech-announced-so-far-at-ces-2026/
Published: January 6, 2026 20:10
From an AI panda pet to an anime girl hologram for your desk, here are the wildest products at CES 2026.
Intel is building a handheld gaming platform including a dedicated chip
Published: January 6, 2026 19:39
Intel has been building chips designed for gaming PCs for years but the company is now moving into handheld devices too.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs reactor magnet, lands deal with Nvidia
Published: January 6, 2026 16:30
The fusion power frontrunner said that construction on its Sparc reactor was proceeding as planned. Meanwhile, it's building a digital twin to help dial it in.
AMD unveils new AI PC processors for general use and gaming at CES
Published: January 6, 2026 03:30
AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designed for a variety of tasks from gaming to content creation and multitasking.
Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/microsofts-nadella-wants-us-to-stop-thinking-of-ai-as-slop/
Published: January 5, 2026 23:09
Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right.
Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-wants-to-be-the-android-of-generalist-robotics/
Published: January 5, 2026 23:00
Nvidia unveiled a full-stack robotics ecosystem at CES 2026, including foundation models, simulation tools, and hardware. It wants to be the default platform for robotics.
Nvidia launches powerful new Rubin chip architecture
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/nvidia-launches-powerful-new-rubin-chip-architecture/
Published: January 5, 2026 22:16
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI computing.
Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’
Published: January 5, 2026 21:52
Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, which includes a reasoning vision language action model that allows an autonomous vehicle to think more like a human and provide chain-of-thought reasoning.
CES 2026: Follow live as NVIDIA, Lego, AMD, Amazon, and more make their big reveals
Published: January 5, 2026 16:09
CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, and relevant (and some not so relevant) tech, and of…
Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com
Published: January 5, 2026 15:00
Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to the web with a new Alexa.com site, expanding its AI assistant beyond devices and positioning it as a family-focused, agent-style chatbot.
Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/google-previews-new-gemini-features-for-tv-at-ces-2026/
Published: January 5, 2026 14:00
Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings and more.
DoorDash says it banned driver who seemingly faked a delivery using AI
Published: January 4, 2026 21:14
DoorDash seems to have confirmed a viral story about a driver using an AI-generated photo to lie about making a delivery.
French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes
Published: January 4, 2026 16:50
France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.
Plaud launches a new AI pin and a desktop meeting notetaker
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/04/plaud-launches-a-new-ai-pin-and-a-desktop-meeting-notetaker/
Published: January 4, 2026 16:28
Plaud is going after the likes of Granola to launch a desktop app that records online meetings
Subtle releases ear buds with its noise cancelation models
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/04/subtle-releases-ear-buds-with-its-noise-cancelation-models/
Published: January 4, 2026 12:00
Subtle's new $199 earbuds will also let you dictate in any app on desktop or phone
Tech billionaires cashed out $16 billion in 2025 as stocks soared
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/03/tech-billionaires-cashed-out-16-billion-in-2025-as-stocks-soared/
Published: January 3, 2026 23:45
Jeff Bezos led the way. The Amazon founder sold 25 million shares for $5.7 billion in June and July, right around the time he was getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez in Venice.
India orders Musk’s X to fix Grok over ‘obscene’ AI content
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/india-orders-musks-x-to-fix-grok-over-obscene-ai-content/
Published: January 2, 2026 18:29
India's IT ministry has given X 72 hours to submit an action-taken report.
How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO
Published: January 2, 2026 17:33
Three-year-old startup Mercor has become a $10 billion middleman in AI’s data gold rush. The company connects AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic with former employees of Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and white-shoe law firms, paying them up to $200 an hour to…
Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/nvidias-ai-empire-a-look-at-its-top-startup-investments/
Published: January 2, 2026 16:00
Over the last two years, Nvidia has used its ballooning fortunes to invest in over 100 AI startups. Here are the giant semiconductor's largest investments.
In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/in-2026-ai-will-move-from-hype-to-pragmatism/
Published: January 2, 2026 14:43
In 2026, here's what you can expect from the AI industry: new architectures, smaller models, world models, reliable agents, physical AI, and products designed for real-world use.
European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/european-banks-plan-to-cut-200000-jobs-as-ai-takes-hold/
Published: January 1, 2026 20:28
The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.
OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
Published: January 1, 2026 18:29
The form factors may differ, but the thesis is the same: audio is the interface of the future. Every space -- your home, your car, even your face -- is becoming an interface.
‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential
Published: January 1, 2026 02:44
AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.
Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/31/investors-predict-ai-is-coming-for-labor-in-2026/
Published: December 31, 2025 16:40
The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026.