TechCrunchTechCrunchEliseAI raises $350M, doubles valuation in a year.
The company says it won't draw on the new debt facilities this year, as it has already planned at least $25 billion in capital expenditures.
OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
The new round is anticipated to be the company's last before its delayed 2027 public debut.
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Some of India's largest banks are holding off on supporting Apple Pay initially.
OpenAI isn't a public supporter of Nvidia's Open Agent Safety Platform, but it is privately working with Nvidia, TechCrunch has learned.
OpenAI's newly announced suite of office features puts it into more direct competition with more traditional software companies.
Dutch police said the hacker, arrested for being part of the ShinyHunters cybercriminal gang, had plans to organize the murder of two people on his laptop.
Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps and ongoing tasks.
Dots are meant to operate independent of any specific hardware or interface, pursuing user-defined goals continuously in the background with minimal oversight.
OpenAI is expanding Codex with reusable cloud development environments, a revamped CLI with voice controls, new code review tools and a security-focused product for scanning repositories and preparing fixes.
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol delivers significant improvements over GPT-6 Sol across complex professional tasks, including code writing and debugging, document understanding, and executing multi-step business workflows.
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT plugins with dedicated sidebar homes, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support for automations.
America.gov is intended to simplify the process of navigating government bureaucracy, but language models are imperfect and remain prone to hallucinations, which could cause new issues.
Instinct founder said the platform is growing 10% day by day, with transaction volume increasing at a similar rate.
Uhura Bionics, part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, wants to replace flat, robotics voice devices with one that carries emotions.
The postponement of the IPO will delay some of the company's plans for its proceeds from the IPO, as well as those of its shareholders.
Mayer argues that if a photo is worth a thousand words, your camera roll is worth millions. By analyzing all the photos stored on your phone, Dazzle claims to understand your hobbies, interests, food, and style preferences, how you like to spend their time, and with whom.
The tech giant says the agent can help owners run their business and find new customers.