# techcrunch-ai

Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space

Starcloud becomes the fastest Y Combinator startup to reach unicorn status, just 17 months after demo day.

Qodo raises $70M for code verification as AI coding scales

As AI floods software development with code, Qodo is betting the real challenge is making sure it actually works.

Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris

Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.

AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400 million at $2.3B valuation in pre-IPO round

The startup, which is planning to go public later this year, designs chips specifically for AI inference, another challenger to Nvidia's dominance.

ScaleOps raises $130M to improve computing efficiency amid AI demand

ScaleOps just raised $130M to tackle GPU shortages and soaring AI cloud costs by automating infrastructure in real time.

Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem

Mantis takes disparate sources of data to make synthetic datasets that can be used to build so-called "digital twins" of the human body, representing anatomy, physiology and behavior.

As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results

AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technology’s broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve

LiteLLM had obtained two security compliance certifications via Delve and fell victim to some horrific credential-stealing malware last week.

15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll

According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules.

· 21 days ago· TechCrunch AI

Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video

Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?

OpenAI shuts down Sora while Meta gets shut out in court

When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting t

VCs are betting billions on AI’s next wave, so why is OpenAI killing Sora?

Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO

SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the 'RAMmageddon' memory shortage.

Why SoftBank’s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO

Wall Street giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are extending a 12-month, unsecured loan to the Japanese conglomerate.

Anthropic’s Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing

Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year.

Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice

While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds

Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.

· 24 days ago· TechCrunch AI

Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Granola's valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.

· 24 days ago· TechCrunch AI

Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down

Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and Elad Gil can't get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.