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Brian Singerman’s new fund has a twist, and Peter Thiel as a big backer
Former Founders Fund GP Brian Singerman and co-founder and managing partner of Quiet Capital, Lee Linden, are seeking over $500 million for a new fund called GPx, three people familiar with their strategy told TechCrunch. A significant portion of GPx's fund, potentially as much as 50%, will come from Founders Fund co-founder Peter Thiel, these people said.
Meta built its AI reputation on openness — that may be changing
Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.
Texas governor says his emails with Elon Musk are too ‘intimate or embarrassing’ to release
The Texas Newsroom, which is investigating Musk’s influence over the Texas government, asked the governor’s office in April ...
Elon Musk accuses Trump advisor of being in the Epstein files again: ‘Back to prison’
It should be noted that there is currently no evidence that Bannon committed any crimes related to Epstein. Musk accused the ...
Could NASA Function Without Elon Musk?
Of all the threats that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurled at one another as their alliance fell apart, those ...
GM surges in EV sales as Tesla stumbles amid Musk controversy
General Motors has accelerated EV sales and market share while Texas-based Tesla cratered this spring due to criticism of ...
Elon Musk calls Tesla diner 'one of the coolest spots in LA'
The Tesla Diner that the electric vehicle company is opening in Los Angeles is 'one of the coolest spots in LA,' according to ...
New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering
An AI model launched last week appears to have shipped with an unexpected occasional behavior: checking what its owner thinks ...
Can Trump Really Deport Elon Musk and Zohran Mamdani?
The president’s vague threats make booting out his political enemies sound easy. Here’s what he can actually do.
Elon Musk buscará que Tesla invierta en su startup de inteligencia artificial xAI
El dinero que hay detrás del imperio de Elon Musk, valorado en un billón de dólares, fluye cada vez más en una sola dirección ...
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller raises $355M for new fund — with Sequoia’s backing
Former Sequoia partner Matt Miller has already locked in $355 million for his new fund, Evantic, which is also backed by Sequoia, TechCrunch learned.
Amazon launches Kiro, its own Claude-powered challenger to Windsurf and Codex
Initial community reactions were mixed but intrigued. Developers praised the emphasis on specs, hooks, and structure.Read More
Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content
Like YouTube, Meta says it won't penalize users who are engaging with other people's content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.
Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen
The UnitedHealth-owned medical coding service was hacked earlier this year by a ransomware gang.
Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf
The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion reverse-acquihire that left much of the startup's 250-person team behind.
Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into WindsurfRead More
Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations
A top Democrat criticized the move to spend a billion on offensive hacking operations as the budget guts a billion from U.S. cyber defense.
As the browser wars heat up, here are the hottest alternatives to Chrome and Safari in 2025
We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari.
Elon Musk’s Grok is making AI companions, including a goth anime girl
Musk wrote in an X post on Monday that AI companions are now available in the Grok app for "Super Grok" subscribers who pay $30 per month.
Malaysia will require trade permits for US AI chips
Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.