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Cowboy Space Corporation wants to put data centers in orbit. First, it has to build the rockets to get them there. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/there-arent-enough-rockets-for-space-data-centers-cowboy-space-raised-275-million-to-build-them/

Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/09/nvidia-has-already-committed-40b-to-equity-ai-deals-this-year/

Cloudflare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high/

Intel's stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year, a bet by Wall Street that may be running well ahead of the company's actual turnaround. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/intels-comeback-story-is-even-wilder-than-it-seems/

Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/laid-off-oracle-workers-tried-to-negotiate-better-severance-oracle-said-no/

The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city's tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating — and, increasingly, cashing out — fortunes. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/san-franciscos-housing-market-has-lost-its-mind/

The Clips feed aims to enable discovery by offering users a scrollable feed with short snippets of shows and movies. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/prime-video-follows-netflix-and-disney-by-adding-a-tiktok-like-clips-feed-in-its-app/

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Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd's past comments about Bumble's new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI -- Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee, and the CEO has made many comments over the years about how AI will be "a supercharger to love and relationships." Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/bumble-is-getting-rid-of-the-swipe-ceo-says/

Perplexity's Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/perplexitys-personal-computer-is-now-available-everyone-on-mac/

Elon Musk's legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab's founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/elon-musks-lawsuit-is-putting-openais-safety-record-under-the-microscope/

The investment comes as Pronto scales to 26,000 daily bookings and the market heads toward a potential $18 billion size. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/a-20-minute-pitch-wins-indian-startup-pronto-backing-from-lachy-groom/

Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/barry-diller-trusts-sam-altman-but-trust-is-irrelevant-as-agi-nears-he-says/

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. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/five-architects-of-the-ai-economy-explain-where-the-wheels-are-coming-off/

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. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/khosla-backed-robotics-startup-genesis-ai-has-gone-full-stack-demo-shows/

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. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/chrome-on-android-now-supports-approximate-instead-of-precise-location-sharing/

While citing web forums and discussion boards can help users find answers to more niche queries, this design choice could also prove chaotic. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/google-updates-ai-search-to-include-expert-advice-from-reddit-and-other-web-forums/

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The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences. Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/sierra-raises-950m-as-the-race-to-own-enterprise-ai-gets-serious/