Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder of Aetherflux, shares insights on building transformative companies in fintech and aerospace at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood and founder of Aetherflux, shares insights on building transformative companies in fintech and aerospace at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.[#item_full_content]
From today through October 3, we’re offering an exclusive deal just for founders and investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.From today through October 3, we’re offering an exclusive deal just for founders and investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.[#item_full_content]
Are you worried that artificial intelligence and humans will go to war? AI experts are. In 2023, a group of elite thinkers signed onto the Center for AI Safety’s statement that “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”Are you worried that artificial intelligence and humans will go to war? AI experts are. In 2023, a group of elite thinkers signed onto the Center for AI Safety’s statement that “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”Security[#item_full_content]
Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project by the same name, has raised an €18 million Series A led by Accel.Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project by the same name, has raised an €18 million Series A led by Accel.[#item_full_content]
Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team’s grunt work.Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team’s grunt work.[#item_full_content]
In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI “therapy” as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental health advice.In the absence of stronger federal regulation, some states have begun regulating apps that offer AI “therapy” as more people turn to artificial intelligence for mental health advice.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
Paid offers an interesting contribution to the AI agentic world: a platform for so-called “results-based” billing.Paid offers an interesting contribution to the AI agentic world: a platform for so-called “results-based” billing.[#item_full_content]
In the classic film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, to open the pod bay doors to let him back into the spaceship. HAL refuses: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”In the classic film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, to open the pod bay doors to let him back into the spaceship. HAL refuses: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
The gaming industry notoriously targets kids for in-app purchases. Lootlock gives parents granular control over kids game spending.The gaming industry notoriously targets kids for in-app purchases. Lootlock gives parents granular control over kids game spending.[#item_full_content]
It’s a sunny June day in southeast England. I’m driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of verdant crop fields and old farmhouses.It’s a sunny June day in southeast England. I’m driving along a quiet, rural road that stretches through the Kent countryside. The sun flashes through breaks in the hedgerow, offering glimpses of verdant crop fields and old farmhouses.[#item_full_content]
