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Thursday, May 7, 2026
China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets
Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage.
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Spotify wants to become the home for AI-generated personal audio
Users will be able to create a podcast from Codex or Claude Code and import it to Spotify
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off
Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with TechCrunch about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to the possibility that the whole architecture that undergirds the tech is wrong.
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A 20-minute pitch wins Indian startup Pronto backing from Lachy Groom
The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size.
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Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
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SpaceX may spend up to $119 billion on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company that also houses his AI company, xAI, is considering spending $55 billion, at least initially, to build a semiconductor factory in Texas, according to a filing with Grimes County.
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DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
In just a few weeks of talks, DeepSeek's potential valuation has reportedly soared from $20 billion to $45 billion.
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Chrome on Android now supports approximate instead of precise location sharing
The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.
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Google updates AI search to include ‘expert advice’ from Reddit and other web forums
While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic.
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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full-stack, demo shows
Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but also a demo showcasing a set of robotic hands performing complex tasks.
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Tinder owner Match Group is slowing hiring to pay for its increased use of AI tools
Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."
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Aurora lands McLane deal to run driverless truck routes in Texas
Aurora said it plans to expand to new routes between McLane distribution centers across the U.S. Sun Belt by the end of 2026.
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Apple to pay $250M to settle lawsuit over Siri’s delayed AI features
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.
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Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week
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